Gust

DECEMBER 22, 2011

Having covered all the bases to ensure that your corporate name is available, the domain name can be acquired, and the name doesn’t infringe any existing trademarks (as we discussed last week ), now is a good time to look at the categories of intellectual property (IP) that are relevant to most startups. Instagram is a textbook example.)

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Intellectual Property Technical Review Software Review IP 149

Hearpreneur

JULY 1, 2020

Several “experts” in marketing and advertising, and IP lawyers, tried to talk me into changing it. If you search the word “Affygility” we are the only company in the entire internet that displays. The post 26 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names appeared first on Hearpreneur. Buttercloth was born.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 2, 2022

think about the entrepreneurs that started in the early days of the Internet, mobile, crypto, VR and yes… now Metaverse. If nothing else, it shows how many billions Meta is willing to commit in order to advance Mark Zuckerberg’s vision for the future of the Internet. Here we go! Epic Games. but still lost $2.8

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VC Cafe

JULY 21, 2022

At Remagine Ventures we invested in Sneaky Panda , a mobile gaming studio founded by serial gaming entrepreneurs pioneering a new genre – Luck Puzzler. We are in the experimentation stage, where brands, IP, communities, are testing the waters for relevancy, connection with the younger fans, and new income potential.

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Forecast IP Mobile Acquisition 190

NZ Entrepreneur

APRIL 5, 2022

Chances are your internet connection is something you haven’t given much thought since you signed up with your provider. However, taking a moment to think about if you are getting the most out of your internet can be a game changer in terms of your capacity to do business. Consideration 3: GOT GOOD PERFORMANCE? Find out more here.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 18, 2020

But so are the failures by entrepreneurs to take the right steps to protect their valuable innovations before launching crowdfunding campaigns. Protecting the potential value of an innovation with the right forms of intellectual property (IP) can be mission critical. I think I might have some IP, what do I do next?

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Steve Blank

MAY 29, 2011

A big piece of the solution lies in the scalable impact of entrepreneurship and an increase of successful entrepreneurs. Max continued, “That’s why I’m really interested in ways of optimizing the entrepreneurship ecosystem to allow more entrepreneurs to go from idea to reality. I was feeling pretty old.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

Time which you, as a busy entrepreneur, is not likely to have. You may also decide to trawl relevant forums to see what kind of reviews and feedback have been provided by other business owners who have used the service. But that takes time. Plenty of time.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 26, 2018

On May 25, 2018, the European Union implemented new Internet regulations called the General Data Protection Regulation – GDPR, for short. Web and computer information, such as location, IP address, cookie data and RFID tags. Although it seems obvious, this stronger tracking of cybersecurity is a key to a safer Internet for everyone.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 25, 2017

With the explosion of online cybercrimes, cybercrime security is undoubtedly the next lucrative venture any entrepreneur should think about. A VDR is an internet database in which companies’ share and store private information used during financial transactions. IP Management. Virtual Data Rooms (VDR). Board Communications.

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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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YoungUpstarts

MAY 29, 2011

This week Blackbox , founded by entrepreneurs Bjoern Lasse Herrmann and Max Marmer, released its first Startup Genome Report — a 67-page in depth analysis on what makes Silicon Valley startups successful based on profiling over 650 startups. Founders overestimate the value of IP before product market fit by 255%.

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Hearpreneur

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Remember, we’re on the Internet right now, and the Internet is owned by cats. Ran reports through a IP lawyer, they were all taken or didn’t sound good. Peacock didn’t sound as good but Conure another name for parakeet sounded good and passed the IP/trademark test. And it just sounded really cool to me.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

” I mention journalists here because they perpetuate the myth that focusing on profits is ALWAYS the right answer and then I hear many entrepreneurs (and certainly many “normals”) repeating the same mantra. Internet scale. I have had this discussion with many a first-time entrepreneur. ” The Details.

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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. I don’t fault entrepreneurs for relegating startup legal work to the bottom of their daily triage list; founders are spread incredibly thin. Good stuff!

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Steve Blank

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Instead you need to find the patterns, where I can build a single piece of IP or technology and then “sell it” to all the combatant commands and services equally.” I’m an entrepreneur and an implementation guy. You’re not finding the one-off custom projects to come build. JAIC Is Applied AI – Focused on Impact.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 20, 2017

VoIP, which stands for Voice over Internet Protocol, is a service that allows people to send vocal data through a broadband internet connection and is being offered by an increasingly large number of companies. This can also be an option for businesses who don’t have or need internet access. VoIP Networks.

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Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Low fee: Lightning supports any size payment all the way down to sub 1 cent micropayments, which will unleash all kinds of new internet native, global commerce and even new payment types like “streaming” – imagine paying by the second for watching a movie or accessing car insurance. . Instead, we’ll own our own identity via LSATs. .

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

it is also the title of a fabulous book from Internet 1.0 In a world where the economy only heads in one direction (read: 2009-2014) most investors & entrepreneurs forget to pay attention to gross burn. So money spent should add equity value or create IP that eventually will.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 4, 2017

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. Don’t pick a company name until you are certain that you can get the comparable domain name, so Internet brokers won’t hold you hostage.

