Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 11, 2012

In fact, the considerations are not unique to software development – they apply almost as well to any product or service you have: Control of core competency. Intellectual property content. Some country cultures have little appreciation for software as intellectual property. Protect your intellectual property.

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Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Who can I hire later? While most of the early attention in a startup is paid to finding product market fit ( the match between value proposition and customer segment on the right-side of the canvas) it’s the left side of the canvas that will tell you what your founding team should look like. And what can I outsource?”

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2011

In fact, the considerations are not unique to software development – they apply almost as well to any product or service you have: Control of core competency. Intellectual property content. Some country cultures have little appreciation for software as intellectual property. Protect your intellectual property.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014

Please consult with an attorney before making any intellectual property or other legal decisions. Read on to see five common mistakes regarding intellectual property, so you can avoid the pitfalls. 100% of businesses have Intellectual Property (IP). Patents are the only intellectual property.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 23, 2014

Most large companies manage three types of innovation: process innovation (making existing products incrementally better), continuous innovation (building on the strength of the company’s current business model but creating new elements) and disruptive innovation (creating products or services that did not exist before.).

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

All businesses have intellectual property. Yes, your business has intellectual property (IP). Intellectual property is divided into four major categories: Copyrights: software, literature works, and TV broadcasts. Are you outsourcing projects without a “work-for-hire” agreement? Copyrights.

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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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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

They are as follows: People, Products, Processes, Proprietary, Patrons, and Profits. Products are the products or services that are offered by your company. Products are the products or services that are offered by your company. Is your product thriving or dying?

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2023

New product process. Creating intellectual property, including patents, is the kay to long-term value and a sustainable competitive advantage. Proper hiring of people with a natural curiosity, open-mindedness, and ability to see the big picture is the way to create and enhance the right mind-set. Value creation.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

Legally Secure Your Intellectual Property Position. It is highly imperative that you conduct intellectual property clearance searches. You have to be able to confirm that you are not going to infringe somebody else’s intellectual property rights when you run your business. Hire a Lawyer.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2010

In fact, the considerations are not unique to software development – they apply almost as well to any product or service you have: Control of core competency. Intellectual property content. Some country cultures have little appreciation for software as intellectual property. Protect your intellectual property.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 22, 2016

Taking appropriate action for intellectual property protection. Many startups are created based on a unique product, technology or service. Failing to take appropriate steps to protect your intellectual property can leave you vulnerable and without any legal standing should another business take your unique idea.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 4, 2016

Every business takes time to scale and penetrate a market due to organizational growth, hiring, training, brand building and customer adoption. Dismiss the need to register any intellectual property. Hire helpers in lieu of people who are smarter than you. Hire people who can train you rather than ones you need to train.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 14, 2023

Ready to scale is when you have a proven product and a proven business model, about to expand to new geographies and markets. A software product is a classic example of a scalable solution, since it costs real money to build the first copy, but unlimited additional copies can be quickly cloned for almost no incremental cost.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

It’s equally easy to go online and incorporate your new entity, register some intellectual property and have some fun with social media for marketing and interacting with customers. With the unlimited access to “how-to” videos and detailed instructions on the Internet, you shouldn’t need to hire experts for most things.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2023

For example, if you have a proven product, real revenue, a big potential market, and are ready to scale up the business, every investor will be interested. For investors, this is the idea stage , where you may have a great idea, but no plan, product, or customers, and probably no success record in this business domain. Congratulations!

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 29, 2024

Hiring the right people is critical, but it’s just the beginning. This will not only enhance productivity but also help retain top talent. It’s crucial to protect your intellectual property as well, including trademarks, patents, and copyrights. Building Your Team A venture is only as strong as its team.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 25, 2020

New product process. Creating intellectual property, including patents, is the kay to long-term value and a sustainable competitive advantage. Proper hiring of people with a natural curiosity, open-mindedness, and ability to see the big picture is the way to create and enhance the right mind-set. Value creation.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 24, 2020

Driven by job cuts and budget reductions urging businesses to hire more freelancers , online freelancing platforms will enable companies to tap into expanded pools of global talent and hire qualified workers. The benefits of IoT even expand into products and services. 5G Network.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 6, 2015

by Chloe Hashemi, marketing consultant for film and video production company LAMBDA Films. Hiring the ‘expert’ also means you have the potential to enhance your service quality without having to train new employees. Productivity. If you’re considering outsourcing, the likelihood is you have been tempted by the attractive prices.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 10, 2016

