YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 27, 2020

While the lessons have often been harsh, they have also introduced new opportunities for forward-thinking entrepreneurs to develop innovative systems, services, and products that will help both businesses and consumers in this new environment. The more things change, the more they stay the same.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 26, 2014

Value Propositions and Customer Segments are covered in weeks 1 and 2, emphasizing the search for problem/solution and then product/market fit. Activities cover clinical trials, FDA approvals, Freedom to Operate (IP, Licenses) software development, drug or device design, etc.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 23, 2014

Most large companies manage three types of innovation: process innovation (making existing products incrementally better), continuous innovation (building on the strength of the company’s current business model but creating new elements) and disruptive innovation (creating products or services that did not exist before.).

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

You’ll learn about competitive products that exist or are being built. You’ll gauge people’s excitement level for the product and for various features. Feld: You seem to be operating from a perspective of “implied suspicion.” I don’t work this way – I much prefer to operate from a perspective of “implied trust.”

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NDA Stealth Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement 211

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

You’ll learn about competitive products that exist or are being built. You’ll gauge people’s excitement level for the product and for various features. Feld: You seem to be operating from a perspective of “implied suspicion.” I don’t work this way – I much prefer to operate from a perspective of “implied trust.”

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NDA Stealth Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement 198

VC Cafe

AUGUST 2, 2022

monthly active end-users who are engaging with content created or operated by Unity solutions in 2020. The NFTs are owned by celebrities, tech execs and investors, and the NFT owners own 100% of the IP on their Apes and are able to generate derivative income from creating products bearing the apes picture: music, fashion, food/drink etc.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MAY 18, 2020

In this article, we discuss what startups should consider in the context of different intellectual property rights, and provide general tips for startups before commercialising their product. Applying for patent protection after already operating a business can be a long and drawn out process which is often not very successful.

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IP Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement Open Source 105

Gust

JANUARY 4, 2012

Last month we covered the basics of intellectual property (IP) for startups, including a simple taxonomy, some common issues and related documents for entrepreneurs to use when forming a new startup. How much is it worth investing in cultivating and enforcing an IP portfolio ? Barriers to entry ?

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NZ Entrepreneur

APRIL 5, 2022

You should consider a broadband upgrade now so you can operate at peak performance and not end up frustrated when you can’t complete tasks as fast as you would like. Do you have critical online business functions such as IP telephony or apps where data needs to be prioritised? How does your company operate?

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Bandwidth IP Technical Review Cloud 64

Up and Running

APRIL 21, 2021

They may do so simply because they weren’t satisfied or believe your product or service was wrongly represented. When you’re hit with a chargeback, you don’t only lose the dollar that was disputed, you also lose money on chargeback fees, as well as the money, and time you spend packaging, delivering and selling such product or service.

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The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 9, 2020

When doing so, make sure that it includes such points as IP rights, data protection, quality and performance expectations, and other essential aspects. And to spread your culture and get software development talent truly immersed in only your product, it may be worth opening your own offshore office. Conclusions. But choose wisely!

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 28, 2015

Craig Schmitz, a partner in the Technology Companies Group at law firm Godwin Proctor LLP who works on corporate, governance, board and fundraising issues, and Erika Fisher, an associate in the firm’s Business Law Department who deals with IP, fielded questions about the legal issues startups face. If high U.S. However, the U.S.

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NZ Entrepreneur

DECEMBER 5, 2019

The reality faced by entrepreneurs is that legal services can be expensive and IP protection may not be an initial priority. But having an IP strategy can help you get the most from your IP and help minimize common pitfalls and legal expenses. Trade marks. It’s best to select a mark and use it consistently.

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IP Non-disclosure Agreement Intellectual Property New Zealand 62

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 10, 2018

You need lawyers to help you with incorporation and IP creation. Startups especially require experienced legal attention because they often disrupt established industries and combat small businesses with their products and services. If IP isn’t terribly important to your startup, you can seek alternative legal solutions.

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Software Review Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Software 70

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

They have have raised $2-3 million, built a product that has some amount of market traction and got to annualized revenues of around $1 million. If you spent the 3 years perfecting some hugely differentiated technology IP that may also be different. Operating Costs. Is it one product line or multiple?

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ReadWriteStart

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Once things get off-track, you will lose hours of productive time for your team and the person you’re onboarding. These include: A short description of what the company does and what product they are building. Also, decide if your company needs any confidentiality or IP assignment agreements. A copy of the org chart.

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Engineer Software Review Hiring Development Team Review 150

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 1, 2019

Go-to-Product. In the go-to-product phase, you can get help from a plethora of incubators, accelerators and angel investors. Most entrepreneurs have a solid product to offer, but in order to fulfill any dreams of scaling, they must first get their product into the market and generate initial awareness and interest.

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TechEmpower

OCTOBER 9, 2023

With Generative AI and LLMs, new avenues for improving operational efficiency and user satisfaction are emerging every day. This enables internal users to swiftly find answers to queries such as "What is our internal IP address?" This advanced approach greatly enhances the user experience, making product discovery more intuitive.

