YoungUpstarts

APRIL 8, 2019

Intellectual property (IP) is a primary business component for many entrepreneurs. Develop An IP Strategy. In order to protect intellectual property properly, you need to develop an IP strategy. Develop an IP strategy so you have a set plan to follow throughout your startup. Conduct A Trademark Search.

Intellectual Property 127

Intellectual Property IP Management Startup 127

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 14, 2018

I know that you can use an email system with this to track my open rate, whether I forwarded the email, the IP address where I read it, whether I was on a mobile device or a wired computer and you can tell who else read the document. What should be in your deck?

IP 239

IP Differentiation Salary Sales 239

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 11, 2011

I talked to one company who had build really differentiated IP and had great customer traction. Don’t just mentally write off their features or marketing as “dumb” – ask internally what you could learn from it.

Startup 313

Startup Guerilla Silicon Valley Portfolio 313

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

If you spent the 3 years perfecting some hugely differentiated technology IP that may also be different. ” Harsh, but reality. If you had huge customer growth but just didn’t focus on revenue that’s a different story.

Startup 418

Startup Revenue Technical Review Flash 418

Austin Startup

AUGUST 29, 2017

The following questions should help you begin assessing your product’s position in market: What are the core differentiators of your product or service? Do you have patents or IP wedges that create defensible moats around your differentiation? How do they compare to your competition?

Differentiation 54

Differentiation Virginia .Net B2C 54

Hunter Walker

AUGUST 8, 2023

Lower performing VCs will disappear faster and new entrants will differentiate themselves. And fascinating new advances (and needs) in AI, climate, biology, etc are driving tech-IP driven startups. Funds will get rightsized , which helps better align investors and founders in what defines a successful outcome.

Portfolio 98

Portfolio Cap Table LP Valuation 98

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

You own the IP you create. If you build a true “technology services for services sake&# business at some point you’ll likely build technology products as part of your projects where you either own the IP or you own in jointly with your customer or business partner. In a down market IP can become a huge differentiator.

Silicon Valley 332

Silicon Valley IP Dividend Finance 332

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 31, 2017

It’s easy for a third party to determine your internet service provider and your IP address. Essentially all of your personal details and your own IP address will remain hidden. For example, proxies will often send out information on the original IP for a client, making them useless when it comes to privacy protection.

IP 100

IP Bandwidth Internet Security 100

ConversionXL

APRIL 18, 2019

IP address) can provide clues to search engines, as can search history, time of year, or time of day. If you can get to the bottom of Page 1, a page title and meta description written for humans (rather than search engines) could help differentiate your site, earn more clicks, and ( probably ) send positive signals back to search engines.

Search 126

Search Aggregator New York SEO 126

Version One Ventures

MARCH 14, 2019

but we are excited about it, and any physical product for that matter, when the big differentiator is in the data collected / software layer which can lend itself to network effects – regardless of whether the hardware is developed in-house or bought off the shelf. We’ve identified two key paths: Unique product with strong IP.

IP 67

IP Differentiation Social Network Networking 67

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

Team – higher requirements for caliber of team members Product – focus on truly differentiated and not me-too Market – is it really big enough to provide investor returns** Traction – need more users, partners, patents, etc Timing – are you building for yesterday or 2 yrs from now?

Business Model 150

Business Model SEM IP Syndicate 150

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

That requires deep value creation that is difficult to do when everyone is using the same tools, even in different ways -- value requires differentiality which requires protection as soon as someone spots the value creation, for it will be copied soon thereafter. Otherwise it's a great idea.

Lean 168

Lean San Francisco Startup Continuous Deployment 168

The Startup Magazine

APRIL 12, 2017

The moment you connect online from your mobile or PC you are leaving footprints of your internet service provider as well as your IP address. That means that whether you are listening to the radio, engaging in online chat or visiting sites, your identification will be the VPN provider, their IP address and their location.

