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Ignite100 showcases nine teams to investors – Here’s a rundown on them

Nine teams from the new Ignite100 accelerator based in the North East of the UK, which launched with a £1m fund that invests ...

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The Baltic Startupsphere

A list of startup/tech companies from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania on a single page.

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Why Startups Shouldn’t Ask Investors to Sign NDAs

Everyone will agree that non-disclosure agreements are essential for protecting intellectual property. However, startup entrepreneurs should never ever ask potential investors to sign an NDA, otherwise, they risk losing an audience with the investor.

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Your high IQ will kill your startup

Don’t believe that the brilliance of your idea is what will make you successful. What will make you successful is ...

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Twitter Differences in Different Countries

A large scale study of the use of Twitter in ten countries where its use is most active reveals some interesting differences in how it is used in those places.

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SEO is Both Science and Art

For many people who aren’t involved in search engine optimization (SEO) on a regular basis, it’s easy (or so they think). You simply create a...

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YouTube's 20 Most-Shared Ads for November [VIDEOS]

The most-shared ads for November on YouTube, as measured by Unruly.

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TechCrunch | Shazam Reacquires Its Audio-Recognition Intellectual Property

Mobile music discovery platform Shazam is reacquiring the intellectual property it sold to music royalty outfit Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI) back in 2005. At the time, the startup had sold the IP, which involves Shazam's core audio recognition technolo

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5 tips for entrepreneurs building a patent portfolio

Long hours with your startup colleagues developing a product with cutting-edge features can prove frustrating when those features end up in a competitor’s offering. Nitin Gupta of LawPivot and Eric Hutchins of Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP offer

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The IP of Business Insider’s twenty most innovative startups

Business Insider did a feature looking at the "The 20 Most Innovative Startups in Tech."  I became curious how many of these startups have IP assets, so I took a look at the USPTO assignment datab...

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Pros and cons of startup funding options - Holy Kaw!

There are a lot of ways to fund your startup. Crowdsourcing, angels, and borrowing from friends and family are just a few. But how do you know which one to choose? Business News Daily helps you decide by weighing the pros and cons of seven different

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Does Your Investment Pitch Have an IP Slide?

I recently spoke with VC Rudy Garza of G51 Capital Management about entrepreneurs and their attitude about IP. Rudy made an interesting observation: when entrepreneurs give their investment pitch to his group, entrepreneurs either don’t discuss their

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13 free social media tools to monitor your trademark and brand names - Intellectual Property Insiders

Registering your domains and trademarks to protect your business, service or product names is essential for every company. But it's not enough if you do not know how and where it is used. To secure your intellectual property rights you have to monito

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CrowdIPR - History of prior art crowdsourcing

In the last decade we have witnessed numerous initiatives for using people’s collective knowledge to improve the processes and quality of the IP system. With a certain craze heating up around it, here’s a quick overview of what has been done so far a

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