The 5-Second Guide to Choosing Your Startup’s Legal Entity
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If you recognize this post’s title, then you are always welcome at my table. For those of you in the dark, the title of this post is the secret code from the video game Contra. The Contra secret code let the video game player begin Contra with 30 lives. 30
Dallas Startup Happy Hour Monday 2/1
If your new year’s resolution included getting more involved with the Dallas startup ecosystem, showing up at the monthly Dallas Startup Hour this Monday (February 1) is required. Here’s the information: “Are you an entrepreneur? Do you work for a startup or small business? Looking for a job? Looking for
Should a Founder License IP to a Startup?
Often a startup founder will desire to license his or her intellectual property to a new startup venture, rather than transfer ownership to the startup at incorporation via a technology assignment agreement. This is a bad idea. Founder IP License Problem Even if the founder offers the startup a completely
Oppose Colorado HB 1192
Why don’t federal, state and local governments make it easier for startups to launch, grow and thrive? Colorado’s governor is proposing fast-tracking a software tax to be effective March 1. I realize these various governments need to raise tax revenue. But they end up with asinine and short-sighted “solutions” to
Lockdown Lost-Founder IP
If you won the lottery today, how many long lost relatives (that you don’t recall) would come out of the shadows of your family tree to test the generosity of their favorite relative? I’m willing to bet a few. Now if your startup received a $5MM Series A investment from
Effective Pitching Seminar in Dallas-Fort Worth
My good friend Babar Bhatti, Chair of the MIT Enterprise Forum DFW Chapter and CEO/Founder of MutualMind, is hosting an “Effective Pitching” this Thursday night. Here’s the scoop from the MIT Forum site: MIT Enterprise Forum DFW Chapter is pleased to announce our January event: Effective Pitching. As an entrepreneur
Facebook is Jackin’ for Vanity URLs
TechCrunch has an interesting story about how Facebook is revoking vanity URLs for violating Facebook’s policies and then giving them to companies. This isn’t your typical namesquatting case because the person’s vanity URL was /harman and the alleged namequatter’s name is Harman. But Facebook still sent Harman a message notifying
The Startup “Hyphen” Must Die
It’s time for the entire startup world to cease spelling “startup” with a hyphen. I realize that most dictionaries have “start-up” as the main entry. But if “vlog” and “webisode” can be added to the dictionary, I’m pretty sure the startup hyphen can be eliminated from those same reference books.
TechWildcatters Launches Dallas Microseed Fund
TechWildcatters is a mentorship-driven microseed fund and startup accelerator that just launched in Dallas, Texas. TechWildcatters is now accepting applications for their first 12-week accelerator “bootcamp” and 20 startup teams will have the opportunity to pitch on March 11, 2010. The first program begins April 5, 2010. The selected startups