Bandwidth 60

Bandwidth IP Security Networking 60

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

One of the most compelling arguments in favor of custom software development is that it allows business owners to differentiate their products from the competition. Google apps, different accounting software, IP telephone services, project management applications, and email services are among the most often requested CRM integrations.

Software Developers 195

Software Developers Software Development Software Developer 195

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

Be specific about key differentiating functionality. It may be some unique IP, a change in the applicable laws, the prowess of your founding team, or recent changes in the market. Your credibility rests on how accurately you describe the market and your opportunity. This will help demonstrate the depth of your insights.

Elevator Pitch 154

Elevator Pitch Early Stage Venture Capital IP 154

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 13, 2010

The things that always differentiated Accenture? There seem to be a lot of market entrants in every category where it becomes hard to differentiate them all from each other. It’s why as an investor I look for talented teams with long-term vision, a unique point-of-view, differentiated IP and a desire to build something enduring.

Turkey 302

Turkey Differentiation IP Technical Review 302

ConversionXL

MARCH 20, 2019

For example, if multiple users from a company (usually identified by IP) are reading about how to reduce their corporate real estate footprint, it may flag that company as a strong prospect for a seller of space management technology. Like other ABM tools, Jabmo relies, in part, on IP addresses to determine the source of traffic.

Software Review 117

Software Review Software Marketing IP 117

Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Recent episode, The power of just one big marketing idea and How to get it really brings home this idea that instead of chasing the idea of the week, really lock in on one big idea to differentiate your business that can make all the difference in the world. Listen to Content Is Profit wherever you get your podcasts. (00:53):

Framework 78

Framework Technical Review Software Review Naming 78

The Next Web

OCTOBER 13, 2012

However, companies can protect themselves by building into their offerings a USP that not only differentiates it from potential copycats, but is also defendable in court as IP that a company can claim to have the rights to. If possible, look into developing a USP that differentiates you and makes your brand more desirable to consumers.

Intellectual Property 136

Intellectual Property Differentiation Reputation Germany 136

crowdSPRING Blog

APRIL 28, 2013

We believe that having reputation scores for every user will allow Buyers to quickly identify the very best members of our community and will allow Creatives to better choose which Buyers they wish to work with – in other words, one of the goals of our reputation system is to allow users to differentiate themselves from the crowd.

Reputation 82

Reputation Community Algorithm IP 82

ultralightstartups.com

MAY 20, 2013

Engage an IP lawyer for more thorough analysis). A word not literally related to the product, but rather a metaphorical adjective to evoke a differentiating characteristic or “feeling” about the company’s product. Does not violate an existing trademark (a trademark search using the TESS system on USPTO.gov is a first step.

Naming 45

Naming Startup Technical Review Cofounder 45

Hippoland

FEBRUARY 7, 2016

What makes your solution unique / differentiated? Is there any special tech or IP here? [in [I have disputes about this one but that is a topic for another post] Problem / solution: What specific problem are you solving? [Why Why are you doing this? Motivation?] in many cases, probably not worth asking] What is your unfair advantage?

Burn Rate 48

Burn Rate IP Cofounder Differentiation 48

David Teten

JANUARY 28, 2019

Companies that are currently pursuing similar products include 10eqs (connecting experts with applicable research projects); Article One (patent and IP research); Experts 123 (expert articles with revenue sharing); and Wonder (connect people to company research questions; I’m an investor via ff Venture Capital).

Affiliate 60

Affiliate Connecticut Programming Community 60

Austin Startup

APRIL 25, 2017

While not all of our investments will pay off in the long run, we are willing to take these risks in an attempt to create the best and most differentiated products in the market.” This means that our products take a lot of time and money to develop, and might have slow adoption rates.

Valuation 48

Valuation Technical Review Forecast Social Network 48

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

He said that there remains a very healthy market for “data oriented&# software companies because the world is moving more toward measurability and software companies with differentiated IP often get a premium in the market.

