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Surprising Threats To Business From Minnesota Shutdown.
I grew up both in Minnesota and in Minnesota politics. The Minnesota pols i knew or knew of were passionate warriors who approached governing with more sobriety than ideology. The Minnesota i grew up...
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Surprising Threats to Business (and Beer) from Minnesota Shutdown – Part 2
Folks, two weeks ago, we wrote about how Minnesota’s state government shutdown would keep businesses from getting financing, registrations and licenses. We even had a chart. But, we never imagined...
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Get All Similar Domains: Great Advice from David Lizerbram
With greater frequency, talented and smart lawyers are blogging. Here is some sensible advice from trademark lawyer David Lizerbram. David’s advice: just go – now- and get all similar domain names to...
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War Stories: Cheap Labor Ain’t Always Cheap
Profit and Laws and our book, Birth to Buyout, examine issues facing businesses – everything from web contracts to building prototypes. Occasionally, we’ll be posting stories from the real world...
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Loud People on the Plane (Part 3)
This is an executive recruiter walking behind me onto a plane. He was hustling on a sales call at a volume that reminded me of boiler rooms and telemarketing dungeons. Ordinarily I would tell you...
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Loud People on the Train (A Love Letter)
I switched to the Red Line today and found this loud person on the train. Whereas I usually sort of resent the people who are so loud I can’t not listen, this guy I just loved in all honesty. The post...
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The King(sley) of law geeks on subletting clauses
This guy is Kingsley Martin, a lawyer and computer software programmer. On his blog, Kingsley pulls apart boilerplate and makes sense of it. In the world, he writes game changing software. I love his...
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Loud Person on the Train (Meltdown Edition)
I don’t know when she got on. But, by the time we approached Fullerton, she was starting to lose it. She sighed. She sighed again with feeling. She stage whispered invectives. Finally, she...
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HCG Marketers Face Hot Pursuit by FDA, FTC · FTC Beat
Want to know what I love most about the FTC? The only people they dislike more than get-rich-quick charlatans are fake diet gurus. Here is an excellent post from a blog I really like about the FTC’s...
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FTC v. Legacy Learning Systems Inc.
THE WAR Legacy Learning Systems Inc. sold $5 million worth of DVDs of guitar instructions through affiliate sales. The problem? The affiliates didn’t disclose that they got a huge commission for each...
View ArticleLoud Children On The Train (on their way to sing Irish songs at Daley Plaza)
It was my fault for working at home in the morning and taking a later train downtown. It happened at Montrose. I looked out the window as the train slowed and saw two dozen 9 year olds getting ready to...
View ArticleHow to Choose a Startup Incubator
This is a good intro to incubators. Incubators are entrepreneurial honors programs. They are one of the few innovations in encouraging entrepreneurship we’ve seen. The post How to Choose a Startup...
View ArticleLoud guy in atlanta (and im a hypocrite)
A dude sat next to me and a bunch of others wearing headphones or napping and HAD A LOUD PHONE CONVERSATION. We all exchanged looks of exasperation. I was about to start commenting on his phone...
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