A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

But this was 2002 when AdWords was affordable and I had no competitors, so you can’t repeat that — it doesn’t matter how I did it. The contract says you retain the IP and are allowed to sell a product like this to other companies. It’s rarely true that your first customer will be big. I didn’t.

Customer 231

Customer Software Review IP Technical Review 231

Agile VC

MARCH 13, 2012

CEO Scott Thompson alluded to their plan a couple weeks ago but the IP lawsuit itself was only official late afternoon yesterday (and now public). ’s claims of IP infringement or offer a litigator’s perspective of Yahoo! Thompson reportedly dealt with this IP lawsuit personally along with Yahoo!’s

IP 100

IP IPO Social Network Silicon Valley 100

View from Seed

DECEMBER 4, 2014

This needn’t be some terribly complex formula that tries to do a cost accounting of everyone’s contribution to the decimal point. For example, when we started LinkedIn at the end of 2002, each member of the founding team essentially had a couple chunks of founders’ common stock. Ideation/IP. Experience/Seniority/Role.

Equity 315

Equity Founder Sweat Equity Cofounder 315

Agile VC

DECEMBER 4, 2014

This needn’t be some terribly complex formula that tries to do a cost accounting of everyone’s contribution to the decimal point. For example, when we started LinkedIn at the end of 2002, each member of the founding team essentially had a couple chunks of founders’ common stock.

Cofounder 255

Cofounder Equity Founder Sweat Equity 255

Agile VC

DECEMBER 4, 2014

This needn’t be some terribly complex formula that tries to do a cost accounting of everyone’s contribution to the decimal point. For example, when we started LinkedIn at the end of 2002, each member of the founding team essentially had a couple chunks of founders’ common stock.

Cofounder 173

Cofounder Equity Founder Sweat Equity 173

Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

Can you acquire them at a sustainable cost? Is there a development step that you must take to fulfill demand for a particular use case, and, if so, how does that cost get absorbed? Not that you should make that a habit, but if you do get away with it, make sure you understand how it affects your cost model.

Technical Review 48

Technical Review Software Review Cap Table Securities and Exchange Commission 48

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

He said that there remains a very healthy market for “data oriented&# software companies because the world is moving more toward measurability and software companies with differentiated IP often get a premium in the market. Founded in 2002 and expanded after founders graduated from CMU in 2006.

IPO 242

IPO Venture Capital Private Placement Cofounder 242