Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Or if you’re building consumer electronics the key activities might be: low cost hardware design, high volume manufacturing, user interface design, consumer branding and retail distribution. So What Does this Have to Do With A Founding Team?

Cofounder 335

Cofounder Founder Intellectual Property Business Model 335

Steve Blank

APRIL 23, 2014

Most large companies manage three types of innovation: process innovation (making existing products incrementally better), continuous innovation (building on the strength of the company’s current business model but creating new elements) and disruptive innovation (creating products or services that did not exist before.).

Acquisition 332

Acquisition Intellectual Property Silicon Valley Startup 332

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Zyla, managing director of Acuitas, Inc., If you stop working for the company, how will that impact your voting and distribution rights? You should also understand that you may be liable for certain acts or omissions as a manager, officer or director, but shielded from liability as a member (in a manager-managed LLC) or shareholder.

Partner 208

Partner Technical Review Intellectual Property Due Diligence 208

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Unfortunately, I see good startups fail simply because they don’t have the resources or intellectual property to stay ahead of copycats or big players who see the potential as soon as you step into the marketplace. Make sure your solution is defensible and unique. Implement a strategy for growth and improvement.

Intellectual Property 235

Intellectual Property Elevator Pitch Harvest Technical Review 235

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2023

Creating intellectual property, including patents, is the kay to long-term value and a sustainable competitive advantage. This includes personal and team commitments to delivery schedules, quality assurance, manufacturing, and distribution requirements. Idea management. Build and manage a pipeline of ideas.

Intellectual Property 343

Intellectual Property Metrics .Net Social Network 343

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Every business needs marketing, distribution, a positive revenue model and intellectual property to survive. These do require business management and execution skills, as well as the discipline to manage yourself. The old adage of “if we build it, they will come” doesn’t work anymore.

Intellectual Property 243

Intellectual Property Matching Business Model Cofounder 243

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

It’s very unusual for two competitors to have exactly the same strengths – in development, marketing, distribution, or customer support. Capitalize on shared costs and common distribution. Similar companies, even though competitors, usually face economies of scale and overlapping distribution channels.

Partner 434

Partner Non-disclosure Agreement Intellectual Property Non-Compete 434

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 25, 2020

Creating intellectual property, including patents, is the kay to long-term value and a sustainable competitive advantage. This includes personal and team commitments to delivery schedules, quality assurance, manufacturing, and distribution requirements. Idea management. Build and manage a pipeline of ideas.

Intellectual Property 360

Intellectual Property Social Network Metrics .Net 360

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 11, 2022

These normally include people, tangible property, intellectual property, and cash flow requirements. It takes partners to make a business work, normally including suppliers, marketing, channel, and distribution partners, as well as funding partners. Key activities. Key partners. No startup or entrepreneur is an island.

Business Model 334

Business Model Intellectual Property Angel Investor Channel 334

Board Effect

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

According to a 2021 NIH study , the primary areas that healthcare organizations need to focus on are: Phishing Ransomware Distributed denial-of-service attacks Malware The study also goes into greater detail about the challenges in cybersecurity and key solutions healthcare organizations have adopted to address them.

Technical Review 52

Technical Review Intellectual Property Security Merger 52

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 15, 2017

As the cloud becomes increasingly common and the data deluge shows no signs of slowing down, the good old firewall is simply no longer sufficient for protecting the highly distributed assets of the enterprise. Breaches involving health information, trade secrets, and intellectual property can be devastating for the affected brand.

Security 140

Security Software Review Technical Review API 140

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2021

Every business needs marketing, distribution, a positive revenue model and intellectual property to survive. These do require business management and execution skills, as well as the discipline to manage yourself. The old adage of “if we build it, they will come” doesn’t work anymore.

Intellectual Property 328

Intellectual Property Matching Business Model Cofounder 328

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Knowbella Tech is an open science collaboration company that uses blockchain to deliver free tools, services, grants, and intellectual properties (IP) to researchers, particularly the underserved in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The holders will be able to trade these tokens. What is your competitive advantage?

