Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2011

Register some intellectual property. Intellectual property is a large element of most early-stage company valuations, and this value determines what percent of the company an investor will expect to get for his money. Without revenue, your investors are largely limited to friends, family and fools.

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Intellectual Property Sweat Equity CTO Hire Fractional CTO 253

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2020

With one of the many new tools , and a dose of sweat equity, you can create a website for almost nothing -- and you are on your way to success with ecommerce, your latest invention or personal services. According to Investopedia , over 90 percent of successful businesses currently start this way.

Hockey Stick 423

Hockey Stick Bootstrapping Sweat Equity Intellectual Property 423

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 10, 2016

Most founders like to talk about their many months or years of sweat-equity , but cash invested is a stronger commitment. Are any lawsuits and challenges to intellectual property pending? When did this effort really start, including pivots?

Sweat Equity 120

Sweat Equity Burn Rate Technical Review Intellectual Property 120

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Unfortunately, a startup with no brand name and no intellectual property is a sitting duck for the big slow company, as soon as they see you gaining a bit of traction. Investors expect the founder and other principals to have “skin in the game,” over and above “sweat equity.” Sleeping giants do wake up. “No

Sweat Equity 238

Sweat Equity Intellectual Property Startup Viral 238

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2010

Register some intellectual property. Intellectual property is a large element of most early-stage company valuations, and this value determines what percent of the company an investor will expect to get for his money. Without revenue, your investors are largely limited to friends, family and fools.

Intellectual Property 222

Intellectual Property Sweat Equity CTO Hire Fractional CTO 222

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 8, 2015

Most founders like to talk about their many months or years of sweat-equity , but cash invested is a stronger commitment. Are any lawsuits and challenges to intellectual property pending? When did this effort really start, including pivots?

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Due Diligence Sweat Equity Burn Rate 120

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2011

Unfortunately, a startup with no brand name and no intellectual property is a sitting duck for the big slow company, as soon as they see you gaining a bit of traction. Investors expect the founder and other principals to have “skin in the game,” over and above “sweat equity.” Sleeping giants do wake up. “No

Sweat Equity 246

Sweat Equity Intellectual Property Viral Social Network 246

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2010

Unfortunately, a startup with no brand name and no intellectual property is a sitting duck for the big slow company, as soon as they see you gaining a bit of traction. Investors expect the founder and other principals to have “skin in the game,” over and above “sweat equity.” Sleeping giants do wake up. “No

Sweat Equity 130

Sweat Equity Intellectual Property Startup Viral 130

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2013

Those at the other extreme don’t look up from the grindstone long enough to notice whether all their work is producing sweat equity or just sweat. Of course, never forget those ongoing perspiration items that seem to haunt you every day: Create intellectual property. You knew all along that you could do it.

Sweat Equity 251

Sweat Equity Intellectual Property Startup Viral 251

grasshopperherder.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Piercing the Corporate Veil – Sweat Equity Consulting. But much like becoming a co-founder, getting paid sweat equity is essentially becoming an investor in the company. If you did, why would you be consulting for sweat equity instead of investing as a VC or for yourself? GrasshopperHerder.com.

Sweat Equity 41

Sweat Equity Equity Cofounder Non-Compete 41

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2012

Those at the other extreme don’t look up from the grindstone long enough to notice whether all their work is producing sweat equity or just sweat. Of course, never forget those ongoing perspiration items that seem to haunt you every day: Create intellectual property. You knew all along that you could do it.

Sweat Equity 256

Sweat Equity Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Viral 256

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 16, 2013

The intent of this question is to determine the level of commitment of founders, both cash and “sweat equity,” and how much others have already invested into this plan. How solid is the intellectual property? If the runway is less than six months, with no new source signed, both you and the startup are at risk.

Due Diligence 253

Due Diligence Sweat Equity Intellectual Property Burn Rate 253

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

The intent of this question is to determine the level of commitment of founders, both cash and “sweat equity,” and how much others have already invested into this plan. How solid is the intellectual property? If the runway is less than six months, with no new source signed, both you and the startup are at risk.

