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<div style="color: rgb(0, 63, 128); "><b>Topic: The Right
Legal Steps when Starting Your Company</b></div>
<div style="color: rgb(0, 63, 128); ">Date: Thursday, 15
January 2015</div>
<div style="color: rgb(0, 63, 128); ">Time: 12:00PM-1:30PM</div>
<div style="color: rgb(0, 63, 128); ">Location: 3-370</div>
<div style="color: rgb(0, 63, 128); ">Enrollment: Limited to
55 participants: Advance sign-up required</div>
<div><b><font color="#003f80">Sign-up: </font><font
color="#ff0000">Email <a
href="mailto:deshpande_rsvp@mit.edu">deshpande_rsvp@mit.edu</a></font><font
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<div style="color: rgb(0, 63, 128); ">Overview:</div>
<div style="color: rgb(0, 63, 128); ">What legal steps do
you need to take as you spin your technology out of MIT?
How do you divide the equity between founders? When
should you incorporate and in what form? What contracts
do you need to have in place? How do you ensure the right
legal protection as you proceed? What minefields should
you avoid? </div>
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<div style="color: rgb(0, 63, 128); ">Come and discuss these
topics with a <b>panel of legal experts and MIT
entrepreneurs who have spun-out their Deshpande Center
projects </b>into companies. </div>
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<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><b><font color="#ff0000">Lunch
will be served!</font></b></div>
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<div style="color: rgb(0, 63, 128); ">Sponsor(s): Deshpande
Center for Technological Innovation</div>
<div style="color: rgb(0, 63, 128); ">Contact: Michelle
Grdina, 1-229, 617 324-2764, <a
href="mailto:MGRDINA@MIT.EDU">MGRDINA@MIT.EDU</a></div>
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<a name="_MailAutoSig"><b><span style="color: rgb(31, 73,
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<span style="color: rgb(227, 108, 10); font-family: Cambria,
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style="color: rgb(227, 108, 10); font-family: Cambria,
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<span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Cambria,
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<span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125); font-family: Cambria,
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