Myth 4: There’s no difference between employees and contractors.
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Webinar Recap: Is Your Business at Risk? 10 Tips to Manage Risk and Maximize Value
If you missed Mary’s webinar “Is Your Business at Risk? 10 Tips to Manage Risk and Maximize Value†with the good people at Early Growth Financial, let me first say shame on you. But I forgive you. Secondly, you’re in luck, because I have your recap here with all of the highlights on the proceedings.
#phxfff Inaugural Female Founders’ Forum
The most exciting thing to me about last night’s event was the location. While the Pig’s Meow was a wonderful place to be, I was excited by the fact our event was in Phoenix! I was so inspired by the room full of about forty female founders.
Top Startup Myths #5: Crowdfund First, Protect Later
Myth 5: Crowdfund first, protect later
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XLR8 – Intelligently Connecting Entrepreneurs
This guest blog was written by Andrew Tessmer of XLR8.
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Top Startup Myths #6: Domain Name Is the Same as Trademark
Myth 6: Domain name is the same as trademark
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Top Startup Myths #7: No One Cares If I Use This Picture
Myth 7: No one cares if I use this picture
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Silicon Valley Shows the Consequences of Early-Stage Mistakes
We have expended a lot of words in this space and others about Silicon Valley, enough so that you could rightly be tired of hearing about it. If you will indulge me once more, I would like to wax rhapsodic about the brilliance of not just that show, but the entirety HBO’s stellar Sunday night scripted lineup. While the two-hour block of Game of Thrones, Silicon Valley, and Veep may not seem to have much in common, if you look closely, you can see how poor decisions and lack of planning haunt the protagonists of each of these series. In trying to make decisions for the short term good, the respective administrations of Hendricks, Meyer, and the multitude trying to stake claim to the Iron Throne have weakened their long-term prospects of achieve the goals they have sacrificed for. In trying to reach the top of the mountain (or trying to stay there), each of these groups has likely taken one too many unsafe footholds to maintain that position for long. Small, seemingly innocuous decisions can come back to have tremendous consequences. And the same can be said of businesses that take on unnecessary risks in the interest of expedience in trying to obtain clients, revenue or funding, or that make planning mistakes at the outset that could end up sinking their business. And while your business’ obstacles are less terrifying than white walkers, vindictive billionaires, or, God forbid, Jonah, that doesn’t mean they should be taken any less seriously.
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Practice Safe Crowdfunding, Part 1: First Identify and Protect
In late May, I presented on a crowdfunding panel at the Montreal Chapter of the Licensing Executive Society (LES). My contribution was around intellectual property (IP) and crowdfunding, lessons learned from two Arizona based campaigns, and top three tips for fundraising. We will discuss these topics in four blog posts. As always, the slides are available on slideshare here.
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Top Startup Myths #8: Open Source Code Has No Restrictions
Myth 8: Open source code has no restrictions
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