Due Diligence 244

Due Diligence Sweat Equity Burn Rate Intellectual Property 244

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2016

With one of the new free tools and a dose of sweat equity, you can create a website for almost nothing -- and you are on your way to success with ecommerce, your latest invention or personal services. According to many experts , over 90 percent of successful businesses currently start this way.

Bootstrapping 120

Bootstrapping Hockey Stick Sweat Equity Intellectual Property 120

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Those at the other extreme don’t look up from the grindstone long enough to notice whether all their work is producing sweat equity or just sweat. Of course, never forget those ongoing perspiration items that seem to haunt you every day: Create intellectual property. You knew all along that you could do it.

Sweat Equity 222

Sweat Equity Intellectual Property Viral Salary 222

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

The intent of this question is to determine the level of commitment of founders, both cash and “sweat equity,” and how much others have already invested into this plan. How solid is the intellectual property? If the runway is less than six months, with no new source signed, both you and the startup are at risk.

Due Diligence 237

Due Diligence Sweat Equity Intellectual Property Entrepreneur 237

Gust

DECEMBER 8, 2013

The intent of this question is to determine the level of commitment of founders, both cash and “sweat equity,” and how much others have already invested into this plan. How solid is the intellectual property? If the runway is less than six months, with no new source signed, both you and the startup are at risk.

Due Diligence 174

Due Diligence Sweat Equity Intellectual Property Burn Rate 174

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2012

Do describe your intellectual property and “secret sauce”. Quantify existing skin-in-the-game, by insiders and outsiders, including sweat equity and capital. This is not the place for a detailed product specification, but an explanation of how and why it works, including a customer-centric quantification of the benefits.

Business Plan 283

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 283

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2010

The intent of this question is to determine the level of commitment of founders, both cash and "sweat equity,” and how much others have already invested into this plan. How solid is the intellectual property? If the runway is less than six months, with no new source signed, both you and the startup are at risk.

Due Diligence 229

Due Diligence Sweat Equity Intellectual Property Startup 229

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2011

Do describe your intellectual property and “secret sauce”. Quantify existing skin-in-the-game, by insiders and outsiders, including sweat equity and capital. This is not the place for a detailed product specification, but an explanation of how and why it works, including a customer-centric quantification of the benefits.

Business Plan 290

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 290

Gust

AUGUST 5, 2012

Do describe your intellectual property and “secret sauce”. Quantify existing skin-in-the-game, by insiders and outsiders, including sweat equity and capital. This is not the place for a detailed product specification, but an explanation of how and why it works, including a customer-centric quantification of the benefits.

Business Plan 182

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 182

rapidrollout.wordpress.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

How can I go about looking for a (very) good programmer willing to do this as sweat equity? It’s common for a college student to do a sweat equity partnership with another college student. So you see my dilemma. Which avenues would you suggest I should take? Is Your Partner a College Student?

Technical Review 40

Technical Review Fractional CTO Partner CTO Hire 40

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2010

Do describe your intellectual property and “secret sauce”. Quantify existing skin-in-the-game, by insiders and outsiders, including sweat equity and capital. This is not the place for a detailed product specification, but an explanation of how and why it works, including a customer-centric quantification of the benefits.

Business Plan 186

Business Plan Exit Strategy Sweat Equity Intellectual Property 186

techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

First it makes it prohibitively risky to develop software intellectual property as a means to build equity — because your competitor could just give it away! Bob S The press tends to think VCs are the only game in town, when over 90% of startups use savings, sweat equity, family, friends or angels and never take VC.

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Venture Capital Technical Review Sweat Equity Valuation 62

infochachkie.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

Very interesting article, at my Firm we share many of your insights, starting by performance based compensation (often linked to sweat equity). link] Intellectual Property – Worthless To A Startup, Priceless To A Big Dumb Company | infoChachkie. [.] (IP) link] Luis Rivera. link] Luis Rivera.

Equity 40

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Tim Keane

APRIL 12, 2006

What are their expectations for intellectual property-protectable businesses? The percentage owned by the entrepreneur after the investment has been made is the “sweat equity” that represents the work the entrepreneur has done to get to this point. Does the group have an interest only in a specific area?

Entrepreneur 60

Entrepreneur Valuation Sweat Equity Common Stock 60