Written by an experienced business lawyer in the technology,
scientific and engineering community, this publication is for the
engineer with an innovative high-tech idea or concept who needs
those crucial business insights and strategies to move that idea
forward. It offers key analysis on how to leave a current employer,
gain access to technologies and potential talent, and considers
other issues that can reduce problems down the road. It even
includes a step-by-step guide for accessing and protecting
intellectual property at the earliest stages. To assist in the
fundraising process, this resource explores all the available
options to capitalize a business from self-funding, to
bootstrapping, to angel investors, to venture capital to government
grants, to bank loans, to joint ventures. It also looks at the best
ways to form a company so as to take advantage of various tax and
business strategies, discusses compensation of employees with stock
options or restricted stock plans, explains how an emerging company
can expand internationally, and covers some key exit strategies
such as an IPO or a merger/acquisition. It covers most everything a
new technology business will face including hiring, firing,
contracts, leases, loans, and product warranties. As you read, you
will find this book is full of the stuff that engineers love:
statistics, data, tools, spreadsheets, and research. But it also
full of the anecdotal evidence and practical advice needed to stay
the course. Now is a tremendous time for entrepreneurship. Although
there have been periodic slowdowns in the economy, if you believe
in a future, high-tech is the future in which to believe. This book
is part of the Taylor and Francis/CRC Press series "What Every
Engineer Should Know About . Like the other books in the series, it
is designed to provide you with important knowledge that will help
you along your career path. This one will also help y
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