Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

If you are a entrepreneur in Colorado who is working on something related to the Internet, please consider signing the following letter to Senator Udall and Senator Bennet opposing the Protect IP (PIPA) Act. The letter follows: To: Senator Udall, Senator Bennet.

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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. Intellectual property.

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Gust

JANUARY 4, 2012

Many thanks to David Rose , Ilana Grossman , Justin Stanwix , and the whole Gust team for making the Gust Blog such a valuable platform and resource for entrepreneurs and angel investors. What kind of advantage will this create vs. our competitors ? How much is it worth investing in cultivating and enforcing an IP portfolio ?

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NZ Entrepreneur

APRIL 5, 2022

Do you have critical online business functions such as IP telephony or apps where data needs to be prioritised? Do you need to segment your network for IT security and performance? A business fibre connection on the Chorus network is what can get you to the next level. How does your company operate? Find out more here.

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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%. better user growth.

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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. Gradually, more professional gaming studios are choosing to develop on the platform, increasing the quality and the IP that enters the Metaverse.

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Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 15, 2020

– there have also been some major breakthroughs on Bitcoin’s native layer 2 scaling solution, the Lightning Network. Lightning is a network of bi-directional payment channels that allows for instant settlement between parties and routing of payments over a TOR-like p2p network settled in units of bitcoin.

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NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

In deep tech companies value creation milestones are more likely to be tagged to validating the technology and IP creation. Access your local angel network or club. Check out New Zealand’s Angel networks on the Angel Association NZ website. This is a good place to start. Take part in startup investment due diligence.

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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

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

I’ve been fortunate enough to be on both sides of the table, as an entrepreneur and a VC, and I’ve observed that most investors look for the same things I do when deciding whether to invest in a company. As an immigrant founder, I didn’t have the industry connections that entrepreneurs often rely on to be successful.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

The contract says you retain the IP and are allowed to sell a product like this to other companies. You hit your network and the road, calling twenty people at large companies, all of whom are in your potential market. Sign up for AppSumo 's daily deals specifically for web geeks & entrepreneurs.

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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.

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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! owns a bunch of patents around email, IM, etc), and yes E) social networking. execs involved.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 26, 2018

This includes e-commerce websites that ship internationally, content news sites accessible in the European Union, social networks like Facebook and Instagram, and more. Web and computer information, such as location, IP address, cookie data and RFID tags. Data Breaches Must Be Formally Reported.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

For some aspiring to be tech entrepreneurs, I often suggest a two-step process, as I argued in this post that “ The First Startup Founder You Need to Invest in Is You.” Being a CEO begets the network to be a CEO. There is often money to be made in finding places with under-valued IP. I saved my main point for last.

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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. I have had this discussion with many a first-time entrepreneur. If you don’t, somebody else WILL!”

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2019

We now serve many large clients like Dish Networks, Dignity Health, and U.S. The advantage is that in many of our best deals we now have $50+ million invested so we can really support entrepreneurs as their businesses scale. Defensible IP becomes insanely valuable?—?particularly VCs have different views and strategies on this.

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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. – Create a franchise and license access to it , e.g., the Draper Venture Network. – Create a franchise and license access to it , e.g., the Draper Venture Network.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

On top of that, most of a school's major donors are likely to be entrepreneurs in some way. I've been thinking a lot about what an innovation-friendly school looks like and have a few thoughts--and it doesn't just mean building labs or creating more flexible IP licensing schemes. Kick the students out. Kick the faculty out.

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Version One Ventures

JANUARY 14, 2021

The most exciting approach to date is happening on the Lightning Network, which l detail in full here. 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). .

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David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

See Why Are Revenue-Based Investors Investing in Women & Diverse Entrepreneurs? Zack Mueller, Attorney, Ireland Stapleton Pryor & Pascoe, PC , points that almost “no one, from LPs to entrepreneurs to attorneys, has much experience with these instruments. Flexible VC offers you this. Lower level of community familiarity.

