ConversionXL

MARCH 17, 2021

And while this was a good start, a significant position of these companies were early-stage startups. We were also positioned as experts in a specific technology, and as time passed, this space became more and more commoditized. Use IP-identification to better serve your customers. Take the time to score your engagement.

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B2B Sales Cycle Belgium IP 150

VC Cafe

AUGUST 2, 2022

Is there an early mover advantage for being early on a technology trend? think about the entrepreneurs that started in the early days of the Internet, mobile, crypto, VR and yes… now Metaverse. Also, their $1.6 Every month, there are 5B downloads of apps built in Unity.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Competition from other startups and established incumbents, constraints on time and capital, and limited access to talent and technology resources are just a few of the hurdles nearly every first-time founder faces while trying to build a business. Have a reasonable attitude about your early-stage valuation, and don’t get too hung up on it.

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Technical Review Due Diligence Early Stage Differentiation 140

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 28, 2015

Craig Schmitz, a partner in the Technology Companies Group at law firm Godwin Proctor LLP who works on corporate, governance, board and fundraising issues, and Erika Fisher, an associate in the firm’s Business Law Department who deals with IP, fielded questions about the legal issues startups face. ” Intellectual Property.

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The Next Web

JUNE 8, 2014

The keys are maintaining capital efficiency, launching early versions to the SMB market and constantly applying customer development methods. However, we argue that in the long run, B2B companies can be more capital efficient than B2C companies, achieving maximum traction at minimal investment.

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B2C B2B IP Technical Review 132

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. Any type of design.

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Intellectual Property Business Plan IP Early Stage 60

Gust

JANUARY 4, 2012

Last month we covered the basics of intellectual property (IP) for startups, including a simple taxonomy, some common issues and related documents for entrepreneurs to use when forming a new startup. How much is it worth investing in cultivating and enforcing an IP portfolio ? Barriers to entry ?

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Steve Blank

MAY 29, 2011

He set up Blackbox.vc, a seed accelerator for technology startups (and one of the tour stops for entrepreneurs from around the world.) 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%. . Startup Genome Report.

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NZ Entrepreneur

DECEMBER 5, 2019

The reality faced by entrepreneurs is that legal services can be expensive and IP protection may not be an initial priority. But having an IP strategy can help you get the most from your IP and help minimize common pitfalls and legal expenses. Trade marks. It’s best to select a mark and use it consistently.

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IP Non-disclosure Agreement Intellectual Property New Zealand 62

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

When to get a lawyer - If you plan to be a venture or angel backed technology company (what I mostly write about) the best time to start meeting and getting to know lawyers is long before you ever start your company. Shame about not getting it in legal writing that you owned the original IP. Many people start companies arse backwards.

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Southern California Silicon Valley IP Stock Options 318

YoungUpstarts

JULY 31, 2019

Billions of dollars are being poured into companies that have yet to clear the value chasm, as entrepreneurs use early traction that isn’t necessarily financially-oriented, but shows a certain level of uptick or success, to raise capital and convince early stage investors that their horse is the one to bet on. Fundraising debt.

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Cofounder Burn Rate Technical Cofounder Seed Capital 127

David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

Seed-stage compatible: Like traditional equity VC investors, Flexible VCs accomodate early-stage investment risk within their portfolios better than a traditional RBI funder. Early-stage: Cofounder with engineering/ product background from top-tier university or major technology company. Short track record.

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Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

Gust

DECEMBER 1, 2011

When meeting with early stage entrepreneurs for the first time, after reviewing a demo or hearing their pitch, I often ask them to articulate what they’re most focused on building. When: Ideally, involve a startup lawyer as early as possible upon deciding to start a new venture. What is a startup really? Good stuff!

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IP Intellectual Property Equity Liquidity Event 114

NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

If we want to maintain and support sustainable economic growth while meeting the broader needs of society, we will need an economy underpinned by innovation and new technologies. In deep tech companies value creation milestones are more likely to be tagged to validating the technology and IP creation.

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Technical Review Software Review New Zealand Due Diligence 88

YoungUpstarts

JULY 24, 2013

Automated test equipment and virtual instrumentation software provider National Instruments has announced the opening of National Instruments Academy & Innovation Nucleus (NI-AIN), a shared services lab facility in Technology Park Malaysia comprising over RM20 million (~US$6.25

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Malaysia Technology Intellectual Property IP 205

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 29, 2016

Ironically, though, many early stage cyber security companies initially target their offerings to the Fortune 500 and look to move down market to SMBs much later in their product life-cycle – and, sometimes not at all. And this is certainly true in the cyber security sector.

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Differentiation Security Intellectual Property Non-Compete 100

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Invoca is now doing 10s of millions in recurring revenue and is growing > 75% year-over-year but it took the first 3 years to really build out the technology and acquire our initial enterprise clients. Defensible IP becomes insanely valuable?—?particularly We now serve many large clients like Dish Networks, Dignity Health, and U.S.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

The evening is sponsored by a Fortune 500 medical technology company. Please note that we expect our members to invest at least $25,000/year in early-stage investments, although there is no contractual commitment to do so. This is the first industry-specific HBS Angels pitch night.

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Technical Review New York Accredited Investor IP 128

VC Cafe

AUGUST 29, 2022

As an investor in early stage startups in gaming and metaverse/web3 at Remagine Ventures , I naturally consume a lot of content on this topic, and this post also helps me digest and separate signal from noise. Inworld AI, takes this type of technology to create game characters using text. Ready Player Me avatars ( source ).

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 7, 2016

Most early-stage companies have little registered intellectual property, such as patents. 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? Under What Conditions Can I Discuss My Technology?