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Artificial Inteligence Generative AI Search Database 346

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 9, 2020

They own the IP. It is also a group that is very effectively targeted : “Due to the fans’ direct interactions with all elements of this ecosystem, each element, ranging from athletes and influencers to leagues and tournaments to operators, is a potential sponsorship asset” Source: McKinsey. They sell the game.

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Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

DECEMBER 10, 2021

It might be a missing in the product line. It might be improving operations. You need tools and frameworks for: Looking at your current research for fresh insights, Casting a wide net for new possibilities, new ways to innovate, Considering new technology and existing shelved IP. Obvious projects address the glaring holes.

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Framework IP Technical Review .Net 62

YoungUpstarts

MAY 29, 2019

by Sam Furr, founder & Head of Product Strategy of Tappable. From offering a better customer experience to streamlining internal operations, they have never been more crucial to satisfying the mobile-first customer and workforce. This will also generate enterprise value through adding a new IP. Cost Saving by Automation.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 31, 2019

Founders need seed capital to get their operations up and running, and to begin generating revenue. For first time entrepreneurs or new entrants in a market, most initial problems start with failing to meet revenue projections — when product roll out is delayed, for example, or when it takes longer than expected to get revenue traction.

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Cofounder Burn Rate Technical Cofounder Seed Capital 118

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

We’re going to start aggressively spend money on marketing our product. Gross margin (GM) is the amount of profit you make per sale of your product or service taking into account your total costs of selling that product or service. We want a strong balance sheet (um, ok. otherwise I prefer to invest less and risk less).

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 29, 2011

Investors who provide hands-on help have little or no effect on the company’s operational performance. more likely to successfully scale with sales driven startups than with product centric startups. Founders overestimate the value of IP before product market fit by 255%. Business-heavy founding teams are 6.2x

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Silicon Valley Cofounder Technical Cofounder Startup 207

Steve Blank

MAY 29, 2011

Investors who provide hands-on help have little or no effect on the company’s operational performance. more likely to successfully scale with sales driven startups than with product centric startups. Founders overestimate the value of IP before product market fit by 255%. . Business-heavy founding teams are 6.2x

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NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

experiments to build a product, find customers, test business models and hire amazing people. The culture in a startup is also about moving fast, making informed guesses, learning when things go wrong (which they often will), and iterating and reiterating the design of the product or service until you get it right. Risk and reward.

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Feld Thoughts

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

If you are a entrepreneur in Colorado who is working on something related to the Internet, please consider signing the following letter to Senator Udall and Senator Bennet opposing the Protect IP (PIPA) Act. The letter follows: To: Senator Udall, Senator Bennet.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 29, 2016

These businesses are full of new ideas for services, new products – and improvements to existing ones. Ironically, though, many early stage cyber security companies initially target their offerings to the Fortune 500 and look to move down market to SMBs much later in their product life-cycle – and, sometimes not at all.

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Agile VC

MARCH 13, 2012

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 link] Harry.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 9, 2019

It takes a lot of work to come up with a truly useful and unique idea, and part of the incentive is knowing that once you obtain a patent, you will have the ability to capitalize on your invention for a set period of time without knockoff products legally entering the market. You Can Use Your IP Rights For Leverage.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

Your contractor wrote a great V1 of the product and it helped you get angel funding. Shame about not getting it in legal writing that you owned the original IP. For company registration, angel deals, Series A & B funding, Employee Stock Option Plans (ESOP), IP filings and even litigation it doesn’t need to be that way.

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Southern California Silicon Valley IP Stock Options 318

Steve Blank

JANUARY 30, 2013

Entrenched Innovation Model Issues : Qualcomm’s existing innovation model – wireless products were created in the R&D lab and then handed over to existing business units for commercialization – was wildly successful in the existing wireless and mobile space. Part 1 outlining the program is here. Read it first.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Social networking sites and microblogs are used not only to build company brands, but to foster productivity; social media tools help build communities around the question, "What are you working on?" Formerly, he was Managing Director of both Product Management and of Business Development at Los Angeles Times Interactive.

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Start Up Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2018

We also saw it when production line labour was replaced with robotics. And even though this time the displacement will involve intellectual labour, the pattern will remain unchanged, and it goes like this… Company replaces workers and reduces operating costs. Monopoly markets and IP protected innovations being rare exceptions).

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Fraudsters often operate from foreign IP and physical addresses. Most small to medium sized businesses can only support local businesses or operate on a national level at best. IP Logging. Amateur fraudsters or bots may operate from a dedicated server. When taking online signups, make sure to enable IP Logging.

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 4, 2022

It might be the products or the customers they deal with, or it could even be the fact that they are the ones in charge of it all. 6- Producing products people love. I love the ability to produce a product that resonates with so many people. Thanks to Lauren Edwards-Williams, Legend IP Consulting ! #26-

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NZ Entrepreneur

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

All too often, we see news stories of high-profile trade secrets disputes involving high legal fees, damage to reputation and, most importantly, a loss of intellectual property (IP) and its related advantages for a business. Many business owners will not realise that the IP the company owns can be a significant value driver to the business.

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