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Intellectual Property for Startups in the Real World

Gust

Last month we covered the basics of intellectual property (IP) for startups, including a simple taxonomy, some common issues and related documents for entrepreneurs to use when forming a new startup. How much is it worth investing in cultivating and enforcing an IP portfolio ? Barriers to entry ?

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Fundraising Debt And How To Avoid It

YoungUpstarts

They need to comply with laws, create back-end processes, and build prototypes — all of which cost money. Anish Sebastian and Juan-Pablo Segura cofounded Babyscripts in 2013 with the vision that internet enabled medical devices and big data would transform the delivery of pregnancy care. Fundraising debt.

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Cornell Tech Company: Agronomic Technology Corp (Part 1), Guest Post by Deb Eichten

ithacaVC

There are actually four people named on the IP and it was a multi-disciplinary project…This was the first product to come out of our department.”. Steve ]” I launched my first business in 1999, it was a web-based business and the tools available at that time cost us a few hundred thousand dollars just to get started.

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Picking Ventures: Part 2 - Startups and angels: Along the way to.

Tim Keane

" We all have heard/repeated the investment mantra about "big, growing markets" with "unfair advantage IP" position.  Investors would like to see lowest cost - but with certainty.  Investors would like to see lowest cost - but with certainty. April 2013. January 2013.

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What Should You Do with Your Crappy Little Services Business?

Both Sides of the Table

So assume that in 2012 the company would do $20 million in sales and $2 million in profits (10%) and 2013 they would do sales of $25 million and $4 million in profit (16% net margin) and then slow growth in 2014 to $30 million and $6 million in profit (20% profit). You own the IP you create. That is $12 million in profits over 3 years.

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Search Intent: How to Analyze and Optimize Your Site

ConversionXL

The 2013 Hummingbird update is often cited as a major improvement in Google’s understanding of search intent.). IP address) can provide clues to search engines, as can search history, time of year, or time of day. SERPs with a high cost-per-click (data those tools also return) suggest a bottom-of-funnel or transactional query.

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Gaming is Eating the World

VC Cafe

Hyper casual games, which generated over $2 Billion in 2019 and massive user attention, are seeing fierce competition and CPIs (cost per install) are increasing as a result. Popular games like the Lineage IP, released by NCSoft in 1998, has generated over $4 Billion in revenue over its lifetime, most of it driven by its mobile version.

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