Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 23, 2014

Don’t count on your IP to save you. Employees stop innovating. Employees are human, and a static known environment is more comfortable than a dynamic one. With decreased employee productivity and outdated technology, your costs go up, and income drops. Change is the only constant in a successful business.

Startup 250

Startup IP Employee Cost 250

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2013

Don’t count on your IP to save you. Employees stop innovating. Employees are human, and a static known environment is more comfortable than a dynamic one. With decreased employee productivity and outdated technology, your costs go up, and income drops. Change is the only constant in a successful business.

Entrepreneur 264

Entrepreneur IP Employee Cost 264

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2011

Don’t count on your IP to save you. Employees stop innovating. Employees are human, and a static known environment is more comfortable than a dynamic one. With decreased employee productivity and outdated technology, your costs go up, and income drops. Change is the only constant in a successful business.

Entrepreneur 239

Entrepreneur IP Employee Cost 239

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2019

When someone says Intellectual Property (IP), most entrepreneurs think only of patents. In reality, patents are only one of at least eight items that should be in your IP portfolio. These trade secrets need to be documented and coupled with an employment agreement, to keep them from migrating to your competitors when employees move on.

IP 234

IP Portfolio Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement 234

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 19, 2010

Don’t count on your IP to save you. Employees stop innovating. Employees are human, and a static known environment is more comfortable than a dynamic one. With decreased employee productivity and outdated technology, your costs go up, and income drops. Change is the only constant in a successful business.

Startup 144

Startup IP Employee Cost 144

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

I would like my sweat equity and existing IP to be the risk that I incur without also risking an asset that could easily represent the majority of my total assets. By separating the name in a lease arrangement, I was also hoping to be able to offer greater equity to a potential co-founder and early employees.

Sweat Equity 188

Sweat Equity Entrepreneur Equity CPA 188

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 24, 2021

When someone says Intellectual Property (IP), most entrepreneurs think only of patents. In reality, patents are only one of at least eight items that should be in your IP portfolio. These trade secrets need to be documented and coupled with an employment agreement, to keep them from migrating to your competitors when employees move on.

Intellectual Property 363

Intellectual Property Portfolio Valuation Non-disclosure Agreement 363