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Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 5, 2022

A four-time tech entrepreneur, his most recent company Immersion Neuroscience is a software platform that allows anyone to measure what the brain loves in real-time to improve outcomes in entertainment, education and training, advertising, and live events. He's a professor at Claremont Graduate University, a four time tech entrepreneur.

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Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

" We all have heard/repeated the investment mantra about "big, growing markets" with "unfair advantage IP" position.   When we talk to entrepreneurs (or explain to others what we do) we often explain this in risk terms. Wisconsin Angel Network Find Information about all of the networks in Wisconsin here!

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

Here’s some common ways you can provide value to startups you invest in: Leverage Your Network. This also means you are likely to have a network of other successful people around you. Entrepreneurs, business owners, senior managers at large corporations. Plus, founders and entrepreneurs talk. What could be improved?

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Version One Ventures

MARCH 14, 2019

Through public brainstorming, we have met some inspiring entrepreneurs, been introduced to some cool companies and received some great feedback. Today, hardware continues to capture the imagination of many entrepreneurs and investors, and while it is still a difficult pursuit, we all have collectively learned a lot along the way.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

Foreign visitors to Silicon Valley continually mention how willing we are to help, network and connect strangers. They also set up ethnic-centric networks like TIE (The Indus Entrepreneur) and the Chinese Software Professionals Association where they shared information about how the valley worked as well as job and investment opportunities.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 27, 2023

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 30, 2012

As an entrepreneur, it’s never too early to start selling yourself and your idea. I hear lots of excuses from startup founders, like “I’m too busy,” concern over IP security, can’t afford an agency, and it’s too early. One networking introduction will likely not leave a lasting impression. Keep in touch with your audience.

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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 second category is composed of companies that have developed a unique IP locally and marketed it worldwide - typically in the gaming, software, security or mobile sectors.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

A great recent example of this was a successful group of entrepreneurs who had created a company that will do $10-12 million in revenue at their system integration business (read: services business) in 2011 after having done $5 million or so in 2010 and $2-3 million in 2009. You own the IP you create.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 7, 2011

As an entrepreneur, it’s never too early to start selling yourself and your idea. I hear lots of excuses from startup founders, like “I’m too busy,” concern over IP security, can’t afford an agency, and it’s too early. One networking introduction will likely not leave a lasting impression. Keep in touch with your audience.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

Not only that, but the growing battle between venture capital firms and “super angels&# presents an amazing opportunity for entrepreneurs trying to build the next big thing. The YCombinator founder believes this means great things for entrepreneurs. This all very fascinating, what a time to be an entrepreneur!

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A Crowded Space

OCTOBER 3, 2018

The correct answer is to closely manage the overall network – promote the good people and kick out the bad people. Realistically for entrepreneurs, no matter how hard you try, you’re going to make hiring mistakes. Therefore, the new freelancer should receive a default rating somewhere in the middle of the pack.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 27, 2010

The fact of the matter is, most startups, particularly ones built by young professionals with no network and no track record, aren’t going to get funded. They’re front and center within their own walled gardens, but I’ve yet to meet faculty or deans anywhere that entrepreneurs are after hours. Same with students.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

Not only that, but the growing battle between venture capital firms and “super angels&# presents an amazing opportunity for entrepreneurs trying to build the next big thing. The YCombinator founder believes this means great things for entrepreneurs. This all very fascinating, what a time to be an entrepreneur!

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Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 84

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2010

As an entrepreneur, it’s never too early to start selling yourself and your idea. I hear lots of excuses from startup founders, like “I’m too busy,” concern over IP security, can’t afford an agency, and it’s too early. One networking introduction will likely not leave a lasting impression. Keep in touch with your audience.

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The Next Web

JUNE 6, 2013

However, buried deep within the acronyms at BIS’s TSB is a small unit called IC tomorrow , which is the real group responsible for that cash making its way into the hands of digital entrepreneurs. For 2013, the group’s plans are all about expansion and growing its network. One thing we do is protect the IP within the company.

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