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Copyright
Our three developers create the code that is the foundation of our web app. There is also a UX/UI designer. Can it theoretically happen that we don...
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Fundraising
Is this true, and if so, why? Can financing a startup with convertible already make sense at the seed stage? Why would a startup not use debt finan...
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United States
Business strategy
Some time ago some colleagues and I partnered up in a startup and worked on an idea for a mobile app that is now stuck in mid-development. Essentia...
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United States
Infringement
We are trying to find a place to put all confidential information for our startup online, such as business plans, IP, team communications etc. Of c...
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Business strategy
I am negotiating a deal with a friend who is CEO of a small software company about a software system I've created. She is very trustworthy in my ey...
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United States
Employment
I'm considering an offer from a software startup and I'm a little confused about how exactly "vesting" works. If I get stock options where I get 10...
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United States
Patents
In our startup we are trying to develop our (software) product as quickly as a possible and find market fit. At the same time the financial buffer ...
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Patents
VCs seem to be very cautious about investing in hardware startups, even with promising products their question is always the same: 'How do you prev...
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United Kingdom
Litigation
Given that software start-ups use lots of open-source, is it a risk that they will get sued for selling products that incorporate open-source and t...
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United States
Copyright
As a web startup, besides logos, slogans, domains etc., what should we pay attention to in terms of intellectual property protection? Our web servi...
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Netherlands
