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 27, 2013

Intellectual Property, the core of the business, is not protected. Your intellectual property is the backbone of your business. Therefore, protecting your intellectual property by filing trademark, copyright and patent applications is essential to ensure that you have legal recourse if infringement occurs.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Hire professionals. For example, you can determine a term that requires shareholders to hire their own experts and then harmonize those numbers, or you could have a term that requires the members/shareholders to hire experts who then select a third expert to provide the valuation.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 23, 2014

If they decide to buy, large companies can: license/acquire intellectual property. In response, venture capital firms like Sequoia and Andreessen/Horowitz are hiring new partners just to work with their portfolio companies and match them to corporations. Five Types of Innovation to Buy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2023

Innovative technologies have no value until they are turned into solutions to real customer problems. Creating intellectual property, including patents, is the kay to long-term value and a sustainable competitive advantage. Business risks are not just development risks. Value creation. Accountability. Training and coaching.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2010

Intellectual property content. Some country cultures have little appreciation for software as intellectual property. Protect your intellectual property. Technology level. Technology level. If the software is ancillary to your mission, proceed through the rest of these considerations.

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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

It’s tempting to tell everyone about all the future potential uses of your new technology and risk confusing them, having them wait for your future or disappoint them with several poor solutions. Every business takes time to scale and penetrate a market due to organizational growth, hiring, training, brand building and customer adoption.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 24, 2020

Let’s explore the latest trends in information technology and 4 practical tips for how your business can leverage them during your recovery. Many technology trends that have slowly been making traction, have seen an unprecedented boost in the past year. Tech Trends For Businesses in 2020-2021. Artificial Intelligence. 5G Network.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 29, 2024

Hiring the right people is critical, but it’s just the beginning. It’s crucial to protect your intellectual property as well, including trademarks, patents, and copyrights. Leveraging Technology Leveraging technology can give your venture a significant competitive edge.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 14, 2023

Show that you have and can continue to hire the right people to run the scaled business without you being everywhere and making every decision. Smart entrepreneurs never outsource their core competency, and never rely on intellectual property they don’t own. Outsource what is non-strategic to optimize leverage.

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Transformify

MARCH 13, 2024

The Larger Picture: Contractor Management Software In today's digital era, leveraging technology for contractor management is a game-changer. To safeguard private information and intellectual property, implement confidentiality agreements during the contract negotiation process.

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

MARCH 22, 2020

The overwhelming majority of security breaches your company will face will come through technological means, often through intellectual property theft, data collection or attacks intended to shut down your operations. This means hiring an important managed IT service or competent tech team, and moving forward from there.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Additionally, if recruitment and customer support are tasks which have become rather time extensive, outsourcings could mean you can use time more efficiently, as you won’t be training other people, or teaching yourself a process which you could hire an expert to do. Technology. KashFlow is Cloud-based accountancy software.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 15, 2017

by David Nagrosst, head of sales for Cyxtera Technologies in Asia Pacific, Australia and Japan. Breaches involving health information, trade secrets, and intellectual property can be devastating for the affected brand. Deception Technology: These camouflaged malware traps (a.k.a The onset of death.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 25, 2020

Innovative technologies have no value until they are turned into solutions to real customer problems. Creating intellectual property, including patents, is the kay to long-term value and a sustainable competitive advantage. Business risks are not just development risks. Value creation. Accountability. Training and coaching.

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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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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

We urge you to take a critical view of this legislation, calling for a greater effort to balance its focus on addressing piracy with its unintended consequence on technological development and innovation.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 21, 2016

These organizations have outdated technology, mismanaged processes, and poor implementations, leading to a constant uphill battle against hackers. For efficient and secure expansion, understand what types of resources and technology are needed: colocation, cloud providers, internal resources?

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 10, 2016

Every startup founder loves to prompt for questions from investors and potential key team members about their vision, and the huge opportunity that can be had with their disruptive technology. Are any lawsuits and challenges to intellectual property pending? Any outside advisors or board members available for discussion?

