You come up with great ideas, so it’s important to protect them. Trademarking your business name, product name, tagline or logo is important as they are some of your most valuable business assets. The process takes around 7 months, so the sooner you start, the closer you are to having your own registered intellectual property, and a more valuable business.
Approximately 85% of startups survive their first year in business and of those, less than 70% survive their second year in business. By the 5th year, that survival rate is down around the 50% mark. But there are several things you can do to arm yourself for success.
In March 2017, Deloitte, which provides high-end cybersecurity consulting services, discovered the hack and it would appear attackers may have had access to the company’s systems since as early as October 2016.
On 5 September 2017, the Fair Work Amendment (Protecting Vulnerable Workers) Bill 2017 passed both Houses of Parliament and will become law once it receives Royal Assent.
