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Top 5 Legal Gaps That Quietly Tank Your Valuation When You Sell or Raise due diligence ip assignment mergers and acquisitions raising capital valuation Aug 01, 2026

Founders think valuation is about revenue and growth. After 20 years litigating โ€” including a lot of time on the deal side โ€” I can tell you it's also about something far less glamorous: whether your l...

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Ask the BattleTested Lawyer: Who Owns the Content My AI Tools Create? ai content brand protection copyright intellectual property ip assignment Jul 29, 2026

Who owns the content my AI tools create? A founder asked me this after building his entire brand โ€” logo, ad copy, a library of blog posts โ€” with AI tools, then discovering a competitor had started usi...

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What Is a Work-for-Hire Agreement and When Do You Need One? contractor agreement copyright ip assignment work for hire Jul 06, 2026

A work-for-hire agreement is one of the most important contracts an entrepreneur can have and one of the least understood. It's the document that determines whether you actually own the website, the c...

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What NDA Do I Actually Need for My Business? founder nda ip assignment mutual nda nda Jun 24, 2026

Most founders own one NDA. Some own none. If youโ€™ve ever wondered what NDA you actually need for your business, the honest answer is three, and using the wrong one, or none at all, is one of the most ...

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