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14 Points To Consider When Structuring A Deal

YoungUpstarts

Lock down rights and security. No matter what you do, you want to make sure that in the process that you protect your intellectual property, have non-disclosure agreements in place, if possible non-circumvents. Key Questions: What do both parties need to protect to feel secure in understanding and completing the deal?

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East meets West: Why Chinese app developers are targeting US smartphone owners

The Next Web

Wong says the main reason why he chose to target the Western market first was to secure a stable cashflow. Even if a mobile app developer manages to cross the distribution hurdle and starts raking in some revenue, the next challenge is even worse: getting copied. Distribution and cashflow pose challenges in China.

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Vertical Markets 1: Bad Advice – All Startups are the Same « Steve.

Steve Blank

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. So the first heuristic is: do not assume the startup rules are the same for all vertical markets.

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The Semiconductor Ecosystem – Explained

Steve Blank

The revenue of products that contain chips is worth tens of t rillions of dollars. Taken from the bottom up these semiconductor industry segments are: Chip Intellectual Property (IP) Cores. Chip Intellectual Property (IP) Cores. iPhones, PCs, airplanes, cloud computing, etc.), Specialized Materials. Chip Foundries.

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

David Teten

Small investment firms often have interns and entrepreneurs in residence passing through, each of which is a security risk. See Bessemer Venture Partners’ A comprehensive guide to security for startups. Lighter Capital, a Revenue Based Investing VC, offers a Cost of Capital Calculator. 2) Market .

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Israel Generative AI predictions for 2024

VC Cafe

Not so long ago, we were all posting AI profile pictures on social media, but very quickly we’re now seeing an emergence of generative AI tools and LLM applications to assist almost every role in the organisation, across industries and verticals. The downside of OpenAI is the cost, platform dependency and limitations of its API.

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Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning– Explained

Steve Blank

For programs written for classic computers, software developers receive bug reports, monitor for security breaches, and send out regular software updates that fix bugs, increase performance and at times add new features. It has uses in threat detection – airport security, banks, and sporting events. AI in National Security.