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Take Advantage of a New Trend: Big Business Looks to Small to Innovate

Up and Running

Vuzit was launched in 2006, but in its first few years, did not bring in sufficient business to sustain itself. The article highlighted the case of a startup called Vuzit, which commercialized a cloud-based document delivery system. By 2009, it had run out of cash.

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The Latest Questions Small Businesses Are Asking

Up and Running

A venture feasibility study analyzes an idea from several perspectives: market opportunity, competition, resources available, resource gaps, financial viability, operational issues, intellectual property rights, development timeline and technology needs. The most successful businesses have an adaptive culture.

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9 Big Businesses That Began In College

YoungUpstarts

As it is with most teenagers, the concept of intellectual property didn’t exactly dominate Fanning’s thinking at the time, although, in his defense, it is unlikely that he could have predicted how popular Napster would become — or how many people would try to sue him for copyright infringement.

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

David Teten

Joe Chernesky, Vice President and General Manager of Global Licensing Sales, Intellectual Ventures. He joined Oversee in 2006 as Executive Vice President respon sible for DomainSponsor, the company’s industry-leading traffic monetization business. Jeff Kupietzky, Chief Executive Officer and President, Oversee.net.

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Will Work for Equity - Investing in Clients - Arizona Bay

www.inc.com

Intellectual Property. By 2006, he was still only dabbling in the occasional work-for-equity deal. Internet and Online Business. Business Software. Computer Security. Telecom and Wireless. Technology. INNOVATION. Managing Creativity. Research & Development. Bringing Innovation to Market. The 2011 Inc. 500|5000 List.

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Probable and Improbable Lobbying Wins: The 1,000-stockholder Rule

Gust

Nowhere is this more striking than in matters involving intellectual property and the rights of content owners. Startups and founders need to come to terms with the stark reality that the rules of the game may be changed mid-play.

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Entrepreneurs are Everywhere Show No. 21, Part 1: Kathy Ku and Orin Herskowitz

Steve Blank

Orin Herskowitz has been executive director of Columbia Technology Ventures since 2006 and is also VP of Columbia’s Intellectual Property and Tech Transfer. In addition, Orin has served on boards or as the Principal Investigator for the NYC Media Lab , PowerBridgeNY , and the Columbia Coulter Translational Partnership.