Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

According to a Gompers and Lerner study, the challenge is very real, with 90% of new ventures that don't attract investors failing within the first three years. This source is a major focus these days, due to government initiatives to incent research and development on alternative energy and other technologies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 14, 2014

According to a Gompers and Lerner study, the challenge is very real, with a majority of new ventures that don''t attract investors failing within the first three years. This source is a major focus these days, due to government initiatives to incent research and development on alternative energy and other technologies.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 10, 2009

Early on in my career I took a “we’re moving too fast to deal with lawyers” attitude to patents and Intellectual Property (IP.) At one of my entrepreneurship classes at Stanford, Dan Dorosin , of Fenwick & West LLP guest lectures about startups and Intellectual Property. Intellectual Property.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2018

The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than early projections and product development. Consider licensing your product or intellectual property, and “white labeling.” Apply for contests and business grants.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2017

This source is a major focus these days, due to government initiatives to incent research and development on alternative energy and other technologies. Consider licensing your product or intellectual property, and “white labeling.” Apply for contests and business grants. Commit to a major customer.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

Intellectual property protection is great on paper and “limited” in practice. Eventually, China’s innovation-driven economy needs intellectual property rights and anti-trust laws that are enforced. The Chinese government must be laughing hysterically over U.S. web site, they create another 100,000 VPN users.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2015

According to a classic Gompers and Lerner study, the challenge is very real, with a majority of new ventures that don't attract investors failing within the first three years. This source is a major focus these days, due to government initiatives to incent research and development on alternative energy and other technologies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2023

Different types of investors tend to specialize in capitalizing on businesses at different stages. Venture capital firms look for the most mature companies they can find, Angel investors typically deal a tier lower, while friends and family are most likely to help you get started.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

Intellectual property protection is great on paper and “limited” in practice. Eventually, China’s innovation-driven economy needs intellectual property rights and anti-trust laws that are enforced. The Chinese government must be laughing hysterically over U.S. web site, they create another 100,000 VPN users.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2020

Different types of investors tend to specialize in capitalizing on businesses at different stages. Venture capital firms look for the most mature companies they can find, Angel investors typically deal a tier lower, while friends and family are most likely to help you get started.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

In order to get your invention and business off the ground, you will need to invest time and money on protecting your intellectual property , development, production and marketing. Government funding. Funding from businesses can include corporate bank loans or investment by venture capital firms.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 12, 2019

One of the questions we’re often asked is, “What Government funding is available for startups in New Zealand?” ” shortly followed by, “I wonder if there’s any funding for startups from the Government?” ” Unfortunately, like so many questions in life, the answer is, “It depends.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2018

Different types of investors tend to specialize in capitalizing on businesses at different stages. Venture capital firms look for the most mature companies they can find, Angel investors typically deal a tier lower, while friends and family are most likely to help you get started.

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David Teten

JANUARY 28, 2019

My former Partner John Frankel of ff Venture Capital observes that 20 years ago, the defining movie of the generation was “Wall Street”. Access to University’s Intellectual Property : Office of Cooperative Research. “CEO is the new Analyst.”. Everyone wanted to work in finance. Everyone wants to work in tech startups.

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Steve Blank

JULY 28, 2011

The combination of Venture Capital and technology entrepreneurship is one of the great business inventions of the last 50 years. government agency that supports research in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering - is changing the startup landscape for scientists and engineers. Until today. billion U.S.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 4, 2014

Different types of investors tend to specialize in capitalizing on businesses at different stages. Venture capital firms look for the most mature companies they can find, Angel investors typically deal a tier lower, while friends and family are most likely to help you get started.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2010

Don’t look here for venture capital levels of funding, but certainly early-stage government grants, incubators, and entrepreneurship incentives are available from endowments and state funds. Collaborative efforts with companies, like Siemens Venture Capital, are available for certain technology and focus areas.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 5, 2010

