Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2019

But it does mean that you think about the global implications at every step of the process: Pick your company and product names carefully. Don’t pick a name for your company or product that has a negative or totally different meaning in another language. Selectively protect your intellectual property worldwide.

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Kodorra

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

However, thanks to economy of scale, prices for online venture necessities like web hosting and Internet data have dwindled significantly. Step 2: Name your business. Once you have a business idea, you need to come up with a business name. Some successful companies have separate brand names from their corporate name (think 3M).

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 23, 2019

Always write in the future tense, what you will do, and name yourself as the key person responsible. For example, every business needs a company name and logo, incorporation, an Internet domain name and website, social media accounts, prototypes, intellectual property, and key executive positions filled.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Yet amidst all the partisan cheerleading and name-calling, there has been some discussion of substance. Intellectual Property. Patent reform is high on the list of priorities for most of the tech industry, particularly in the areas of software, Internet and mobile technology. Free Speech.

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Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

I’m sure many of you have heard his name. Just look at the disruptive challenges that businesses face today– globalization, China as a manufacturer, China as a consumer, the Internet, and a steady stream of new startups. Let’s start with Joseph Schumpter. Schumpter was an economist who taught at Harvard in the 1930’s and 40’s.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JUNE 20, 2011

They’ve heard rules of thumb like “A growing software company is worth 5 times their trailing 12-months revenue.&# This article assumes we’re talking about a volatile industry like software or emerging markets where almost nothing is “well-known&# and company trajectories are all over the map.).

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

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. Register your business name. Protect any intellectual property you may own by applying for copyrights, trademarks, or patents. Antivirus software. Invoicing software.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 2, 2014

Jason Cohen is the founder of the WPEngine and Smart Bear Software. Don’t be fooled by the name. Read his blog to learn more about Software as a Service (SaaS), and startups, among many other things. Marketing & Sales. A Smart Bear | Jason Cohen. EntreLeadership. r/Entrepreneur. r/Entrepreneur. r/SmallBusiness.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

But it does mean that you think about the global implications at every step of the process: Pick your company and product names carefully. Don’t pick a name for your company or product that has a negative or totally different meaning in another language. Selectively protect your intellectual property worldwide.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

But it does mean that you think about the global implications at every step of the process: Pick your company and product names carefully. Don’t pick a name for your company or product that has a negative or totally different meaning in another language. Selectively protect your intellectual property worldwide.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2012

But it does mean that you think about the global implications at every step of the process: Pick your company and product names carefully. Don’t pick a name for your company or product that has a negative or totally different meaning in another language. Selectively protect your intellectual property worldwide.

North America 260

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Activities might include hardware or software development, mastering a 10,000 mile supply chain, low-cost manufacturing, or to provide services in a foreign country. Resources are what the team needs to hire or own inside their company — the team’s physical, financial, human and intellectual property.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Activities might include hardware or software development, mastering a 10,000 mile supply chain, low-cost manufacturing, or to provide services in a foreign country. Resources are what the team needs to hire or own inside their company — the team’s physical, financial, human and intellectual property.

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venturebeat.com

JULY 12, 2012

Dylan’s Desk: New security threats target intellectual property, infrastructure. Despite the name, the Bing Fund doesn’t require its companies to work with the Bing search engine or the technologies associated with Bing, including speech recognition, image processing, video, local/geo/map technologies, and so forth.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2011

But it does mean that you think about the global implications at every step of the process: Pick your company and product names carefully. Don’t pick a name for your company or product that has a negative or totally different meaning in another language. Selectively protect your intellectual property worldwide.

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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. Insurance can cover property damage, theft, intellectual property lawsuits, and other incidents. basic infrastructural costs like phone and internet service, invoicing software, etc….

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www.inc.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

For a more thorough document, add names and positions of colleagues that position will work with closely and minimum qualifications. Create an Inc.com account: Home Magazine Blogs Ask Inc. 500|5000 The 2010 Inc. 500|5000 List The 2010 Top Lists Inc. 500|5000 The 2010 Inc. 500|5000 List The 2010 Top Lists Inc.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 18, 2015

But it does mean that you think about the global implications at every step of the process: Pick your company and product names carefully. Don’t pick a name for your company or product that has a negative or totally different meaning in another language. Selectively protect your intellectual property worldwide.

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www.inc.com

JULY 9, 2010

Instead, the takeaway message for recruiting is: play to your strengths (in Meebos case, its networking), be active, not passive, and get your name out there. How to Attract Talent to Your Start-up: Face-to-Face Interaction No matter how small the internet has made the world, experts still recommend in-person networking as the No.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Protecting your intellectual property is a must, which means it’s vital to safeguard your IT network at every step, just as you would take physical precautions through things such as a burglar alarm. Keep up-to-date on IT threats, and insist on patches being installed immediately to software as soon as they are issued.

