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VCs eating our own dog food: Using technology and analytics to make better investments

David Teten

When I met my now-wife, I realized that any technology that can find me a spouse is a killer app. But, most of use raise capital and source deals the same way people looked for dates 20 years ago: by networking at conferences (or bars). . I previously posted a detailed presentation with sales technology tools useful for B2B sales.

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10 Preparation Steps to Win an Angel Investment

Startup Professionals Musings

are eliminated during due diligence. Get your Internet domain name and website. Reserve the company name on social networks to protect it. Define some intellectual property. Define some intellectual property. File a patent and trademarks to show real intellectual property.

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Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 3: The Best Defense is a Good IP Strategy

Steve Blank

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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Taking stock of the Dutch tech cluster: What The Netherlands needs to win the European startup scene

The Next Web

Slowly but surely, however, we have a quietly emerging ‘ecosystem’ (as it is often called in tech lingo). Let me drop a few names and you will get the picture: Adyen, Booking.com (acquired by Priceline), Distimo, Mendix, Shapeways, Spilgames, Takeaway.com, TravelBird, WeTransfer and Qandidate. Not in my view. Serious talent.

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10 Entrepreneur Comments That Kill Investor Deals

Startup Professionals Musings

The hot term these days is “viral marketing”, meaning we won’t do any marketing, but our product is so great that everyone will know about us anyway by word of mouth and through Internet social networks. In fact, quite the opposite usually happens, due to complexity and work to switch. We have no competitors.”

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Top Ten Action Items For Angel Funding Success

Startup Professionals Musings

are eliminated during due diligence. Get your Internet domain name and website. Reserve the company name on social networks to protect it. Define some intellectual property. Define some intellectual property. File a patent and trademarks to show real intellectual property.

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Post-Crisis Digital Trends That Will Reshape Your Business in 2020

Up and Running

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