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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower

At TechEmpower, we frequently talk to startup founders, CEOs, product leaders, and other innovators about their next big tech initiative. Background Questions Let’s start with some background questions about the business and product. Do you have legal (Founder Agreement, IP, etc.) Graphic design? UI/UX design?

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Build a winning IP programme for successful innovation

NZ Entrepreneur

Being strategic with your intellectual property (IP) can be really important. But what is often even more important, especially for businesses built on ongoing innovation, is having a strong IP programme. Without a well-designed IP programme and its processes, the best intended strategies can fail. IP education.

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13 Critical Small Business Legal Requirements to Start a Business

Up and Running

Intellectual property (IP) is anything created by the human intellect that’s protected by the law from unauthorized use by other people. When starting a business, consider if your product/service has a unique invention that needs to be protected from being copied by others. Secure your intellectual property.

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Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 3: The Best Defense is a Good IP Strategy

Steve Blank

Early on in my career I took a “we’re moving too fast to deal with lawyers” attitude to patents and Intellectual Property (IP.) The assets you can protect may include your “core technology&# like source code, hardware designs, architectures, processes, formulas. Type of IP. _. Or it can be your brand , logo or domain name.

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I-Corps @ NIH – Pivoting the Curriculum

Steve Blank

Value Propositions and Customer Segments are covered in weeks 1 and 2, emphasizing the search for problem/solution and then product/market fit. Activities cover clinical trials, FDA approvals, Freedom to Operate (IP, Licenses) software development, drug or device design, etc.

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Nuts & Bolts of Intellectual Property for New Startups

Gust

So you’ve chosen a name for your startup, product, or both. Second in importance only to talented people, IP in all its forms is the key asset comprising most of the value of any tech startup. Every person who has touched the new business in any way has a potential claim to related IP rights. Intellectual property.

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Remind Me Why I Love You? (Why “In Person” is Everything)

Both Sides of the Table

Your product demo crushed. It’s predictable, there is no reason to get mad about it and with a well-designed play book you can overcome this much of the time. But the real product being bought or sold is “trust.” You had an amazing meeting with an investor. The dialog was great. They told you how much they loved your space.