Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 11, 2012

Since my background includes software development, I often get the question about when to build a solution in-house, versus outsourcing it to a local company, near-shore service, or off-shore organization in China, India, or Eastern Europe. Intellectual property content. Protect your intellectual property.

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Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement Non-Compete Vietnam 222

Up and Running

JULY 28, 2022

Secure your intellectual property. Intellectual property (IP) is anything created by the human intellect that’s protected by the law from unauthorized use by other people. Innovation can be a product, design, or a process of doing things to solve a technical problem. Develop a founders agreement.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2011

Since my background includes software development, I often get the question about when to build a solution in-house, versus outsourcing it to a local company, near-shore service, or off-shore organization in China, India, or Eastern Europe. Intellectual property content. Protect your intellectual property.

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Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement Non-Compete Vietnam 225

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2020

To be clear, I define a product specification as the technical definition of your product, to be used for development and testing purposes, with a quick business summary for context. Scale your funding requests to the value of your startup today, consisting of assets, contracts, and intellectual property you currently own.

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Steve Blank

MAY 17, 2022

It uses new words to define programming steps, job descriptions, development tools, etc. Classic computers are designed to do anything a human explicitly tells them to do. For most of today’s programs, the computer used to develop and compile the code does not have to be that much faster than the one that will run it.

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NZ Entrepreneur

APRIL 13, 2020

This article is the first of a three-part series by Dr Sudhanshu Ayyagari that focuses on the importance of intellectual property for startup companies. Here we examine the different types of intellectual property rights and their importance for a business. Registered Designs. Trade Marks. Protection.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 23, 2014

If they decide to buy, large companies can: license/acquire intellectual property. Corporate business development and strategic partner executives are flocking to Silicon Valley to find these five types of innovation. acquire startups for their teams (and discard the product). Predicting Success or Failure of an Acquisition.

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Up and Running

JULY 5, 2021

And hiring an intellectual property attorney may seem like a budget dealbreaker. However, partnering with an experienced attorney allows new business owners to focus on other tasks like product development, employee training, and advertising, rather than the intricacies of trademark law and submitting applications.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Joe Felter , Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the new military systems, operational concepts and doctrines that will emerge from 21st century technologies – Space, Cyber, AI & Machine Learning and Autonomy. Designing in exploitability early in programs. Today’s topic was Acquisition and Sustainment and Modern War.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2017

In case you haven’t noticed it, the rapid evolution of do-it-yourself (DIY) facilities for developers, including 3-D printers, SketchUp and makerspaces such as TechShop , have scaled down the cost of prototypes and hardware design by an order of magnitude. Quick low-cost design and fabrication alternatives are extremely valuable.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

Most business owners don’t understand the importance of developing an exit strategy from day one. Does it have a niche or intellectual property? You should always design with the customer experience in mind. Products are the products or services that are offered by your company. Is your product thriving or dying?

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

You have to be careful when it comes to your startup’s legality in all aspects, from design to service system. You might be running after someone who stole your design, committed a crime that resulted in a loss, or an insurance carrier acting in bad faith. Legally Secure Your Intellectual Property Position. Hire a Lawyer.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 12, 2010

And even you could work 70 on-task hours per week, that's still blown away by 10 developers at a funded company or even 10 passionate open source developers working part-time. Innovative design and intellectual property are no longer long-term competitive advantages. But working harder is not, in fact, smarter.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 19, 2014

It’s a collaboration with the National Science Foundation (NSF) to develop NIH-specific version of the Innovation-Corps. assess intellectual property and regulatory risk before they design and build. Filed under: Customer Development , Lean LaunchPad , Life Sciences , National Science Foundation.

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Nearly all businesses, whether they are small or large, are comprised of intellectual property (IP) and trade secrets, which can serve as the foundation for commercial success. The World Intellectual Property Organization defines IP as, “creations of the mind,” which, depending on the business, can take many forms.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2010

Since my background includes software development, I often get the question about when to build a solution in-house, versus outsourcing it to a local company, near-shore service, or off-shore organization in China, India, or Eastern Europe. Intellectual property content. Protect your intellectual property.

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Software Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement Non-Compete 129

NZ Entrepreneur

AUGUST 30, 2020

Protecting intellectual property rights through registration is an important element of any business strategy. But the value of a robust intellectual property portfolio hasn’t always been on the radar for New Zealand businesses. So getting legal advice from an intellectual property professional is a good idea.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2021

Aspiring entrepreneurs ask me why their great idea hasn’t sold; they talk about it endlessly, and they expect others to do the development, finance, and marketing work for them. It can also be very inspiring, as you watch your dream morph into reality, or as you feel each little element of success: Watch your team develop new skills.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2022

This approach, popularly known as “ glocalization ,” means you have to design and deliver global solutions that have total relevance to every local market in which you operate. Selectively protect your intellectual property worldwide.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 26, 2011

With his new book “ One Simple Idea: Turn Your Dreams into a Licensing Goldmine While Letting Others Do the Work “, the developer of products like Michael Jordan’s Wallball , the Spinformation rotating label and HotPicks guitar picks shares his blueprint of how you can also look for ways to turn your creativity into profit.

