VC Cafe

JULY 21, 2022

As pre-seed investors in the world of gaming (both studios and infrastructure) at Remagine Ventures, we stay up to date on the trends and new developments in the world of gaming. Investment bank Drake Star Partners published a report on the gaming investment and M&A activity in the first half of 2022. Over 3 billion.

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Forecast IP Mobile Acquisition 190

VC Cafe

AUGUST 2, 2022

As an early stage investor in the world of gaming and metaverse technology at Remagine Ventures, I find these companies have the potential to set the agenda, become the potential platforms for developers building in this space and future acquirers/consolidators of startups building the next generation of the Internet. Here we go! Epic Games.

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IP Cofounder Valuation Acquisition 206

ConversionXL

MARCH 17, 2021

While thousands of B2B organizations struggle, plenty are able to develop long-term success. To do this we partnered with the RevGenius community to get a better understanding the challenges mature companies faced. Use IP-identification to better serve your customers. So what does it take? Take the time to score your engagement.

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B2B Sales Cycle Belgium IP 150

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 30, 2014

They had been introduced by my friend Brian Garrett, a partner at Crosscut Ventures and the ambition outlined in their deck seemed almost unbelievable, “to make wireless charging of phones (and other devices) as easy as WiFi” that I had to see it for myself. We hired IP specialists to review prior art.

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Technical Review Software Review Due Diligence CTO Hire 418

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Toya is a female-led studio partnering with the biggest platforms in the gaming industry to develop and promote games that reflect equal opportunities, diverse characters, and more dynamic storylines across the gender spectrum. Saying “no” can be equally important as saying “yes” to a potential partner or client. . Enter Toya

Technical Review 178

Technical Review South Korea Due Diligence IP 178

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. Corporate business development and strategic partner executives are flocking to Silicon Valley to find these five types of innovation.

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Acquisition Intellectual Property Silicon Valley Startup 332

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 28, 2015

by John Vrionis, partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. The program provides entrepreneurs the resources and mentoring they need to build their companies and develop their skills. The program provides entrepreneurs the resources and mentoring they need to build their companies and develop their skills. If high U.S.

Convertible Security 100

Convertible Security IP Technical Review Software Review 100

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.

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NDA Stealth Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement 211

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.

NDA 198

NDA Stealth Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement 198

The Next Web

JUNE 8, 2014

Yoav Leitersdorf and Ofer Schreiber of are partners at YL Ventures. Developing an enterprise-grade SaaS product is not easy. The keys are maintaining capital efficiency, launching early versions to the SMB market and constantly applying customer development methods. And more importantly, B2B companies.

B2C 132

B2C B2B IP Technical Review 132

Steve Blank

JANUARY 2, 2014

Jason Crane - PhD UCSF Manager Scientific Software Development. Over the course of the class Mira Medicine team spoke to over 80 customers, partners and payers. It includes reimbursement, regulation, IP, validation, channel access, etc. Filed under: Customer Development , Lean LaunchPad , Life Sciences , Teaching.

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Lean Algorithm Customer Development IP 244

YoungUpstarts

MAY 29, 2019

In fact, one of the most difficult obstacles for most businesses is convincing the main power houses (board members, directors, investors) to sign off on the budget needed to fully explore these opportunities; especially when it comes to investing in mobile technology, i.e. mobile app development. Data & Insight.

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Mobile Retention IP Metrics 115

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 14, 2016

by Jeff Stark, Audit Partner at Sensiba San Filippo. When using others (employees, contractors, third parties) to develop your technology, be sure that ownership of IP is assigned to the company. Jeff Stark is an Audit Partner at Sensiba San Filippo.

Acquisition 100

Acquisition Intellectual Property Technical Review Due Diligence 100

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

A finalist in the Blockchain category , which will pitch on at 9:30 am Sunday, March 10, Knowbella has a mission to create a publicly available scientific ecosystem whereby all the research data and publication development are open and transparent. When there are enough “no’s,” then adapting by developing potential pivots. Never quit!

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Intellectual Property Technical Review Malta Startup 48

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

Shame about not getting it in legal writing that you owned the original IP. I know he’s smart but you wouldn’t hire a Javascript developer to do your database design – would you? Focus on the partner you would be working with. Your contractor wrote a great V1 of the product and it helped you get angel funding.

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Southern California Silicon Valley IP Stock Options 318

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

by Lu Zhang, founder and managing partner of Fusion Fund. On the other hand, if you arrive at a VC pitch without a comprehensive understanding of the industry you’re hoping to compete in, or without a clear path to profitability or a thoughtful product-development road map, you’ll likely leave empty-handed. Be ready when it counts.

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Technical Review Due Diligence Early Stage Differentiation 106

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 1, 2019

by Bruce Cleveland, Founding Partner at Wildcat Venture Partners and author of “ Traversing the Traction Gap “. As you develop your product, you must concurrently invest in market-engineering tasks. Bruce Cleveland is a Founding Partner at Wildcat Venture Partners and author of the book “ Traversing the Traction Gap “.

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Cleveland Framework Marketing Early Stage 110

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.

Social Network 150

Social Network Networking Los Angeles Fractional CTO 150

Steve Blank

MAY 29, 2011

Max and his partners interviewed and analyzed over 650 early-stage Internet startups. Founders overestimate the value of IP before product market fit by 255%. . Filed under: Customer Development , Teaching , Venture Capital. They went to work gathering deep knowledege of what makes successful Internet startups.