If the company has been around for more than a couple of years, and still has no product or revenue flow, there better be a good explanation. Every startup should have at least a couple of outside advisors who are not major investors or family members, anxious to talk to new investors and key new hires.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 10, 2018

Already, a Silicon Valley startup called Atrium has developed an app that hopes to automate nearly every task that forces startups to hire lawyers, which might include acquiring funding, merging, and being sued. Intellectual property creation. For now, Atrium is using real lawyers to provide clients with advice and action.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 19, 2020

Ready to scale is when you have a proven product and a proven business model, about to expand to new geographies and markets. A software product is a classic example of a scalable solution, since it costs real money to build the first copy, but unlimited additional copies can be quickly cloned for almost no incremental cost.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

One of our Bplans writers described going into business in cannabis as a “ once-in-a-generation opportunity ,” with the product rapidly becoming legal for recreational as well as medical use in many states. In legal states, the markets have become so saturated that cannabis companies can end up with thousands of pounds of unsold product.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 1, 2022

It also pays to attend industry events to network and learn new things, such as at trade shows, conferences, and product launches, and to join business clubs and associates. Then, when the time is right, you’ll want to invest in hiring staff members and growing your team. You might also like to engage the services of a mentor.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2020

It’s equally easy to go online and incorporate your new entity, register some intellectual property and have some fun with social media for marketing and interacting with customers. With the unlimited access to “how-to” videos and detailed instructions on the Internet, you shouldn’t need to hire experts for most things.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 21, 2016

When an organization is within the startup phase, the first thing on their mind is “How do we get our product to market as fast as possible?” followed up by “How do we scale our product(s) the fastest and most efficient way possible?”. Do we have an internet connected product/app? by Andrew Ostashen, co-founder of Vulsec.

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NZ Entrepreneur

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Being strategic with your intellectual property (IP) can be really important. THE OBJECTIVES OF AN IP PROGRAMME ARE TO: 1) Help maximise value from the products and innovations created, 2) Reduce business risk by reducing the prospect of infringing the IP of others, and. These are often not discovered until after product launch.

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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Over the last twenty years, the Internet has enabled entrepreneurial upstarts to establish new companies, creating enormous amounts of wealth, jobs of the future here in the United States, and improving the lives of consumers and the productivity of businesses.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2020

For example, if you have a proven product, real revenue, a big potential market, and are ready to scale up the business, every investor will be interested. For investors, this is the idea stage , where you may have a great idea, but no plan, product, or customers, and probably no success record in this business domain. Congratulations!

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 29, 2016

These businesses are full of new ideas for services, new products – and improvements to existing ones. Ironically, though, many early stage cyber security companies initially target their offerings to the Fortune 500 and look to move down market to SMBs much later in their product life-cycle – and, sometimes not at all.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 9, 2020

leading a multi-billion dollar business with a broad range of products and services supporting defense, homeland security, aerospace, infrastructure protection, and customers around the world. And we need to make sure we continually evolve that software, from development, to production to sustainment. it’s all a continuum.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 8, 2015

If the company has been around for more than a couple of years, and still has no product or revenue flow, there better be a good explanation. Every startup should have at least a couple of outside advisors who are not major investors or family members, anxious to talk to new investors and key new hires.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 9, 2019

Start-ups are particularly vulnerable when it comes to legal matters that relate to a wide range of different aspects, including getting the right terms and conditions, protecting their intellectual property, and ensuring that all employment contracts are legally compliant. Not Protecting Their Intellectual Property.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 23, 2020

While it’s not a requirement for US citizens to hire a lawyer when registering a trademark, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) highly recommends hiring a trademark lawyer to prepare and file your trademark application because, in the process, legal decisions need to be made. Meeting USPTO Requirements.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 30, 2018

As you are forming your new business, creating new products and hiring new employees as your company grows developing new materials, you will encounter scenarios where you need to create, review, and sign contracts. Therefore, it’s often a good idea to hire a contract lawyer to have on retainer. Intellectual Property Lawyer.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

Intellectual property protection is great on paper and “limited” in practice. The large players like Alibaba, Baidu and Tencent historically would be more likely to simply copy a startup’s features than to hire their talent. Small startups act the same way, simply cloning each other’s products. I can’t imagine a U.S.

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