The information below was originally written by Emily Harris for the Start-Up Launchpad Blog. The Start-Up Launchpad was designed to give 24-hour access to the online resources emerging companies need to establish and grow their business. These resources are often available at a flat-fee and include customized legal documents, checklists and educational materials that are reviewed by a Davis Brown attorney.
I just spent part of the past weekend mentoring teams at Startup Weekend Des Moines, one of the best startup events that we’re involved with. It is amazing to see what people were able to accomplish in 54 hours. The local entrepreneur community has tremendous talent and dedication. It was also fun to follow Des Moines Register reporter Marco Santana’s blog posts relating his take on his first Startup Weekend.
Mentoring teams is a ton of fun and is very inspiring. I had several memorable (and often amusing) discussions with the 15 or so groups. There is always a huge variety of teams at Startup Weekend events, and this one was no different. From the winning team of Doodle Cloud (a cute app for kids) to a site dedicated to expressing your road rage to the world and another for creating recipes from the food you have in your cupboards, creativity and quirkiness abound.
As is expected from a very tight 54-hour schedule to take the concept from the abstract to a fine-tuned pitch, most if not all of the startups born this weekend were web or mobile-app based. Therefore, I thought it might be helpful to provide some general comments about one of the key legal concepts for web-based startups: the Terms of Use of a website.
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