Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 27, 2014

I always advise software startups to file patents to protect their “secret sauce” from competitors, and to increase their valuation. Yes, the software patent process is a mess. I say this with conviction even after I survived the process, and have a software patent pending. Software technology changes rapidly.

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Up and Running

MARCH 12, 2019

We live in an era when technology permeates every aspect of our lives. For a lot of non-technical founders—that is, entrepreneurs with a business idea but without technical expertise— sourcing software development talent is critical. So how can you protect your intellectual property when you outsource software development work?

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 26, 2020

This may include things like contingent liabilities , litigation risks, intellectual property-related issues, as well as problematic contracts. Technology and Intellectual Property. As a buyer, you should be interested in the company’s technology in addition to its intellectual property.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

This source is a major focus these days, due to government initiatives to incent research and development on alternative energy and other technologies. Consider licensing your product or intellectual property, and “white labeling.” Apply for contests and business grants. Join a startup incubator. Commit to a major customer.

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Gust

OCTOBER 19, 2014

I always advise software startups to file patents to protect their “secret sauce” from competitors, and to increase their valuation. Yes, the software patent process is a mess. I say this with conviction even after I survived the process, and have a software patent pending. Software technology changes rapidly.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2022

This source is a major focus these days, due to government initiatives to incent research and development on alternative energy and other technologies. Consider licensing your product or intellectual property, and “white labeling.” Apply for contests and business grants. Get a loan or line-of-credit. Commit to a major customer.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2014

If you have a software development background like mine, Im sure you often get questions about when to outsource, versus building the solution in-house. If your software or your manufacturing process is your secret sauce, you need to keep the work in-house. Keep intellectual property keys in-house.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2010

Since my background includes software development, I often get the question about when to build a solution in-house, versus outsourcing it to a local company, near-shore service, or off-shore organization in China, India, or Eastern Europe. If your software is your solution and “secret sauce,” don’t entrust it to outsiders of any kind.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 11, 2012

Since my background includes software development, I often get the question about when to build a solution in-house, versus outsourcing it to a local company, near-shore service, or off-shore organization in China, India, or Eastern Europe. If your software is your solution and “secret sauce,” don’t entrust it to outsiders of any kind.

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Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement Non-Compete Vietnam 222

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2019

This source is a major focus these days, due to government initiatives to incent research and development on alternative energy and other technologies. Consider licensing your product or intellectual property, and “white labeling.” Apply for contests and business grants. Join a startup incubator. Commit to a major customer.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 10, 2018

Thus, as with many other expensive aspects of starting a business, many entrepreneurs like you are turning to software. More realistically, artificial intelligence and computer software will assist lawyers, not replace them entirely. Thus, it seems that software doesn’t pose much of a threat to the law industry.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2011

Since my background includes software development, I often get the question about when to build a solution in-house, versus outsourcing it to a local company, near-shore service, or off-shore organization in China, India, or Eastern Europe. If your software is your solution and “secret sauce,” don’t entrust it to outsiders of any kind.

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Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement Non-Compete Vietnam 225

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2016

If you have a software development background like mine, I’m sure you often get questions about when to outsource, versus building the solution in-house. If your software or your manufacturing process is your “secret sauce,” you need to keep the work in-house. Keep intellectual property keys in-house.

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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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Board Effect

MAY 24, 2019

Over 70% of organizations discuss intellectual property within their emails. Technology is a huge help when it comes to managing emails. Business email software solutions automate emails by setting the proper parameters in keeping with the company’s email retention policy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2019

This source is a major focus these days, due to government initiatives to incent research and development on alternative energy and other technologies. Consider licensing your product or intellectual property, and “white labeling.” Apply for contests and business grants. Get a loan or line-of-credit. Commit to a major customer.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2017

This technology is not only spawning a new generation of entrepreneurs, but is also changing the educational landscape, all the way down to early grade school. By collaborating with the Maker Movement, artistic entrepreneurs work with the technology freaks, and both benefit from cultures around the world.

