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Remind Me Why I Love You? (Why “In Person” is Everything)

Both Sides of the Table

You race back to the office to tell everybody how well it went and you wait for the follow-up call to have a partners’ meeting or talk about term sheets or at least dip into due diligence. I was amazed at your innovation, approach, cleverness, enthusiasm, leadership traits, background, education, team?—?everything. What do I do now?

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The Audacious Plan to Make Electricity as Easy as WiFi

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They had been introduced by my friend Brian Garrett, a partner at Crosscut Ventures and the ambition outlined in their deck seemed almost unbelievable, “to make wireless charging of phones (and other devices) as easy as WiFi” that I had to see it for myself. We hired IP specialists to review prior art.

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Everything You Need To Know About Virtual Data Rooms

YoungUpstarts

During these phases, using VDRs can drastically expedite the requisite exchange of important information, and leadership teams on both sides of the deal should feel comfortable given that using virtual data rooms will allow for better oversight and control. IP Management. Strategic Partnerships.

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In a Strong Wind Even Turkeys Can Fly

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The market seemed crowded and our leadership position that had been built over many years seemed to not matter any more. On July 27th, 2001 Accenture IPO’s and many of the partners grew fabulously wealthy. Double-down on great people, process & IP. The things that always differentiated Accenture?

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How to Shorten Your Sales Cycle and Avoid Wasting Time

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.” “There’s no way we’re going to partner in this area. The thing is … what I see many sales execs do is burn up countless hours on mid-level campaigns that get torpedoed when the go up the organization due to lack of budget, a desire to own that core IP or other more pressing organization priorities.

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Yahoo! vs Facebook: Lame Lawsuit, Good Timing ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

CEO Scott Thompson alluded to their plan a couple weeks ago but the IP lawsuit itself was only official late afternoon yesterday (and now public). ’s claims of IP infringement or offer a litigator’s perspective of Yahoo! Thompson reportedly dealt with this IP lawsuit personally along with Yahoo!’s

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When Security Can Become Your Business Differentiator, Everybody Wins

YoungUpstarts

If their intellectual IP is stolen or if they are discovered to have been a launching pad for attacks against a larger business partner, it can mean going out of business. Even with a firewall and anti-virus program, these business are the most vulnerable to cyber attackers.