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 3, 2010

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! 40 Examples of Creative and Clever Billboard Designs – [link]. 100 New And Free Cool Fonts A Designer Must Download – [link].

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NZ Entrepreneur

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Being strategic with your intellectual property (IP) can be really important. Professional sports teams hence underpin their long and short-term goals and the strategies used to get there, with a well-designed programme. Without a well-designed IP programme and its processes, the best intended strategies can fail.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 30, 2013

2) We should have had buy-in about the value of disruptive new business models, design and open innovation thinking. I earnestly believe that large corporations should emulate Lean Startups (Business model design, Customer Development and Agile Engineering.) Developing a program to generate new ideas is the easy part.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

However, there’s a growing belief that the “design preferences” of Chinese consumers are just bad design. TenCents WeChat , (designed for an international market) is the first incredibly popular app in China to dramatically raise the bar for what a good user interface and user experience looks and feels like.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 4, 2016

Dismiss the need to register any intellectual property. Entrepreneurs who under-estimate cash requirements or focus on product development while someone else pays the bills are doomed to fail over and over again. Some entrepreneurs believe that being first to market will keep them ahead of competitors.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 29, 2024

Designing Your Business Model Crafting a business model is like building a blueprint for your venture. Develop a marketing strategy that leverages both digital and traditional channels. It’s crucial to protect your intellectual property as well, including trademarks, patents, and copyrights.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 6, 2012

Students will even receive a minor in entrepreneurship as they develop their own business plans. The Sandbox is designed to accelerate the process of business creation through a 12-week experiential-based program, producing either investment-ready firms or ready-to-go, revenue-generating entities. Syracuse Student Sandbox.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

You can write, present, publish, gather data, analyse data, design, name them. Given the advantages of working in a normal office, a break from the usual routine could breathe fresh air in business content development. So how awesome would it be if you had your mobile office ? How better can it get? The Gateway.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 6, 2015

As “offshore outsourcing” is a favourable choice, due to cheaper labour in developing countries. Whether it is IT outsourcing, content development, recruitment, manufacturing, legal outsourcing, web design, or technical and customer support, involving a third party can place the core activities of your business in centre stage.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 27, 2011

student of our MS&E department at Stanford ,) where they are set on being a leader in developing the management science of entrepreneurship. Or more accurately, startups are a temporary organization designed to search for a scalable and repeatable business model.) The 47th (-46) Annual Business Model Competition.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 19, 2019

Second, China has an advantage over several developed and developing countries because it has invested in infrastructure and continues to invest in it. But labour will constitute a higher percentage of the cost for a stuffed toy, as cutting, stitching and stuffing the toy needs more intervention by workers.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Formerly, he was Managing Director of both Product Management and of Business Development at Los Angeles Times Interactive. A 12 - year veteran of the online world, he has worked in sales, business development and content partnership functions for Yahoo!, Before that, he was VP, Client Strategy at Blast Radius.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 15, 2017

Recent developments in applications have rendered the firewall outdated and incapable of deciphering the good and trusted from the bad traffic. Breaches involving health information, trade secrets, and intellectual property can be devastating for the affected brand. Without a doubt, the firewall era has come to an end.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

When you hire others to work for you, employment contracts are vital to outlining what is expected of employees, the terms of their employment, company policies, ownership of intellectual property, and certain financial agreements. Despite the importance of employee contracts, many startups make certain common mistakes with them.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 30, 2020

It’s ironic that we’ll go to great lengths to protect our intellectual property and physical property, but don’t think twice about allowing a deluge of digital disruptions erode our employees’ ability to perform. Design your office space around quiet and focus.

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Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

JUNE 6, 2011

That’s right, I prefer writing code than writing words and yet it’s been two months now that I started outsourcing the development of TaskArmy to someone in Ukraine. I spent the first 8 months developing the website myself until I proved to myself that my idea was a viable business idea. Why I outsourced the development.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Patent strategies are a series of steps that a company takes in order to secure and position its inventions, innovations, and/or intellectual property. As a general rule, the fewer patents covering a product, the easier it is to design a competing product around that protection. What is a patent strategy? Market-driven strategy.

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