Up and Running
NOVEMBER 19, 2015
We all want the best for our babies—and our business plans! Nearly all businesses, whether they are small or large, are comprised of intellectual property (IP) and trade secrets, which can serve as the foundation for commercial success. Algorithms. See Also: Why Should You Care About Intellectual Property?
ReadWriteStart
APRIL 10, 2012
Much farther down the list - if it's there at all - is the security plan the startup needs to protect its brilliant idea from theft. Don't share your business plan too freely, even with potential clients (as ReadWriteWeb contributor Steve Blank learned the hard way ). That needs to change. Don't leave your laptop at the café.
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Transformify
JULY 23, 2018
Detailed 30-page business plan. Powerful matching algorithms are used to allocate the projects and ensure a stringent and high-quality evaluation process. Business valuation or investor background is among the expert evaluator’s selection criteria. What is your intellectual property policy?
K9 Ventures
APRIL 27, 2011
It was a team of two sharp Computer Science PhDs, they had core new technology in the form of the algorithms they ran in the back-end, and also core new technology when it came to the display of information. Modista was the perfect fit for K9. At this stage, the team had had no prior financing.
Hearpreneur
OCTOBER 30, 2015
Prior to crowdSPRING, I was producer and production manager in the film and television industry and Ross was an attorney in private practice specializing in intellectual property. We had a vision of an online platform that would bring together businesses and the best creative talent in the world.
Up and Running
DECEMBER 22, 2015
I have to admit, I’ve seen some judges of graduate-level business plan competitions care about IRR, but never an actual angel investor during actual due diligence. Please, get a clue: Real businesses usually turn out net profits in single digits, and only rarely up as high as 20%. You’re out of school now.
news.ycombinator.com
SEPTEMBER 16, 2011
The biggest risk in our business plan is that we are relying to some extent on time over money, because were self-funded. We know of no-one making a similar product to us, but there are businesses making other kinds of products that would naturally compete for the same money from the same customers, which makes us mutual threats.
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