IPO 242

IPO Venture Capital Private Placement Cofounder 242

Agile VC

AUGUST 1, 2012

Consumer Tracking & Targeting – A key differentiator, relative to other media, for web advertising has been the ability to track, target, and analyze ad spend at a much more granular level and essentially in real-time. Perhaps 80% of iOS devices don’t currently support third-party cookies because of default settings.

Mobile 160

Mobile Advertising Bandwidth Web 160

www.usv.com

MAY 29, 2012

In short, as described by Brad last year in 140 characters , USV invests in: Large networks of engaged users, differentiated through user experience, and defensible through network effects. When we are organizing our activities and thinking about investment decisions then, we parse that a little finer, we unpack some of the components.

Aggregator 49

Aggregator Differentiation IP Networking 49

Rob Go

OCTOBER 12, 2011

I’m not claiming any original IP, but hopefully will be able to pull together some good thinking on these subjects and add some precision to these words. Disruptive companies are explicitly striving for differentiation across a different plane of competition than the incumbents. You can’t be good at everything after all.

Startup 56

Startup Differentiation IP Viral 56

Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 12, 2012

To gain full access to this level of personalization you must use a tool such as Google Analytics or Spring Metrics (a client) that can allow you to access publicly available data on your visitors such as IP address and location. You can further enhance this approach by integrating CRM data as well.

Analytics 64

Analytics Metrics IP Social Media 64

Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 16, 2022

John Jantsch (05:19): So one of the things I've talked about a long time is that having a real point of differentiation, one that matters to the client can be a way to almost make your make competition irrelevant. Certainly one is a differentiator. So that's where the mindset, the weed mindset comes from. So you have to have right.

Technical Review 77

Technical Review Naming Networking Washington 77

ConversionXL

JULY 25, 2016

The simplest fix is to set up IP filters to see what your GA data looks like with your computer’s site visits taken out. You can also add a “content” tag that allows you to differentiate between two content versions (for A/B testing) and a “term” tag to identify paid search terms that led to clicks. utm_medium: email.

Analytics 48

Analytics Social Media Channel Campaign 48

infochachkie.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

IP) is an ugly thing at a startup. I think you might need to differentiate between consulting companies,where most of the consultants are normally straight from university and have no hands-on experience, and a real consultant, someone who has significant domain expertise. Yet, it does nothing to help you execute your business model.

Equity 40

Equity Silicon Valley Cofounder Technical Review 40

YoungUpstarts

MAY 11, 2020

” If your biggest strength is your technology or IP differentiation, you better have a simple visual which makes it easy to understand, while also hammering home your IP is so important. It’s important is that the investor remembers the “gist” of why your IP is so special after your conversation.

IP 191

IP Business Model Angel Investor Video 191

Austin Startup

MARCH 26, 2019

Even pre-launch, there’s work you can do here to differentiate yourself. Have you thought about how potential IP theft would impact your business? Don’t be afraid to try completely new campaigns with different brand language and color schemes. How will you take advantage of SEO and SEM? Will you ship internationally?

Technical Review 49

Technical Review Software Review China Acquisition 49

BeyondVC

SEPTEMBER 22, 2005

While the market is still early in development, the new IP PBX guys are playing the same sales and marketing game as the old school PBX players. There are definitely some technical differentiations between Asterisk and SIPFoundry, but nonetheless, the approaches to market are pretty similar.

Open Source 60

Open Source Architecture IP Early Stage 60

Hunter Walker

MARCH 11, 2023

Won’t most application owners who seek to integrate ‘AI’ be interested in “best results” more so than having to choose a model upfront Will this middleware layer have access to enough model attributes to even know when/how to manage between models Can these companies protect their margins or will they be subject to either (a) intense competition pushing (..)

Artificial Inteligence 66

Artificial Inteligence Non-Compete Generative AI IP 66

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

John Jantsch (05:17): So one of the things I've talked about a long time is that having a real point of differentiation, one that matters to the client, can be a way to almost make your, make competition irrelevant. So you have to have, right, and I guess we could call them a lot of other things though, certainly one is a differentiator.

Channel 71

Channel Sales Naming California 71