Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

All businesses have intellectual property. In order to protect your business’s IP, learn the four different categories. Yes, your business has intellectual property (IP). In fact, 100 percent of businesses have IP. Trademarks: brands and logos. Copyrights.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2016

Resist the temptation to skip the business plan. Many new entrepreneurs believe the myth that a business plan is only required to satisfy professional investors and can be skipped with crowdfunding. In reality, the value to you of a detailed plan is even greater when you won’t have investors challenging it.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 30, 2013

Eventually Qualcomm did create a corporate incubator to handle projects beyond the scope of traditional R&D, yet too early to hand-off to existing business unit). Doing so meant they would have to take risks for IP acquisition and customer/market risks outside their experience or comfort zone.

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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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NZ Entrepreneur

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

All too often, we see news stories of high-profile trade secrets disputes involving high legal fees, damage to reputation and, most importantly, a loss of intellectual property (IP) and its related advantages for a business. You have heard it before—Uber® owns no cars; Airbnb® owns no property.

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www.greenhornconnect.com

OCTOBER 3, 2011

1) You and your partners have developed IP critical to your business. Intellectual property is the most valuable asset most startups possess, so it is crucial that the startup, not the founders, own IP developed for the business. Entry Dealine for Business Plan Contest at WPIVF. October 2011.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 4, 2017

A large portion of your competitive advantage and your potential value to investors is the size of your intellectual property portfolio. When someone says Intellectual Property (IP), most entrepreneurs think only of patents. Companies often use non-patentable but important trade secrets to run their business.

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K9 Ventures

APRIL 27, 2011

While Zappos was doing diligence on Modista, the issue was brought up that one of other companies in this space — Like.com , founded by Munjal Shah — had filed for some IP in this area. They had a small amount of cash in the bank from having won two business plan competitions that they used to finance the company to date.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 14, 2015

It may help to plan what your business requirements are first before finding which countries best suit your needs, rather than selecting your choice of location first. Use your business plan. A detailed business plan should be prepared at the beginning of the new venture even if there are no funding requirements.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 24, 2021

A large portion of your competitive advantage and your potential value to investors is the size of your intellectual property portfolio. When someone says Intellectual Property (IP), most entrepreneurs think only of patents. Companies often use non-patentable but important trade secrets to run their business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2019

A large portion of your competitive advantage and your potential value to investors is the size of your intellectual property portfolio. When someone says Intellectual Property (IP), most entrepreneurs think only of patents. Companies often use non-patentable but important trade secrets to run their business.

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Kodorra

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

This is the obvious reason particularly if you plan to penetrate the world’s largest economy. If it never crosses your business plan mind to sell your product or exploit your patent in the U.S, United States upholds intellectual property rights. United States has the world’s largest market value.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2013

A large portion of your competitive advantage and your potential value to investors is the size of your intellectual property portfolio. When someone says Intellectual Property (IP), most entrepreneurs think only of patents. Companies often use non-patentable but important trade secrets to run their business.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2009

——— While how you iterate and execute your idea is more important than the idea itself, there are parts of your intellectual property a startup does need to protect. Lessons Learned Your business concept is not a company. Over the next two years we left them in the dust. More on this in the next post.

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Business Plan Blog

DECEMBER 10, 2013

Below are the milestones that you will need to achieve in order to attract seed investment from Angels: Business Plan. A major piece of the business plan will be your capitalization strategy demonstrating the milestone timeline discussed above as well as the effects of accomplished milestones on the company’s future valuation.

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Business Plan Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2013

Business Plan. You may have gotten through your FFF round without a business plan, but in order to attract seed investors you will need a comprehensive plan complete with extensive market research and a detailed financial model. Intellectual property. Market Validation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 3, 2011

A large portion of your competitive advantage and your potential value to investors is the size of your intellectual property portfolio. When someone says Intellectual Property (IP), most entrepreneurs think only of patents. Companies often use non-patentable but important trade secrets to run their business.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Expanding your marketing, administration, and operations can present some serious challenges, however, if you prepare well in advance, then you will have no problem navigating the competitive business climate. Update Your Plan. This first place to start on your quest for business growth is to examine your business plan.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2010

When someone says Intellectual Property (IP), most people think only of patents. In reality, patents are only one of at least seven items that should be in your IP portfolio. The company name becomes your intellectual property at the moment you incorporate your startup as an LLC or a Corporation.

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Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

4] It’s beyond the scope of this short essay to get into the issue of the disruptive nature of the business.   However, I assume that the proposed business solves a real problem that people are willing to pay for and that it may be lest costly, more efficient, and IP-protected. [5] Resources for startups.

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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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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 10, 2015

Because even in 2015 I still see people riffing on ideas and working on business plans, product flows or coding on projects without first forming a company, signing contracts that assign intellectual property to that company and trusting that “friends” would never sue you.

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Steve Blank

MAY 26, 2009

Intellectual Property At the next class I said, “You all ought to get out and start talking to customers on day one, and get early feedback on your idea. You don’t need to worry about any Intellectual Property (IP) issues. Just get out of the building.” Oops,” I said, “you’re right.

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Some angels, especially those with technology backgrounds, may be satisfied with a demo and a verbal description of what you plan to do. But many will want a copy of your business plan, if only toremind themselves what they invested in. Before you consummate a startup, ask everyone about their previous IP history.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

IP Location Tools. Intellectual Property Law For Startups Blog. That’s why we gathered a collection of 20 online resources for European startups that will help you with business plans, recruiting, publicity and networking. s most comprehensive collection of business and intellectual property information.

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