article thumbnail

Disturbing

Austin Startup

Two of them made some major product directional changes based on the founder’s judgment and the feedback he was getting from partners and customers. The youngest of the litter has been busy tuning a very attractive general idea into a very specific and more IP-based product offering. Yes, that has multiple meanings!) Do the math.

article thumbnail

How To Survive And Profit From Radical Change

Duct Tape Marketing

Jonathan is a speaker and advisor managing director of Resilient Growth Partners and a board member at Frost & Sullivan. He's a speaker and advisor managing director of resilient growth partners and a board at frost and Sullivan. That the life of the, in which you can monetize, uh, a new piece of IP shrinking.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Taking Corporate VC: When It Makes Sense

View from Seed

These corporate VC activities go hand in hand with other strategies of large companies including internal R&D, IP licensing, M&A, etc. . The round was heavily oversubscribed so the founders could choose their investment partners, but the founders decided to include NVIDIA a strategic investor.

article thumbnail

5/25-NYC – Investing in Intellectual Capital: Patents, Trademarks, Domain Names, Litigation, Government Rights, and other Intangible Assets

David Teten

Mr. Geleerd has been a member of YPO since 2000. Founded in 2000, Intellectual Ventures collaborates with leading inventors, partners with pioneering companies and invests both expertise and capital in the process of invention. In addition Geleerd was recognized by Crain’s Business Chicago 40 Under 40.

Naming 122
article thumbnail

In a Strong Wind Even Turkeys Can Fly

Both Sides of the Table

Within a year, by late 2000 / early 2001 consulting firms were firing people en masse. On July 27th, 2001 Accenture IPO’s and many of the partners grew fabulously wealthy. Double-down on great people, process & IP. Ameet said, “Don’t worry, we’ll be fine, just wait for the next downturn.&#.

Turkey 302
article thumbnail

One More Time: No NDAs

dashes.com

If I honor your NDA, and I meet a great investor or potential employee or valuable partner for your new venture, I wouldnt be able to tell them about it. However, there is the concept of "mutual" NDA, which should give your IP equal protection if you share any of yours. Jay Smooth. Kenyatta Cheese. Lynne Johnson. Matt Haughey.

NDA 52
article thumbnail

Time is the Enemy of All Deals

Both Sides of the Table

We were trying to optimize around a few criteria: price, size of round, number of syndicate partners and, of course, terms. We moved into the legal process and final due diligence in January and February of 2000. Our final closure was the first week of March 2000. You need your key negotiating partner and both sets of lawyers.