Advisory Boards: Roles, Responsibilities and Rewards

The quality of an entrepreneurial company's executive and management team, as well as the staff selected by that group, is critical to meeting growth objectives.

Beyond the Start Up: Building A Platform For Growth

This legal expert argues that entrepreneurs need to think not just about growing, but about the kind of growth they want to achieve.

Employment and Labor Laws: A Primer

Every entrepreneur needs to know what federal and state employment and labor laws and regulations say about hiring, firing, compensation and discrimination. Start here with the basics.

Protecting Intellectual Property: An Overview

Balance sheets of many emerging companies show that their intellectual property is their most valuable asset. For that reason, owners and managers must focus their energies and resources on its development and protection.

Technology Licensing II: Key Elements of an Agreement

Learn what a license really covers, what details to spell out and how to provide for accurate record-keeping, so as to prevent trouble later on. This article reviews the basic provisions, from boilerplate to bones of contention.

Technology Licensing I: Growth Strategy for Entrepreneurs

Entrepreneurs may find licensing an advantageous way to leverage their intellectual property or acquire somebody else's. This article, the first of two, explains the many benefits of this type of contract.

Expanding Abroad III: Legal Issues

Know the advantages and disadvantages of different arrangements for doing business overseas, and the major legal issues arising from each, before you go global. Then, make sure everyone involved complies with your standards for behavior and performance.

Expanding Abroad II: Effective Preparation

If your personnel, products, partners and resources are mobilized for overseas expansion, you can overcome the bureaucratic, cultural and economic obstacles outlined in the previous article of this series. Read this one to learn the underlying conditions that foster success.

Expanding Abroad I: Strategic Issues

Taking your company global can supply resources, help the business grow and bring desirable technological development to other countries. To do it right, consider the obstacles and gather background information first.

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