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Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement IP United States 174

Agile VC

MARCH 13, 2012

CEO Scott Thompson alluded to their plan a couple weeks ago but the IP lawsuit itself was only official late afternoon yesterday (and now public). ’s claims of IP infringement or offer a litigator’s perspective of Yahoo! Thompson reportedly dealt with this IP lawsuit personally along with Yahoo!’s link] Harry.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 24, 2014

We boast the world’s second highest fixed broadband Internet subscription rate only an inch behind Sweden. Ninety-four percent of households are equipped with a computer and have Internet access (the others are still playing 8-bit Nintendo). At home we have entrepreneurs who think global day one.

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Netherlands Technical Review Stock Silicon Valley 143

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2013

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. Don’t pick a company name until you are certain that you can get the comparable domain name, so Internet brokers won’t hold you hostage.

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Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement IP Startup 259

Andrew Payne

OCTOBER 8, 2016

I’m not a fan of the term “Internet of Things” (IoT), but it is the best way to describe a future where more and more devices are Internet-connected. The infrastructure elements already exist, as the Internet is exceptional at expanding and shifting to accommodate new kids on the block. I’m skeptical.

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Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 24, 2012

It was my first time in the city and I must say that I was immediately taken by the energy of the city and of the entrepreneurs that I met at the conference. The first category includes companies that have a dominant position in their national market and are often internet or ecommerce companies. in GE, 1.3 in Brazil and 0.8

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View from Seed

DECEMBER 4, 2014

In addition to being a co-founder of NextView Ventures, Lee was an early member of PayPal and a founding team member at LinkedIn, so he speaks as both a former entrepreneur and a VC. Ideation/IP. Below, Lee Hower offers advice for approaching these equity discussions objectively and properly.

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David Teten

MARCH 14, 2018

– Build out low-cost force multipliers such as scouts , Advisors, Entrepreneurs in Residence, Venture Partners, and so on. Prehype , Rocket Internet , and numerous others. GOOG); Actua Corporation (ACTA, formerly Internet Capital Group); GSV Capital (GSVC); Harris & Harris Group, Inc. – Go public.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 27, 2017

Not every entrepreneur or business owner is comfortable negotiating. I’ve negotiated with thousands of people (for 13 years as an attorney and for the past 10 as an entrepreneur and business owner). I’ve negotiated with thousands of people (for 13 years as an attorney and for the past 10 as an entrepreneur and business owner).

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Start Up Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

link] A compliment or IP rip off with me and @ rentoid as the victims? And populating your website to make it meaningful takes a lot of boot leather, which is something many web entrepreneurs are afraid of. I was a bit annoyed at first. and sent out a tweet to assess the mood of my army of advisers on twitter.

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Version One Ventures

JANUARY 14, 2021

This model of building layered protocols like Lightning on top of Bitcoin has always intuitively made sense to me and appears most analogous to what played out in the first Internet wave (ala TCP/IP). . Sample applications include: Bitcoin backed DeFi apps, identity/naming services, and decentralized social media services.

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Non-Compete Security IP Bootstrapping 158

Andrew Payne

AUGUST 3, 2011

If you’re one of the five people that read this blog, you know I’ve become negative on many pure-software/Internet/mobile entrepreneurial projects. Low barriers to entry create a competitive, weedy ecosystem that becomes a lottery for many entrepreneurs. So, how do entrepreneurs avoid the lottery?

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Software Review IP Technical Review Database 40

crowdSPRING Blog

JANUARY 26, 2011

Entrepreneurs Unpluggd: Puts the Emphasis on Chicago Entrepreneurs’ Stories – [link]. Good to see innovation in delivering internet access to Africa (using voice control) – [link]. With increasing numbers of mobile apps, IP theft is becoming more common – [link]. It’s a great one – [link].

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Social Media Small Business Design Media 95

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

So bowing to popular demand the 2009 blog posts are now available on Amazon on a portable device which provides instant and random access to any post and does not require power or an internet connection. As a pun on my last company as an entrepreneur, E.piphany, I called the book The Four Steps to the Epiphany. Recursive History.

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Silicon Valley Customer Development IP Developer 202

Agile VC

DECEMBER 4, 2014

4) Ideation / IP – Sometimes a portion of founders’ equity splits are attributed to “who came up with the idea” or to actual IP that’s brought into the business at inception. Once you have the framework, it’s simply a matter of having the conversation and reaching an agreement.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 29, 2010

This is part of my series on what makes an entrepreneur successful. I originally posted it on VentureHacks , one of my favorite websites for entrepreneurs. I started the series talking about what I consider the most important attribute of an entrepreneur : Tenacity. Entrepreneurs play to win and they take losing seriously.

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Entrepreneur Silicon Valley Term Sheet France 296

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 3, 2011

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. Don’t pick a company name until you are certain that you can get the comparable domain name, so Internet brokers won’t hold you hostage.

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Intellectual Property Social Media Non-disclosure Agreement Media 237

View from Seed

AUGUST 2, 2017

It’s a question every VC asks themselves and the entrepreneurs they invest in. Internet-connected computing is an innovation wave on par with a few historical developments of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. This view assumes that the internet follows a normal innovation wave — but i t doesn’t.

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