Intellectual Property 48

Intellectual Property Technical Review Malta Startup 48

Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

But the world you lead will be much different from the one your professors knew or your predecessors managed. Yet in the face of all this change, traditional firms continue to embrace a management ethos that values efficiency over innovation. To manage these employees companies create metrics to control, measure and reward execution.

Private Equity 326

Private Equity Metrics China Intellectual Property 326

ReadWriteStart

JUNE 5, 2023

Estate planning is often associated with allocating how your assets and resources will be distributed upon your death in a way that complies with your wishes, avoids burdensome taxation, and allows your beneficiaries to avoid the lengthy and complicated probate process. Estate planning can be exactly that.

Security 154

Security Entrepreneur Intellectual Property Cofounder 154

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Team: Who is on your management team? Valuable strategic alliances for a cannabis company might include security staff, pharmacists, attorneys, sales associates, and store managers. Distribution. Some companies, such as TransCanna , are pioneering transportation and distribution methods from cannabis manufacturers to consumers.

Business Plan 154

Business Plan Technical Review Forecast Software Review 154

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2019

These normally include people, tangible property, intellectual property, and cash flow requirements. It takes partners to make a business work, normally including suppliers, marketing, channel, and distribution partners, as well as funding partners. Key activities. Key partners. No startup or entrepreneur is an island.

Intellectual Property 250

Intellectual Property Business Model Angel Investor Channel 250

David Cohen

JANUARY 4, 2012

Microsoft will not retain intellectual property or equity in any of the participating companies but will provide provisioned Xbox development kits, Kinect hardware, the Kinect for Windows SDK and space for testing and developing during the program. Jason Mendelson, Managing Director, Foundry Group.

Intellectual Property 76

Intellectual Property Seattle Equity Programming 76

Up and Running

OCTOBER 13, 2014

Managing a Business Operations Strategy' Coley Brown, of VisionMine, said that open innovation helps some smaller companies get acquired, while others have their technology licensed by the larger firms they work with. See Also Innovate! 7 Quotes About the Value and Risk of Innovation.

Intellectual Property 106

Intellectual Property Philadelphia Small Business California 106

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 18, 2018

Creating intellectual property, including patents, is the kay to long-term value and a sustainable competitive advantage. This includes personal and team commitments to delivery schedules, quality assurance, manufacturing, and distribution requirements. Idea management. Build and manage a pipeline of ideas.

Intellectual Property 160

Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Metrics .Net 160

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2014

It’s very unusual for two competitors to have exactly the same strengths – in development, marketing, distribution, or customer support. Capitalize on shared costs and common distribution. Similar companies, even though competitors, usually face economies of scale and overlapping distribution channels.

Non-disclosure Agreement 257

Non-disclosure Agreement Intellectual Property Startup Non-Compete 257

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

For our students, that can mean anyone from a Syrian refugee trying to make contact with his family back home, to a supply chain manager for a major apparel brand who wants to make sure his contract factory in Bangladesh doesn’t use forced labor. They tested this updated MVP with refugees and made some surprising discoveries.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Washington United Kingdom Lean 120

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

For our students, that can mean anyone from a Syrian refugee trying to make contact with his family back home, to a supply chain manager for a major apparel brand who wants to make sure his contract factory in Bangladesh doesn’t use forced labor. They tested this updated MVP with refugees and made some surprising discoveries.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Washington United Kingdom Lean 120

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2016

Creating intellectual property, including patents, is the kay to long-term value and a sustainable competitive advantage. This includes personal and team commitments to delivery schedules, quality assurance, manufacturing, and distribution requirements. Idea management. Build and manage a pipeline of ideas.

Intellectual Property 161

Intellectual Property Metrics .Net Social Network 161

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

The key success factors of the business model (how a business survives and grows), management expertise, and financial projections will likely get overlooked. Multiple micro-investments are not manageable. The administration of legal conditions, signatures, disclosures, and distributions is a nightmare.

