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Session 4: Founder's Journey; Legal Issues
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
6:00pm to 9:00pm, Room: 10-250

Part 1: Founder's Journey
What road are you embarking upon in starting a company, and what obstacles threaten your success? What else and who else will you need? These are the themes that are explored by Ken Zolot in course 6.933 "The Founder's Journey".

In this session of Nuts and Bolts, Ken provides an overview of these important questions with a panel of entrepreneurs:

Reading:

Read the "Surprising facts from "The Founder's Dilemmas.." in the Course Reader. The full article is at The Founder's Dilemna, HBR Article by Noam Wasserman.

Speaker:
Ken Zolot, Senior Lecturer, MIT School of Engineering
Read Ken's Bio Here
Presentation Slides:    To Be Posted Following Session

Part 2: Legal Issues
Identifying and dealing with legal issues in the Business Plan. Securities laws and the Business Plan- How to avoid Going to Jail without passing Go and without Collecting $200. Intellectual Property Law-Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks and Tradesecrets. Major hidden tax traps in starting a business-how to avoid generating phantom income and taxes.

General questions and answers on legal issues for the entrepreneur - What you always wanted to know about the law but were afraid to ask/pay for.

Reading:  Read Articles from the Boston Business Journal "Starting Up" column:

Speaker:
Joe Hadzima
Presentation Slides:    Legal Issues and Business Plans

 

 

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