Saturday, February 12, 2011

Entrepreneur Corner: Ignoring common sense and keeping poachers at bay

Here?s the latest from VentureBeat?s Entrepreneur Corner.

Safeguarding your company from poachers ? Sales people and engineers are prime targets of headhunters and recruiters ? which can put your company?s secrets as risk. Attorney Curtis Smolar fleshes out three ways to protect your company and its IP.

5 lessons learned from my company?s low point ? Sometimes when you?re at the end of your rope, you find the fortitude to start climbing instead of letting go. Razor Suleman, founder and CEO of I Love Rewards, found himself in that spot six years ago and recounts the five ways he managed to turn around his frustrations and his company.

There’s no room for common sense in startups ? Sometimes, you need to take enormous risks to get big rewards. Serial entrepreneur and angel investor Jason Cohen looks at why it sometimes is best to ignore the logical world and focus on a fantastic product, rather than an efficient one.

U.S. is still the land of opportunity for VC funding ? Europe has some brilliant entrepreneurs, but GetJar CEO Ilja Laurs says they’re currently shackled by laws that prevent the VC model from working as well there as it does in the Valley. Laurs runs down the hurdles startup owners face there ? and explains why he relocated his company to the U.S.

Book Review: “Tell to Win,” by Peter Gruber ? Peter Gruber has worn many hats, but the one that has served him well, no matter where he was working, was that of storyteller. Lou Hoffman, CEO of The Hoffman Agency, reviews Gruber’s forthcoming book about the art of communication.

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