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Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 1, 2023
The next default of waiting until later is equally bad, since partners who bow out early will still expect an equal share of that first billion you make later. Your idea is not intellectual property yet, so it has no inherent value. Level of responsibility and time allocated. Now comes the reality check.
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 9, 2020
The next default of waiting until later is equally bad, since partners who bow out early will still expect an equal share of that first billion you make later. Your idea is not intellectual property yet, so it has no inherent value. Level of responsibility and time allocated. Now comes the reality check.
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Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 10, 2018
The next default of waiting until later is equally bad, since partners who bow out early will still expect an equal share of that first billion you make later. Your idea is not intellectual property yet, so it has no inherent value. Level of responsibility and time allocated. Now comes the reality check.
Steve Blank
APRIL 23, 2014
Companies manage these three types of innovation with an innovation portfolio – they build innovation internally, they buy it or they partner with resources outside their company. If they decide to buy, large companies can: license/acquire intellectual property. Often they have brought in an operating executive as the new CEO.
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 4, 2014
The next default of waiting until later is equally bad, since partners who bow out early will still expect an equal share of that first billion you make later. Your idea is not intellectual property yet, so it has no inherent value. Level of responsibility and time allocated. Now comes the reality check.
SoCal CTO
SEPTEMBER 20, 2011
One of the readers asked my opinion around sharing your startup concept: My first question has always been - how do you protect your idea while shopping around for feedback, partners, developers, etc.? Beyond that, I want lots of conversations with experts, users, customers, VCs, partners, etc. Lots of thoughts here. False Confidence.
SoCal CTO
SEPTEMBER 20, 2011
One of the readers asked my opinion around sharing your startup concept: My first question has always been - how do you protect your idea while shopping around for feedback, partners, developers, etc.? Beyond that, I want lots of conversations with experts, users, customers, VCs, partners, etc. Lots of thoughts here. False Confidence.
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