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Technical Cofounder Early Stage Startup Silicon Valley 333

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2019

The first check I wrote was just over 10 years ago into a company called Invoca who just announced a new $56 million in funding led by Scott Hilleboe at HIG Growth Partners. Defensible IP becomes insanely valuable?—?particularly I thought this was a good time to reflect on some lessons of the past 10 years. Over the past 2.5

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IP Intellectual Property IRR Cofounder 223

David Teten

MARCH 14, 2018

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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Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Cofounder 60

David Teten

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

C8 Sciences ( [link] ) markets web-delivered cognitive development programs based on Yale IP of integrated computer and physical exercises. Cell>Point ( www.cellpointweb.com ) is a late-stage biotech-molecular imaging and therapeutics company with strong IP. Docphin ( [link] ) is the Bloomberg for doctors.

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Technical Review New York Accredited Investor IP 128

Scalable Startup

JANUARY 15, 2015

web development projects. Tom Nora Startup Whisperer, Web Market Development. I’m a startup growth consultant who started a digital marketing + web development agency due to such high demand from my startup clients. I have been able to successfully scale three different software development service centers offshore.

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Offshore Web Development Europe Web 20

David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. Similar to the explosion of seed funds in the past decade, we (and some limited partners too ) believe these Flexible VCs are on the forefront of what will become a major segment of the venture ecosystem. Of the Inc. 5000 companies, only 6.5% return cap.

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Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

Agile VC

MARCH 13, 2012

CEO Scott Thompson alluded to their plan a couple weeks ago but the IP lawsuit itself was only official late afternoon yesterday (and now public). ’s claims of IP infringement or offer a litigator’s perspective of Yahoo! Thompson reportedly dealt with this IP lawsuit personally along with Yahoo!’s

IP 100

IP IPO Social Network Silicon Valley 100

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 7, 2015

I love how open Danielle has been throughout the development of her startup Mattermark including honest reflections of when she has changed her opinion. All of my partners at Upfront do. We fund 10-12 companies per year at Upfront where I’m a partner. That’s what it feels like.”. The right ones are invaluable additions.

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Cap Table Cofounder Silicon Valley Startup 150

A Crowded Space

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Very shortly after I joined, Greg Gretsch (now my partner at Jackson Square Ventures) co-led oDesk’s Series A along with Venky Ganesan (partner at Menlo Ventures and lead investor in Rev.com). As I grew to understand the careful and strategic practice of recruitment, I developed an ability to make tough decisions quickly.

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www.greenhornconnect.com

OCTOBER 3, 2011

” Transitioning from partners in an informal collaboration to co-owners of an actual business may seem like a big step, but it is a necessary one that every successful startup eventually must take. 1) You and your partners have developed IP critical to your business. Sign in here or Create your free account!

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IP Intellectual Property Limited Liability Company Boston 40

ConversionXL

JULY 3, 2020

Other publishers had similar issues , as Taneth Evans , Head of Audience Development at The Times in London, detailed: There were too many flaws with the model to participate, so the business opted out. Chrome developers continue to play cat-and-mouse with publishers on Incognito mode. Start with 10 monthly clicks.

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SEO HTML Technical Review Caching 122

Growthink Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

And because the executives running these companies think they know what their companies at their current point of development are worth they.do And we will attract to us new relationships and partners to help us get there. Putting all of this out there and SO many good things come back to us. And oh yes.we

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Harvest IP Software Review Forecast 48

Hearpreneur

JULY 1, 2020

Once I developed the fabric I wanted it to have a name that was memorable, and that described it in one word. Several “experts” in marketing and advertising, and IP lawyers, tried to talk me into changing it. While developing the app and starting the company, I was stuck for a name. Buttercloth was born. It was just natural.

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Naming Entrepreneur New Hampshire LLC 150

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2009

Customer Development We were starting Epiphany, my last company. The initial hypothesis for Epiphany (from my much smarter partner Ben ) was that as departments in the enterprise (manufacturing, finance, customer support sales) became automated, the marketing department would eventually get its turn. Are These Your Slides?

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Silicon Valley Non-disclosure Agreement NDA Startup 232

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

This is another one where I wish I would have recorded pitches and scanned the audience of investors to show their faces and body language as the CEO delivering the pitch starts schpealing out things like, “our IP is strong because we’re ISO complaint and we’ve cornered the ABC market by using the XYZ technical blah blah blah.”

Hockey Stick 114

Hockey Stick Technical Review Due Diligence Seattle 114

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 7, 2016

Patent applications represent the hope for defensible protection, as the most a company can truthfully tell investors is that the company owns its IP. What should my IP strategy be? Develop a patent strategy early on to evaluate whether the costs for protecting an innovation makes sense.

Intellectual Property 100

Intellectual Property NDA IP Early Stage 100

Pascal's View

MARCH 24, 2010

This morning I gave the keynote speech at the ICAP Ocean Tomo IP auction in San Francisco. legislation that will transform the U.S. patent system and broadly impact intellectual property rights in our country.

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Intellectual Property Global San Francisco Technical Review 52

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

While it doesn’t eliminate great investor judgment, pattern recognition skills and mentoring, we’ve developed an Investment Readiness Level tool that fills in these missing pieces. The teams developed businesses in 4 different areas– therapeutics, diagnostics, medical devices and digital health. Therapeutics.

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Incubator Intellectual Property Startup Lean 312

www.frozennorth.org

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Ideas dont have a lot of value by themselves, they tend not to be unique, and by staying secret a startup gives up the chance to get valuable feedback from prospective customers and partners. They were at a tradeshow for speech recognition technology and IP-based call centers. * Let me give you a real-world example. on a hosted basis.

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Stealth NDA IP Startup 40