As part of Success Secrets, we talk with entrepreneurs and other professionals about building a business.
This week, I’m talking with Michael Messinger, Esq director of the electronics group at Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein and Fox.
Mike shares why every business needs to know their rights when it comes to intellectual property.
(Image courtesy of Shannon Cherry of BeHeardSolutions.com)

The Small Business Administration (SBA) is offering a new program called Emerging 200.
It will target 200 business owners across the nation who could benefit from low-interest loans, working with mentors and participating in workshops and classes.
Here’s the catch: your business MUST be located in one of the following areas: Boston; Baltimore; Chicago; Philadelphia; Atlanta; New Orleans; Memphis, Tenn.; Des Moines, Iowa; Milwaukee; Albuquerque, N.M., and Oakland, Calif.
Participating companies must also have at least $400,000 in annual revenue and have been in business for at least three years.
The SBA asked 55 cities that had low or negative compound annual job-growth rates …read more