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

PMC-Sierra, a premier Internet infrastructure semiconductor solution provider, is purchasing Wintegra Inc. , STANLEY FISCHER NAMED WORLD’S TOP BANK GOVERNOR FOR 2010. Internet giant Yahoo is acquiring Israeli display ad optimization technology developer start-up Dapper for $55 million. In 2009 it boasted revenue of $4.49

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2010

But it does mean that you think about the global implications at every step of the process: Pick your company and product names carefully. Don’t pick a name for your company or product that has a negative or totally different meaning in another language. Selectively protect your intellectual property worldwide.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 20, 2011

The 2011 Fast50 report only includes technology companies who own intellectual property and devote significant resources into research and development, with a headquarter located in Israel. The Internet sector showed the highest growth this year, followed by Telecom and networks companies. CommTouch Software. WebsPlanet.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2009

As we were out looking for our Series B round, our company had gotten the attention of “name of big VC firm here” who wanted a play in enterprise software. Welcome to the Internet bubble.) Never Get Even, Get Ahead With a set of orders from brand name customers, we had growing confidence that we had achieved product/market fit.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

This time I’ll use a hypothetical health-care web site company named NewCo as an example to illustrate the points. Two founders have spent $200K of personal and family funds over a one year period to start the company, get a prototype site up and running, and have already generated some “buzz” in the Internet community.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 20, 2023

And frankly, we we're, we're far enough down the learning curve here that I know we're putting sort of a lot of intellectual property out in the world through publishing this book and, you know, anybody that can have it and therefore, you know, do you, do you need to call us or not? It sort of gives the field almost a bad name, right?

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ConversionXL

JUNE 6, 2017

This motivation model is the intellectual property of BEYOND REASON. The internet is full of uncertainty and so brands that communicate longevity and stability have an advantage over sites that are unknown and lack credibility. They also allow customers to have their name printed on the final version.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Naming a Business. Internet and Online Business. Business Software. Intellectual Property. Last spring, Dave Graham , founder of software consulting firm Arizona Bay, learned that a major client, Jumpstart Automotive Media, had been acquired for more than $80 million. Tools & Research. Newsletters.

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

For the non-expert businessperson, this means advice about “what software to use&# but also guidance through the arcane arts of software development, including advice about programming languages, software development methodologies, web application frameworks, software architecture, revision control systems, and other hacker black magic.

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Up and Running

MARCH 1, 2016

The internet. If you do have competition, pay special attention to your product name, price range, materials used, what the product claims to do, packaging, and who the manufacturer is. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is a great resource to help you learn more about intellectual property. The headache pills.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Meyler Capital is taking the analytical rigor of modern internet marketing and applying it to fund marketing. . Pro Publica has a Nonprofit Explorer database searchable by principal name on all nonprofit filings, so you can see a person’s nonprofit activities. . Private Equity Software and Services Directory. On building a VC.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Add a class name to buttons, forms, quotes, etc. free/cheap web customer relationship mgmt software. marketing automation software. email blast and mgmt software. email blast and mgmt software. email blast software. email blast software. basic email software. free basic email blast software.

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www.inc.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Naming a Business. Internet and Online Business. Business Software. Intellectual Property. We had a rough time early on," says Parker, president and chief technology officer of Roving Software Inc. , Tools & Research. Newsletters. Subscriptions. Advisor. ); STARTUP. Writing A Business Plan. Franchises.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

This time I’ll use a hypothetical health-care web site company named NewCo as an example to illustrate the points. Two founders have spent $200K of personal and family funds over a one year period to start the company, get a prototype site up and running, and have already generated some “buzz” in the Internet community.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

signup, upgrade, trial pricing Zuora – online subscription management FeeFighters – find the cheapest credit card processors HealPay – Collections made easy Customer Support Tender – support, knowledgebase tool for your site GetSatisfaction - conversations between companies / customers.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 18, 2012

This time I’ll use a hypothetical health-care web site company named NewCo as an example to illustrate the points. Two founders have spent $200K of personal and family funds over a one year period to start the company, get a prototype site up and running, and have already generated some “buzz” in the Internet community.

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rob.by

MARCH 8, 2012

He argued that software engineers don’t finish what they start, and that you’re better off paying a technical person than partnering with one. Michael’s second problem comes from holding software engineers to an unprecedented standard of business savviness: Most software engineers aren’t business people.

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