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Bootstrapping is a term used in the context of startups that fund themselves without the help of an angel investor or venture capital fund. What are the pros and cons of bootstrapping?

An GDPR audit should focus on legal and organisational issues as well as on the IT-related area. In this article, we focus on the organisational and legal audit. But let’s start at the beginning.

In an era of rapidly evolving technology, the success of a company is less and less determined by its assets in the sense of fixed assets, but more and more by its intangible assets such as know-how, owned patents or industrial designs. The dynamics of change within a company, maintaining contact with stakeholders or adapting smoothly to changes in the market are also increasingly important. Changing conditions determining the success and competitive environment of a business have led to the emergence of the start-up model. When do we talk about a startup and how do we value it?

More than half of IT professionals choose to work under a B2B contract. They consciously opt out of an employment contract, hoping for a high degree of freedom in the performance of their duties and high salaries. Is this really the case? What is a B2B contract and is it worthwhile?

The Small Payment Institution (PL: ,,Mała instytucja płatnicza”, ,,MIP”) has been operating in the Polish legal order since 2018. Its establishment allows for the provision of payment services to a limited extent and, for many entities, represents a very important transitional stage preceding the establishment of a National Payment Institution (NPI). What do you need to keep in mind if you are operating an MIP or considering setting one up?

Contracts are most often thought of in the context of their contents. However, it’s good to think about some kind of exit plan right away. It is worth taking care of how the contract can be terminated. Both parties usually find out about the defects of contract termination clauses too late, i.e. when they want to terminate such a contract. How to approach this topic so that, on the one hand, you can secure your interests well, but on the other hand, so that the contract is not too flexible.

IT companies, due to the huge competition for every specialist on the market try to protect themselves in various ways already at the stage of negotiating the conditions and signing the contract. One of these ways are complex regulations on establishing a non-competition agreement. In my article I will describe, among other things, what a non-competition agreement is, what is considered as a competitive activity, how the non-competition agreement looks like in specific contracts, and how the issue of remuneration for inclusion in the non-competition agreement is regulated.

Negotiating contracts in the IT sector requires comprehensive regulation of copyright. Although copyright regulations are similar in European Union countries, specific legal systems often contain significant differences. From my article you will learn about the protection of your proprietary copyrights in the Polish legal system, the differences between proprietary and moral copyrights and how you should protect yourself.

Running a business and remaining competitive on the market, requires tight security on a lot of important data. Unfortunately, not every market player is honest enough for you to feel secure without any additional safeguards. Therefore, it has become standard practice to sign non-disclosure agreements when signing contracts. In my article I will show you what exactly a non-disclosure agreement is, describe how it should be structured and also answer the question what can happen if you do not sign such an agreement.