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Mark Grossman Gaming Guru - Page 9Source Code Escrow20 September 2001
Here's a nightmare you'll wish would end with you waking up. Your company spends $500,000 to license some software. Then the company you paid half a million dollars to goes bankrupt. Now you have $500,000 worth of orphaned software. I'll take a rain check on being you while you're explaining this one to the board.
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Nondisclosure Agreements Are Tricky30 August 2001
In the world of tech deals — more than other types of deals — my clients want to sign nondisclosure agreements quickly. I'm sure that many people will disagree with me on this one, but I like to avoid NDAs in the early stages of a deal. My feeling is that you shouldn't be exchanging secrets with ... (read more)
Negotiation as a Team23 August 2001
This column is my third in a continuing occasional series on the lost art of negotiating. The theme this week is negotiating effectively as a team.
If you ever saw the movie The Godfather, you may remember a scene where the Godfather's family is negotiating getting into the illegal narcotics business with another family.
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Digital Copyright Issues16 August 2001
On Oct. 28, 1998, then-President Clinton signed the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) into law. Think of it as the Federal government's first shot over the bow at dealing with the many intellectual property issues raised by our new digital world.
In theory, the Internet could be the perfect way to bring information into homes and businesses. ... (read more)
Letters of Intent9 August 2001
As a person who's always doing other people's tech deals, I understand and still get the adrenaline rush of closing the big deal.
After almost two decades of practicing law, I'm still amazed at the number of legal fallacies that even
sophisticated business people have about doing deals and properly documenting them. ... (read more)
Outsourcing Business Technology26 July 2001
If your technology company is like most (or if you're not a tech company, but use a lot of technology in your business), you've probably considered outsourcing technology as an effective, cost-cutting measure. How you begin the process of deciding to outsource can be just as important as the decision to outsource itself. ... (read more)
Hefty Penalty for Using Unlicensed Software19 July 2001
How many computers do you have in your office running Word? How many licenses do you have for Word? If the answer to the first question is "many" and the answer to the second question is "not as many," or if you simply don't know the answers, you need to immediately clean up your act. If you don't, you risk hefty monetary penalties.
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More on the Art of Negotiation21 June 2001
A few weeks ago, I promised occasional columns on the art of negotiation. My e-mails tell me that the first one was well-received, so here's the second installment.
Let's start with the situation where you need something in the deal that you know will give the other side heartburn. Let's say you're a smaller software developer who creates custom software with a hefty price tag. ... (read more)
Dot-biz: The Next Big Thing in Web Names?14 June 2001
Hold on to your seats. After years of speculation, it looks like .biz will be joining .com, .net and .org as an Internet extension or generic Top Level Domain (gTLD). The old New Economy race was to get a prized dot-com. Now, the next prize in the new New New Economy may be a catchy dot-biz like ... (read more)
International Business on the Web7 June 2001
If you want to be big, you have to think big. You say that you want to make your online business truly international, that's great. The Net is a wonderful tool to get you there. Just don't forget that once you, your products, or your website leave the United States, you've become a citizen of the ... (read more)
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