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Transformify

MARCH 13, 2024

Tools like shared calendars or project management software can be instrumental in tracking milestones and keeping the project on track. The Larger Picture: Contractor Management Software In today's digital era, leveraging technology for contractor management is a game-changer.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 12, 2010

That's what you sound like when you claim that getting a software patent will protect you from competition. Software patents are especially useless for small, bootstrapped startups. If you've lived in the software world for a few years you know the stuff they teach you in school is irrelevant, so who cares what degree you have?

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Intellectual Property Bootstrapping Software Review Open Source 319

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 14, 2014

This source is a major focus these days, due to government initiatives to incent research and development on alternative energy and other technologies. Consider licensing your product or intellectual property, and “white labeling.” Apply for contests and business grants. Get a loan or line-of-credit. Commit to a major customer.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2017

This source is a major focus these days, due to government initiatives to incent research and development on alternative energy and other technologies. Consider licensing your product or intellectual property, and “white labeling.” Apply for contests and business grants. Get a loan or line-of-credit. Commit to a major customer.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 10, 2019

In the digital age of today, old school technologies are still a mainstream part of almost every businesses security systems. To secure the physical and intellectual property of a business, it requires hardware, software, and people all working together. These are tools that we all take for granted until you need them.

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The Startup Magazine

DECEMBER 14, 2020

New technologies come to the fore all the time, so it’s easy to get left behind by more proactive competitors who take the time and effort to keep up. This has the potential to leave you losing customers and business revenue to your more prepared counterparts that have adopted the essential new technologies.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 29, 2024

They allow you to easily edit, share, and collaborate on documents without the need for multiple software solutions. 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

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

This source is a major focus these days, due to government initiatives to incent research and development on alternative energy and other technologies. Consider licensing your product or intellectual property, and “white labeling.” Apply for contests and business grants. Get a loan or line-of-credit. Commit to a major customer.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

For the last 10 years China essentially closed its search, media and social network software market to foreign companies with the result that Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Dropbox, and 30,000 other websites were not accessible from China. Intellectual property protection is great on paper and “limited” in practice.

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The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 25, 2017

Currently, there’s the universal dependence on specialized software and computers to keep companies operating, and more offices are transiting into paperless working spaces. Data rooms can also store company copyrighted works, trade secrets, and intellectual property. The importance of a data room. Board Communications.

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Transformify

AUGUST 5, 2021

While technology-driven businesses empowering remote work thrive, most family-owned restaurants, caffees, bakeries and convenience stores face bankruptcy. '' As technology enhancements empower the future of work, the style of working will also change. The next HR software cloud revolution is here.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2018

This source is a major focus these days, due to government initiatives to incent research and development on alternative energy and other technologies. Consider licensing your product or intellectual property, and “white labeling.” Apply for contests and business grants. Join a startup incubator. Commit to a major customer.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 14, 2023

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. Smart entrepreneurs never outsource their core competency, and never rely on intellectual property they don’t own.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Technology. If you outsource certain tasks you may have access to better technology as a result, especially if you are a smaller business, and cannot afford the state of the art models yet. KashFlow is Cloud-based accountancy software. Communication.

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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.

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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

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

For example, I once worked for a small software company selling a sophisticated enterprise workflow solution. These days, most large technology companies, like HP and Apple, routinely buy successful and known startup competitors rather than developing new products from scratch.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

For the last 10 years China essentially closed its search, media and social network software market to foreign companies with the result that Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Dropbox, and 30,000 other websites were not accessible from China. Intellectual property protection is great on paper and “limited” in practice.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

However, with the growing need for better efficiency, productivity, and a secure work platform, federal agencies are now considering installing an on-premise collaboration software that can be scaled as required. . What is a Team Collaboration Software? What is On-Premise Software Installation? We’ll get to all of that below!

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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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