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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. Filed under: China , Customer Development , Technology , Venture Capital. Fear of Failure.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Just a quick note that I'll be moderating a Technology Council Event : Social Networking as a Business Strategy May 19, 2009 - Culver City Social networking media are used on a daily basis to grow businesses and expand career opportunities. He has written several books on intellectual property law.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 8, 2015

Every startup founder loves to prompt for questions from investors and potential key team members about their vision, and the huge opportunity that can be had with their disruptive technology. Are any lawsuits and challenges to intellectual property pending? Any outside advisors or board members available for discussion?

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Technical Review Due Diligence Sweat Equity Burn Rate 120

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 19, 2020

Show that you have and can continue to hire the right people to run the scaled business without you being everywhere and making every decision. Smart entrepreneurs never outsource their core competency, and never rely on intellectual property they don’t own. Outsource what is non-strategic to optimize leverage.

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Hockey Stick Intellectual Property Startup Non-Compete 386

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 29, 2016

Typically, the first few key hires in IT are ones that will help “keep the lights on,” deal with password lock-outs and provision and configure network services and company laptops. Hiring junior, or less experienced employees and keeping them once they are trained is a big challenge.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Consult an attorney to make sure your storefront occupies a compliant property. Technology. If you are in the extraction end of the business, read up on technologies that will optimize your operations. Hiring plans. Consider your plans for labeling and packaging your product, and establish an inventory system.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 6, 2011

Don’t ignore technology. Technology is moving incredibly fast. What may have been at the cutting edge of technology five years ago is now obsolete. Blockbuster was too slow to adapt to technology even though the signs were ever-present. Always adjust your business plan as competitors begin implementing new technology.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 28, 2015

Craig Schmitz, a partner in the Technology Companies Group at law firm Godwin Proctor LLP who works on corporate, governance, board and fundraising issues, and Erika Fisher, an associate in the firm’s Business Law Department who deals with IP, fielded questions about the legal issues startups face. ” Intellectual Property.

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www.reincubate.com

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Email us or call +44 (0) 844 3579899 home about services blog labs Chief Technology Officer job description (for web, start-up or corporate) « Upgraded your iPhone to OS 3 but files are missing? We think the most important principle is that the CTO is the go-to point for all technology in the business.

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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. Filed under: China , Customer Development , Technology , Venture Capital. Fear of Failure.

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China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 216

The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 31, 2020

In 2019, one in five American companies reported that Chinese companies had stolen their intellectual property within the last year. That doesn’t even account for intellectual property theft by non-Chinese businesses. New hires should, at the very least, be given background checks.

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Cloud Security Intellectual Property IP 140

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 22, 2012

Intellectual Property (IP) is vitally important to start-ups. But start-ups face significant challenges in acquiring, maintaining and enforcing their intellectual property. Guest author Jeffrey Shieh is a Senior Patent Attorney at inovia , a foreign filing technology platform provider.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 13, 2014

An increasing number of big companies are hiring small businesses to help them develop innovative products, processes and procedures. By 2010, Vuzit had been hired by two large companies – a bank and an aerospace firm — to “help brainstorm and implement new technologies.” A Case in Point.

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www.thedailymuse.com

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012

We’re Hiring. What Start-ups Should Know About Hiring a Lawyer. Hiring and working with a lawyer is often confusing and daunting, especially if you’ve never done it before. What should new entrepreneurs look for when hiring a lawyer? Hiring employees. We’re Hiring. Get Involved. Meet the Team.

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ReadWriteStart

JULY 9, 2023

They impact fundraising, hiring, intellectual property rights and patents, and many more things around starting and running a business. You can hire a lawyer or consult with one from time to time, but knowing the legal side of venture investment and running a company is essential.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 22, 2012

Intellectual Property (IP) is vitally important to start-ups. But start-ups face significant challenges in acquiring, maintaining and enforcing their intellectual property. Guest author Jeffrey Shieh is a Senior Patent Attorney at inovia , a foreign filing technology platform provider.

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Up and Running

MAY 12, 2020

Identify any technology needs you may have (and whether or not you’re equipped to meet them) such as: High-speed internet with a reliable connection. Protect any intellectual property you may own by applying for copyrights, trademarks, or patents. Hire a good small business accountant. A dedicated phone line.

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