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Create your IP strategy early to avoid common pitfalls

NZ Entrepreneur

The reality faced by entrepreneurs is that legal services can be expensive and IP protection may not be an initial priority. But having an IP strategy can help you get the most from your IP and help minimize common pitfalls and legal expenses. Trade marks. It’s best to select a mark and use it consistently.

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Looking Back On Tech, Startups, And VC In 2018

Haystack

China’s growth over the past few decades has been remarkable. companies, more sensitivity around technology IP and security. Influenced by the rapid growth of the bike-sharing craze in China, a savvy Uber employee spun out to create Bird. And, this goes well beyond the current resident of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

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How to Scale a Venture Capital (or Private Equity) Fund

David Teten

My Partners at HOF Capital are younger than I am, which means that we have a half-century horizon for the franchise we are building. – Build out low-cost force multipliers such as scouts , Advisors, Entrepreneurs in Residence, Venture Partners, and so on. So we think about scaling a lot.

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Why There’s No Such Thing as a ‘Startup Within a Big Company’

Hunter Walker

Looking back, this reminds me of the Western CEO and China. Every Western CEO thinks she or he will be the first to be a successful Western brand in China and many try and launch a service there. The Chinese are used to this Western arrogance and welcome the foreigners.

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How Universities Can Help Students and Alumni Work in the Tech Industry

David Teten

My former Partner John Frankel of ff Venture Capital observes that 20 years ago, the defining movie of the generation was “Wall Street”. This is a topic we care a lot about, given HOF Capital’s long-term strategy for partnering with universities and my forthcoming book on “ hacking the university ”. “CEO is the new Analyst.”.

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An ongoing discussion on linkedin about Offshore Web Development and building a team in Europe.

Scalable Startup

I’d like to build a europe based high quality partner agency, but not sure how to build the trust required for both sides. The way I’ve done it when I wanted to grow an organization in China, was to start with a centralized model where I have local reck leads responsible for offshore engineers. Ron, Thanks for the info.

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East meets West: Why Chinese app developers are targeting US smartphone owners

The Next Web

China is the world’s largest country with more than 1.3 Distribution and cashflow pose challenges in China. On the other hand, in China, most of the users, the majority, are not well educated and in big cities working in foreign companies. That’s why the free business model is so popular in China. billion people.

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