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May 19
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When Should a Tech Startup Form a Company?

By Business, Intellectual Property, Software & Startups

Before a technology startup becomes a company, it spends a period of time as simply a project. The founding team is usually one or two individuals building and testing products as they try to validate a demand for them in the market. At some point, founders ask themselves: when is it time to turn this project into a company?

This article tackles that question with respect to a particular type of business venture, which is a growth-oriented tech startup. By this, we mean an organization whose products incorporate intellectual property (I.P.) and which seeks to scale quickly after confirming product-market fit. Read More

Jun 26
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A Legal Checklist for Early-Stage Tech Companies

By Business, Intellectual Property, Privacy, Software & Startups, Start-Up and Entrepreneurship Law

Download the Legal Checklist for Early-Stage Tech Companies

In a tech company’s early days, it’s easy for the founders to make legal missteps.  Most mistakes are unintentional and result from a lack of knowledge or legal budget rather than bad intent. Nonetheless, it’s critical to remedy them as the company moves forward.  Failure to do so can place the company in breach of its business-to-business contracts; it can create uncertainty about the company’s ownership of its intellectual property; and it can create a host of operational risks.  It can also kill or devalue outside investment deals when investors discover these problems in their due diligence. Read More

Apr 30
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Reopening the State and Your Business – A Resource Guide

By Business, Coronavirus

UPDATED MAY 22, 2020

When and how you may reopen your business after the COVID-19 shutdown is a question that initially will be answered by federal and State government, and then by individual business owners and managers.  For example, Maine Governor Janet Mills has set out a four-stage program for when Maine businesses may reopen with specific checklists for each business to follow, but whether to reopen on that schedule or later is up to each business owner or manager. Read More