Gust

JANUARY 4, 2012

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. Here are just a few examples: Creating and revising a business plan (copyright, trade secret). trade secret).

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Intellectual Property IP Startup United States 143

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 12, 2010

Listening to first-time entrepreneurs talk about their competitive advantages is as predictably invalid as the local weatherman's 10-day forecast. In all the interviews you've read about founders' success, how many credit their MBA program? Innovative design and intellectual property are no longer long-term competitive advantages.

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Intellectual Property Bootstrapping Software Review Open Source 319

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

by Solomon Ali, Co-Founder of Revolutionary Concepts. Master the Art of Trend Forecasting (or Onboard Someone to Do it For You). Staying ahead of market trends in your industry, and forecasting what will be in demand in the coming five to ten years is a non-negotiable skill.

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Intellectual Property Forecast LLC Acquisition 157

Up and Running

AUGUST 20, 2018

This article is part of our “ Business Planning Guide “ —a curated list of our articles that will help you with the planning process! What is a business plan? In its simplest form, a business plan is a guide—a roadmap for your business that outlines goals and details how you plan to achieve those goals.

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Business Plan Technical Review Lean Forecast 119

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2010

That’s because a company’s value is a composite of all of the quantitative and qualitative factors that comprise a company: revenues, expenses, risks, growth prospects, quality of the management team, competitive advantages, strength of the intellectual property, and so forth. His website is [link].

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Intellectual Property .Net Valuation Distribution 223

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

So, a seasoned entrepreneur would round that up and add more, because forecasts are never exactly right. For example, they’d like to record research and development as assets instead of expenses, because those expenses create intellectual property. Founders have spent $11,500 on startup expenses.

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Cost Balance Sheet Startup Intellectual Property 150

Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

3]   However, if they are built bottom up, they demonstrate and make explicit a range of business model assumptions the entrepreneur is using to think about his business and its revenue model.   In a bottom up approach, the forecast is built from actual user projections.

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Term Sheet Valuation Dividend Liquidation Preference 68