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Intellectual Property NDA IP Early Stage 100

David Teten

MARCH 14, 2018

USC Marshall Professor Noam Wasserman observes in Upside-Down Venture Capitalists and the Transition Toward Pyramidal Firms: Inevitable Progression, or Failed Experiment? : “T he early-stage VC industry was [historically] dominated by small firms composed primarily of senior staff members and only a few junior members.

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Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Cofounder 60

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 22, 2012

Intellectual Property (IP) is vitally important to start-ups. The Start-Up Genome Project , which aims to map, model and analyze what makes start-ups tick, identified IP as a top source of competitive advantage for start-ups. Additionally, start-ups should know whether a country has patent laws affecting their technology.

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Intellectual Property IP Europe Asia 150

Austin Startup

AUGUST 20, 2017

Early stage startups have to survive one day at a time and are often presented with limited choices of the moment that enable them to continue. At early stages you probably don’t have an assembly line and can’t clearly define any particular job. But, later on they often wish they had the ability to erase many of them.

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Technical Review Software Review Cap Table Securities and Exchange Commission 48

NZ Entrepreneur

MAY 28, 2020

This may not be necessary if your idea is a technology and you’ve already filed a patent application for it. Patent law in most countries requires the technology to be in what’s called the ‘cone of silence’ at the date of the initial patent application. But if you haven’t, a NDA is vital.

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NDA Non-disclosure Agreement IP Early Stage 52

ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 2, 2010

The Propeller Venture Accelerator Fund will support a program of between 10 and 12 for early stage technology startups. They will get workspace in Dublin, as well as legal, accounting, marketing and IP services. The program echoes many of the other accelerator programs that are popping up.

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Ireland IP Europe Early Stage 115

The Next Web

JUNE 6, 2013

The Technology Strategy Board (TSB), despite having the word technology in there and its goal being to “stimulate innovation”, might not be the sexiest sounding hub of tech activity but it quietly lined up £865,000 (around $1.35m) in funding for small digital and tech startups in the UK last year.

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IP Intellectual Property Startup Analytics 120

View from Seed

JANUARY 11, 2017

These corporate VC activities go hand in hand with other strategies of large companies including internal R&D, IP licensing, M&A, etc. . All things being equal, seed and early stage startups are not usually well suited to take strategic investments. 2) Is now the right time for us?

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Strategic Investors Post-Money Valuation Seed Stage Cofounder 120

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

They now do extra- merchandise so fan selling other fans merchandise that they made but this time with IP rights and everybody makes money, which is pretty cool. But I wonder if one answer could be that there are these other technology companies like this one I’m talking about. But they had the exact same problem. Jason: Why?

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Cofounder Technical Review Chicago Technical Cofounder 199

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 22, 2012

Intellectual Property (IP) is vitally important to start-ups. The Start-Up Genome Project , which aims to map, model and analyze what makes start-ups tick, identified IP as a top source of competitive advantage for start-ups. Additionally, start-ups should know whether a country has patent laws affecting their technology.

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Intellectual Property IP Europe Asia 84

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

If you own the IP on a particular technology or information product, then you can create licensing agreements for other businesses to sell your product for you. This business strategy suits start-ups that found a decent degree of financial success in their early stages of business. 2 License Your Product.

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LBO Merger Social Media Startup 66

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

If you don’t know Montgomery & Co it is one of the premier technology & media focused investment banks in the country (and as Michael corrected me they also have a strong Healthcare / Med tech practice). The Montgomery Conference : one of the top technology events of the annual calendar in the United States and held every March.

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IPO Venture Capital Private Placement Cofounder 242

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 21, 2010

Vinod wants to raise a significant amount of money to buy out an IP vendor that sells semiconductor interconnect IP, and offer value added services around them. The IP vendor does about $2 million to $3 million a quarter, but the market leader is EDA giant Synopsys. Choose one segment, one service, and one geography.

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Bootstrapping IP India Silicon Valley 113

Scalable Startup

MARCH 7, 2012

Investor groups are cutting out the management, bus dev, sales, and marketing professionals, trying to get raw, young engineering teams that have never negotiated a term sheet to give away their IP rights and equity for next to nothing. Some of these projects will produce amazing companies. Balance, humility, hard work.

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Software Review Technical Review Los Angeles Due Diligence 26

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 22, 2012

Intellectual Property (IP) is vitally important to start-ups. The Start-Up Genome Project , which aims to map, model and analyze what makes start-ups tick, identified IP as a top source of competitive advantage for start-ups. Additionally, start-ups should know whether a country has patent laws affecting their technology.

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Intellectual Property IP Europe Asia 60

Early Growth Financial Services

JUNE 11, 2015

They’ll want to know what’s unique about your IP and … Continue reading → They are interested in whether or not your business solves a problem. In terms of investing criteria, they also want to get a read on the quality of your management team including: backgrounds, domain expertise, track record, and how cohesive you are.

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Angel Investor IP Early Stage Finance 28

crowdSPRING Blog

AUGUST 16, 2010

For those who don’t know Guy, he is a co-founder of Alltop , a managing director of Garage Technology Ventures (an early-stage venture capital firm) and a columnist for Entrepreneur Magazine. You can only vote for one design and there is one vote per IP address (you do not need to register to vote). Toggle ratings.

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IP Social Media Early Stage Cofounder 52

infochachkie.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

At the early stages of your company’s life, you cannot rely on disinterested, hired guns to define your company’s key tasks. John is currently a partner at Rincon Venture Partners , a venture capital firm investing in early stage web-based businesses, and is a Co-Founder of RevUpNet , a performance-based online marketing agency.

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Equity Silicon Valley Cofounder Technical Review 40