Consumer Internet investing seems to have split off from traditional Venture Capital, and is creating a new category of VC’s: Lean VC’s. Electron-based Venture Capital. When I first came to Silicon Valley the world of Venture Capital looked pretty simple. Here’s why.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Consider branding yourself as an expert in real estate, personal injury, family law, intellectual property, or even admiralty law. Once you decide on your legal business structure, be sure to register with the government (typically your state and sometimes, your municipality) and the IRS.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2016

Different types of investors tend to specialize in capitalizing on businesses at different stages. Venture capital firms look for the most mature companies they can find, Angel investors typically deal a tier lower, while friends and family are most likely to help you get started.

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www.thedailymuse.com

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

At the most basic level, start-ups need lawyers to help them deal with three groups: The government. Ensuring the business’ intellectual property is protected and owned by the company (especially if it is being developed by independent contractors). Why do start-ups need a lawyer? You don’t want to violate laws.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 30, 2014

assess intellectual property and regulatory risk before they design and build. This has been nearly a 4-year journey,” said Schonthal who prior to moving back to Chicago in 2011 had been working in healthcare venture capital in San Diego. identify financing vehicles before you need them. It Takes a Village.

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Ben's Blog

APRIL 7, 2021

Economic inequality and opportunities for job growth are directly correlated with overall spending levels on R&D and with the geographic concentration (or distribution) or those dollars — both public funding (government) and private (as with VC). As noted above, government spending on R&D has fallen and at the same time U.S.

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BeyondVC

APRIL 28, 2005

It is also tough to have any real governance and control of an investment by just sitting on a board in China, especially if you are monitoring a deal from thousands of miles away. He said it was difficult because the private companies you are selling to are really quasi-government agencies. His thoughts make a ton of sense.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

Are they running from high prices, high taxes, dysfunctional government, and wildfires? All of the investors, all of the big companies, all of the government groups?—?they In fact, the Houston city government ranks number onein the country in renewable energy use. What’s bringing them here? Count all of the people you know!

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Up and Running

APRIL 24, 2018

Not only patient safety and privacy laws but patent and intellectual property laws are also regulated heavily. Because of complex government regulations and a lengthy incubation period, funding a healthcare startup is more difficult compared to financing a tech startup. Secure timely funding.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 1, 2011

The combination of venture capital and technology entrepreneurship is one of the great business inventions of the last 50 years. government agency that supports research in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering, is changing the startup landscape for scientists and engineers. billion U.S.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

In recent years, government regulation has emerged as another such force to be reckoned with in the technology industry. Nowhere is this more striking than in matters involving intellectual property and the rights of content owners.

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Steve Blank

MAY 26, 2009

Intellectual Property At the next class I said, “You all ought to get out and start talking to customers on day one, and get early feedback on your idea. You don’t need to worry about any Intellectual Property (IP) issues. The time to product and scale of investment is radically different than other startup markets.&#

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Pascal's View

MARCH 9, 2010

This is the second in our series of ten frequently asked questions from investors in venture capital partnerships. To address the broader point about accuracy in book valuation, I am concerned that the developing industry standard for venture capital is at risk of going too far while providing no real benefit to investors.

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www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

At one extreme is the sort of pork-barrel project wherea town gets money from the state government to renovate a vacantbuilding as a "high-tech incubator," as if it were merely lack ofthe right sort of office space that had till now prevented the townfrom becoming a startup hub. 6 ]Ive omitted one source: government grants.

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Oneof the worst things that can happen to a startup is to run into intellectual property problems. The next round of funding is the one in which you might deal with actual venture capital firms. 4] Corollary: Avoid starting a startup to sell things to the biggestcompany of all, the government. They can take months.

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Steve Blank

MAY 17, 2022

You succeed in convincing one company and a government to adopt computers and learn to code much faster than their competitors /adversaries. These technologies will transform businesses and government agencies. Today, 100s of billions of dollars in private capital have been invested in 1,000s of AI startups. Carpe Diem.

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