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

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. Sometimes a portion of founders’ equity splits are attributed to “who came up with the idea” or to actual IP that’s brought into the business at inception.

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Equity Founder Sweat Equity Cofounder 315

Agile VC

DECEMBER 4, 2014

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. 4) Ideation / IP – Sometimes a portion of founders’ equity splits are attributed to “who came up with the idea” or to actual IP that’s brought into the business at inception.

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Cofounder Equity Founder Sweat Equity 255

Agile VC

DECEMBER 4, 2014

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. 4) Ideation / IP – Sometimes a portion of founders’ equity splits are attributed to “who came up with the idea” or to actual IP that’s brought into the business at inception.

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Cofounder Equity Founder Sweat Equity 173

David Cohen

MARCH 30, 2020

In 2000, the Internet bubble burst. By 2002 the NASDAQ had fallen by nearly 80%. Other startups will fail, and you can acquire their talent, their IP, their customer bases for cheap. We raised a lifetime grand total of $100,000 for that business in the form of advance payment from early customers. Or even working for one?

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Founder Valuation Startup IP 174

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

Michael’s view (full details in the video) is that right now there often aren’t multiple buyers for consumer Internet companies and prices often aren’t what people hope for going into the process. Founded in 2002 and expanded after founders graduated from CMU in 2006.

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IPO Venture Capital Private Placement Cofounder 242

www.humbledmba.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

I started my first internet company while getting my MBA. I had taken classes on IP, first-mover advantage, etc. If we werent careful about this, our IP claims would be worthless. First mover advantage was a flawed theory that helped pre-product internet companies raise billions of dollars in the 90s. Youre not ready.

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Stealth NDA Startup IP 90