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Interview With The Startup Attorney – Doug Bend

By Devesh Dwivedi

Posted Under: Entrepreneur, Interview, Pre-Startup, Slide Show, Startup on 25 Aug, 2011
- What are the legal basics you should cover if you’re planning to start business along with your day job? - Can your employer take away your startup or property built out of your side project? - What are your legal rights and responsibilities for your day job and the side business? - What’s the best way to tell your employer about your side gig? - Where to go if you need more legal help but can’t afford it… And many more such legal questions that don’t let aspiring entrepreneurs sleep at night are answered in this interview where I had the opportunity to chat with Doug Bend, the startup and small business attorney. You can find him on Twitter @DougBend and now spend next 16 minutes with Doug to make sure you’re covered. Special Announcement: Doug Bend & I have joined forces to help more cubicle imprisoned aspiring entrepreneurs get out of the 9to5 jail legally. We have built a series of Q&A format webinar where you’d get in...

Employee Turned Entrepreneur – Michael Anderson

By Devesh Dwivedi

Posted Under: Entrepreneur, Our Heroes, Startup on 20 Aug, 2011
Greetings all! It’s been a while since I posted a new story in ‘Our Heroes‘ series so here’s our spicy come back… Today I’ve Michael Anderson, Chief Spice Creative & Founder  of SpiceCrafters who broke out of his 9to5 jail where he was a Quality Assurance Engineer. Not happy with what he was doing, Michael tried his luck with multiple ideas before finally launching SpiceCrafters. Let’s find out rest of the spicy details: DD: Who are you and what kind of corporate job were you at? MA: My name is Michael Anderson. I went to college like any other person looking for what my future held and had no idea. Not being one for prolonged college I asked myself what the most money I could make with the least amount of college. In 1998 the bull’s eye landed on Computer Information. I graduated, interned and enjoyed a successful career as Quality Assurance Engineer. After I realized I was simply trading time for money and living for the weekend I knew I had to find...

Employee Turned Entrepreneur – Shelly Sun

By Devesh Dwivedi

Posted Under: Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Our Heroes on 8 Jul, 2011
Today we are talking to Shelly Sun our next guest under the “Our Heroes” series. Former VP of Finance at Avolar, decided to start a business when she painfully saw the need for it firsthand. Compelled by the loss of a loved one for lack of dependable, supportive, and complete care, Shelly founded BrightStar as a family business in 2002. With 130 locations in US and International expansion in the works, BrightStar is an established elder care, child care and medical staffing provider today. Let’s dig deeper in her story…...

Employee Turned Entrepreneur – Niko Pipaloff

By Devesh Dwivedi

Posted Under: Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Our Heroes on 4 Jul, 2011
Happy 4th of July everyone! July 4th is the Independence Day for America but we celebrate independence everyday an employee breaks the 9to5 jail and declares his/her independence. We feature those freedom fighters here as “Our Heroes” and today’s guest under that series is – Niko Pipaloff. A Management Consultant by profession, Niko recently broke the 9to5 jail after winning the StartupWeekendNYC last month (June’11) and is enjoying the cheers and challenges of his startup – Tagify.us Let’s congratulate Niko on his new found freedom and talk to him to find out more…...

Employee Turned Entrepreneur – Julie Braun

By Devesh Dwivedi

Posted Under: Entrepreneur, Entrepreneurship, Our Heroes on 27 Jun, 2011
Next “Our Heroes” guest is Julie Braun, the proud half of the SuperIntern duo! Former VP of Marketing & Creative Service for a large corporate was ‘let go’ along with many of her colleagues which is when Julie took time off to reflect on her career and life. Let’s talk to Julie and find out how this ‘creative’ type charted her own path to success…...