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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 risk do IP issues in the aggregate pose to our business ?

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Entrepreneurship in the Fast Lane

Growthink Blog

In that same time frame, United States IPO volume declined 75% in real terms and now accounts for less than 11% of the global total. goods and services, especially services, and they are expanding in aggregate at a rate that even 10% U.S. 7 Companies in China have raised more than $1 billion in an IPO this year. In the U.S.

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The Future is Better than You Think

Growthink Blog

In that same time frame, United States IPO volume declined 75% in real terms and now accounts for less than 11% of the global total. goods and services, especially services, and they are expanding in aggregate at a rate that even 10% U.S. And with their capital and confidence, China and India are stretching their wings.

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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

For more rigorous, bottoms-up sizing exercises I suggest tools such as Statista and the United States Census Bureau (also their North American Industry Classification System database) to help identify more specific data. I have not found a thorough platform for due diligencing all aspects of a potential investment. .

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Out of the Crisis #20: the founders of Bitwise on the role of technology in empowering people, spreading benefits to underserved communities, and the creation of OnwardUS

Startup Lessons Learned

Then came back as a sort of a young intellectual property attorney, working for a wonderful firm here in town. The world stops being on fire, we go back to growing and we're across the United States changing lives and helping people get to that moment where they're not counting the change either.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter October 2010 Edition

VC Cafe

owing to projected weakness in the economies of Israel’s main trading partners, the United States and Europe. Shamir Optical reported revenues of $142 million in 2009, generated mainly in Europe and the United States, and has about 1,400 employees. US CHIPMAKER PMC SIERRA ACQUIRES ISRAELI WINTEGRA.