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Intellectual Property for Startups in the Real World

Gust

Given that 2011 is already behind us, I’d like to take a brief time-out from the usual legal and financial wonkery to wish you and your loved ones a Happy New Year. How much risk do IP issues in the aggregate pose to our business ? will transition to a similar system as a result of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) of 2011.)

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Investor Nomenclature and the Venture Spiral

K9 Ventures

<$50K in aggregate. It is temporary, because when I look at the seed deals that were done in 2010 – 2011, there are several high quality companies that are in the pipeline for a Series A and Series B. Lots, 20-100. 1-2 per partner. Individual / Partnership. Individual. Partnership. Individual. Individual. Partnership. Partnership.

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How to Fine-tune Your Small Business Finances—from Funding to Growth [Webinar Recap]

Up and Running

They cover funding for small businesses from the initial funding stage to later stages of growth, and other areas in between. We did GroupMe for around three years, turned into a company and ended up selling it to Skype for around eighty million dollars and that was in 2011.

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The Series A crunch is hitting now. Have we even noticed?

pandodaily.com

But at a macro level, widespread failure this early is far less painful than if it came at later stages. But the angels who’ve staked their funds on spreading bits of money all over the Valley are increasingly anxious that only 20 percent of their deals — in aggregate — will get the chance to keep going.