Gust

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

Technical due diligence typically starts with a full one or two day review with the engineering and product marketing staff. Finally, they need to validate intellectual property protections and status. Investors are evaluating your process as well as your product. Market need and size validation.

Technical Review 152

Technical Review Due Diligence Intellectual Property Private Equity 152

Gust

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

As a native of Silicon Valley , I’ve witnessed the creative destruction of wave after wave of innovation as nearby corporate campuses repopulated themselves : From defense contractors to data centers , computer mainframe manufacturers to Internet search engines. Intellectual Property.

Silicon Valley 187

Silicon Valley San Francisco Intellectual Property Accredited Investor 187

Gust

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

Assign real value to intellectual property. Back in the “heyday of the dot.com startups,” it was not uncommon to see a valuation incremented by $1M or every paid full-time professional programmer, engineer, or designer. New businesses normally have fewer assets, but it pays to look hard and count everything you have.

Valuation 187

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation NPV Intellectual Property 187