Non-disclosure Agreement 254

Non-disclosure Agreement Intellectual Property Accredited Investor Equity 254

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2010

That’s because a company’s value is a composite of all of the quantitative and qualitative factors that comprise a company: revenues, expenses, risks, growth prospects, quality of the management team, competitive advantages, strength of the intellectual property, and so forth.

Intellectual Property 223

Intellectual Property .Net Valuation Distribution 223

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

For corporate boards, even those not looking for a buyer at this time, I often help to manage this exercise in board meetings once every few years. Some potential buyers or strategic partners might want your intellectual property, or revenues, or profitability, geographic advantage, or sale force, or your employee base.

Partner 62

Partner Intellectual Property .Net Distribution 62

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 17, 2013

The key success factors of the business model (how a business survives and grows), management expertise, and financial projections will likely get overlooked. Multiple micro-investments are not manageable. The administration of legal conditions, signatures, disclosures, and distributions is a nightmare.

Non-disclosure Agreement 266

Non-disclosure Agreement Intellectual Property Accredited Investor Equity 266

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 9, 2017

These normally include people, tangible property, intellectual property, and cash flow requirements. It takes partners to make a business work, normally including suppliers, marketing, channel, and distribution partners, as well as funding partners. Key activities. Key partners. No startup or entrepreneur is an island.

Business Model 143

Business Model Intellectual Property Startup Angel Investor 143

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 12, 2015

Creating intellectual property, including patents, is the key to long-term value and a sustainable competitive advantage. This includes personal and team commitments to delivery schedules, quality assurance, manufacturing, and distribution requirements. Idea management. Business risks are not just development risks.

Intellectual Property 120

Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Metrics .Net 120

The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 13, 2019

Intellectual property is one of the most valuable assets acquirers seek in startups. Those with the best teams, and which are well managed always win. Distribution & Customers. IP & Technology. Sometimes they sue instead. Or push regulations. Others will buy you. Or at least not as cost-effectively. .

Intellectual Property 132

Intellectual Property IP Acquisition Startup 132

Board Effect

DECEMBER 23, 2019

The board wants to purchase intellectual property rights. The board has determined that it’s a good time to distribute corporate dividends. Transactions for land, intellectual property, financial assets, and other assets often require boards to produce a board resolution as part of their commitment to a transaction.

Intellectual Property 64

Intellectual Property Stock Options Dividend Community 64

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2011

The key success factors of the business model (how you make money), management expertise, and financial projections will likely get overlooked. Multiple micro-investments are not manageable. The administration of legal conditions, signatures, disclosures, and distributions is a nightmare. Intellectual property is jeopardized.

Non-disclosure Agreement 230

Non-disclosure Agreement Intellectual Property Startup Social Media 230

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2015

Every business needs marketing, distribution, a positive revenue model and intellectual property to survive. These do require business management and execution skills, as well as the discipline to manage yourself. The old adage of “if we build it, they will come” doesn’t work anymore.

Matching 120

Matching Intellectual Property Startup Business Model 120

Gust

NOVEMBER 2, 2014

The key success factors of the business model (how a business survives and grows), management expertise, and financial projections will likely get overlooked. Multiple micro-investments are not manageable. The administration of legal conditions, signatures, disclosures, and distributions is a nightmare.

Non-disclosure Agreement 160

Non-disclosure Agreement Intellectual Property Accredited Investor Equity 160

Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

I perform the following exercise with my boards no less than once every several years in planning sessions attended by the board and senior management, sometimes augmented with an industry consultant or expert from the outside. Occasionally, the insights gained from this exercise comes as a complete surprise to the board and management.

Liquidity Event 48

Liquidity Event Intellectual Property Naming Acquisition 48

YoungUpstarts

MAY 22, 2013

Most professionals are familiar with the pain trying to access and share company files outside of the organization (and sometimes even internally), saddled as they are by antiquated company IT security and intellectual property policies.

Cloud 140

Cloud Intellectual Property Metadata Architecture 140