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How To Predict The Future

Feld Thoughts

In the mid-1990s, a good friend of mine, Gene Kim (founder of Tripwire and author of When IT Fails: A Business Novel ) and I were in graduate school together in the Computer Science program at the University of Arizona. A big technical challenge we studied was piping streaming video over networks.

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Smart Bear Live 7: More from AZ Disruptors

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

They now do extra- merchandise so fan selling other fans merchandise that they made but this time with IP rights and everybody makes money, which is pretty cool. The chapter organizer of Lady Gaga Fan Club in Arizona, that person you can locate and you can talk to that person. But they had the exact same problem. Jason: Wow.

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

David Teten

Chernesky was Cofounder, President and Chief Operating Officer of IPotential, where he brokered patent sales transactions, developed and managed patent licensing programs and completed complex IP consulting projects. Chernesky held management positions at Intel in areas such as intellectual property licensing and business development.

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A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference

Both Sides of the Table

It has the dual technology patrons and yet the consistent story I get is that they’re not actively out embracing the startup community, helping local successes emerge, getting comfortable with the symbiotic benefits of some employees going to startups that innovate at a different pace and then buying up local teams, talent & IP.

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Finding New Customers In Untapped Places

Duct Tape Marketing

So O X, D X clothing, which is a Navajo, uh, clothing design line opened a new space in Tempe, Arizona, Cahokia, which is a, uh, art tech social space is opening up in Roosevelt road today. So I know for me, for example, lately, I've been working with a lot of people who are thought leaders who have really well-established IP.

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Linuxworld Boston

BeyondVC

Last year at this time, I was at Demo in Arizona watching a couple of my portfolio companies launch new products and networking with other VCs and entrepreneurs. Given my travel schedule of late, I decided to go to Linuxworld in Boston for a day and follow Demo from many of the bloggers like Jeff Nolan.

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RipCode Acquired by RGB Networks

Austin Startup

a privately held developer of solutions for mobile IP video. As video service providers consolidate their headends and build converged delivery networks, they require highly reliable IP video solutions that scale efficiently across all subscriber devices,” said Jef Graham, CEO of RGB Networks.