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Open Positions at the ATI

Austin Startup

ATI has served the entrepreneur community for over twenty years and focuses on the IT, Wireless, Clean Energy and Bioscience verticals. ATI also works closely with MobileMondayAustin and Semantic Web Austin. The Austin Technology Incubator is hiring for these positions, so make sure to apply now.

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Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 2: They Raised Money With My.

Steve Blank

——— While how you iterate and execute your idea is more important than the idea itself, there are parts of your intellectual property a startup does need to protect. It is web-based, fast and easy and soon to may be available on the iPhone. Over the next two years we left them in the dust.

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

The Next Web

In China, respecting copyright and intellectual property is still something that locals do not really practice. They don’t have a good IP (intellectual property) to defend their technology. Lee says: “If it’s a very simple app, the chance of an app being copied (in China) is higher.”

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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. The guidelines I had originally proposed to my students worked for enterprise software or Web 2.0

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Startups in stealth mode need one piece of advice - Discussion

news.ycombinator.com

We already have some competitors in the vertical and while there is no point in trying to hide the actual idea, there are differences in the way we implement stuff that can get us an advantage over the competition. >> Ideas are worthless when theyre another spin on a web 2.0 It was yet another Web 2.0 Shocking, I know.

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How to Use Images to Enhance Your Content and Social Media

Duct Tape Marketing

Literature, art, and photography are intellectual property which benefits from the protection of copyright. Finding an image floating around on the web doesn’t grant you the right to use it: someone owns it, and you may only use it if the owner gives you permission. And to do that, I need to share a few words about copyright.

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Think Your Start-up Is Venture Worthy? Think Again.

techcrunch.com

cheers [link] Article Playground This venture is surely worth it Dougie Howse I think another problem with VC investments into web companies is the expectation to make 30-50+ times of return. The cost of money is steep, and only works in certain verticals, of which software is NOT one. Bubble I have been saying this Web 2.0