YoungUpstarts

MAY 19, 2016

Look no further than Google and Oracle , and you’ll see that no company is immune from IP impasses. Unfortunately, we work with companies that realize the IP actually belongs to a former partner or the organization that the founders worked for during the product’s early stages.

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Technical Review Burn Rate IP Intellectual Property 124

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

One of the readers asked my opinion around sharing your startup concept: My first question has always been - how do you protect your idea while shopping around for feedback, partners, developers, etc.? You’ll refine your sales and investor pitch. Especially if the idea could be whipped-up by a few 24-year olds in a few weeks?

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NDA Stealth Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement 211

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

One of the readers asked my opinion around sharing your startup concept: My first question has always been - how do you protect your idea while shopping around for feedback, partners, developers, etc.? You’ll refine your sales and investor pitch. Especially if the idea could be whipped-up by a few 24-year olds in a few weeks?

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NDA Stealth Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement 198

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 1, 2019

by Bruce Cleveland, Founding Partner at Wildcat Venture Partners and author of “ Traversing the Traction Gap “. More than just sales, repeatability also means demonstrating product release repeatability, implementation success repeatability, and some marketing and lead generation repeatability. Minimum Viable Traction (MVT).

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Cleveland Framework Marketing Early Stage 150

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 14, 2016

by Jeff Stark, Audit Partner at Sensiba San Filippo. Depending on your location and industry, your company may have federal, state, foreign and sales tax filing requirements, all of which will be heavily scrutinized by the potential acquirer. Jeff Stark is an Audit Partner at Sensiba San Filippo.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

Shame about not getting it in legal writing that you owned the original IP. Consider it a sales & marketing expense for them. Focus on the partner you would be working with. One issue he talked about was working with partners. I also like to work with partners. In every firm there are A, B and C players.

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Southern California Silicon Valley IP Stock Options 318

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2019

The first check I wrote was just over 10 years ago into a company called Invoca who just announced a new $56 million in funding led by Scott Hilleboe at HIG Growth Partners. If I use Invoca as an example: we handle tens of millions of phone calls for customers who want to drive sales calls into call centers. Over the past 2.5

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SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Paul Ollinger, West Coast Vice President of Sales of Facebook Paul Ollinger is the West Coast Vice President of Sales for Facebook. He has also been a Regional Sales Director and National Account Director for Facebook. LAUNCH.com, and The Improv Comedy Clubs. and SVP, Branded Content & Audience Creation at nitetime.net.

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Social Network Networking Los Angeles Fractional CTO 150

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 5, 2010

They often make great team members such as head of products, CTO, head of sales, CFO, etc. He and his partner told me about this new idea over the course of nearly a year. Partners in VC funds only wanted to fund entrepreneurs who had a certain percentage of their net worth tied up in their venture. I finally called bullshit.

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Entrepreneur CTO Hire South America Salary 293

Steve Blank

MAY 29, 2011

Max and his partners interviewed and analyzed over 650 early-stage Internet startups. 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%. . Solo founders take 3.6x less likely to pivot.

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Technical Cofounder Early Stage Startup Silicon Valley 333

David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. Similar to the explosion of seed funds in the past decade, we (and some limited partners too ) believe these Flexible VCs are on the forefront of what will become a major segment of the venture ecosystem. Of the Inc. 5000 companies, only 6.5% return cap.

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Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 14, 2018

I know that you can use an email system with this to track my open rate, whether I forwarded the email, the IP address where I read it, whether I was on a mobile device or a wired computer and you can tell who else read the document. Your deck should be so good that a VC asks you for permission to show it to his or her portfolio companies.

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IP Differentiation Salary Sales 239

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 2, 2015

It freed up Ophir to grow out our sales organization, to work more closely with agencies, to innovate on product and to raise capital. The last thing you want the CEO (or heads of sales, marketing, product) doing is sinking 3 days every month into preparing board packs. Legal threats from other IP holders? On and on and on.

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Operations Metrics Early Stage Non-Compete 150

Growthink Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

And a boost toward a faster timeline and better probability of a business sale at an exciting price. Company Scenario #2: A company with a solid revenue base - say more than $5 million in sales - but competes in an industry not one of great, current interest to buyers / investors. A boost toward better financial results. Relationships.

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Harvest IP Software Review Forecast 48

A Crowded Space

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Very shortly after I joined, Greg Gretsch (now my partner at Jackson Square Ventures) co-led oDesk’s Series A along with Venky Ganesan (partner at Menlo Ventures and lead investor in Rev.com). And one time, I personally got served with a claim that a freelancer had stolen IP and we were being sued for ~$60k.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

Early in a services business there is usually no profits as the company reinvests in hiring people to grow, but by $20 million in sales the company should at least be pulling in 10% profits (if not more) depending on how much is reinvested. You own the IP you create. That is $12 million in profits over 3 years. It’s pure irony.

Silicon Valley 332

Silicon Valley IP Dividend Finance 332

Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

" We all have heard/repeated the investment mantra about "big, growing markets" with "unfair advantage IP" position. Growth generated by market demand and sales can be very complex.   And then the partners come calling. Growth generated by market demand and sales can be very complex.

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Technical Cofounder Wisconsin Cofounder IP 68

Hearpreneur

JULY 1, 2020

Several “experts” in marketing and advertising, and IP lawyers, tried to talk me into changing it. When I started Idea Grove in 2005, most PR firms had names like law firms – the name of the firm was the name of the owner or partners. Buttercloth was born. It was just natural. But I stuck to my gut feelings.

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Naming Entrepreneur New Hampshire LLC 149

Duct Tape Marketing

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Discover the secrets and strategies of how your business can achieve the frictionless sale. Once you've been in love a couple times, you can really be a much better say spouse or romantic partner. Zak (11:46): But I think it's the same thing in, in, you know, direct sales, right? Hi John, I'm Paul. And the second is immersion.

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Framework Technical Review Software Review Naming 78

Steve Blank

JULY 30, 2012

Steve, the VP of Sales and Marketing previously ran their engineering department. Most of the sales force were previously design engineers. but I’ll never forget the interview with Ben Wegbreit, the VP of Sales and Marketing. There was a long silence on the other end of the phone.

Silicon Valley 317

Silicon Valley Michigan IP Architecture 317

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2009

The initial hypothesis for Epiphany (from my much smarter partner Ben ) was that as departments in the enterprise (manufacturing, finance, customer support sales) became automated, the marketing department would eventually get its turn. Are These Your Slides? I quickly leafed through them and replied, “Sure they’re our original slides.

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Silicon Valley Non-disclosure Agreement NDA Startup 232

The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

Social media campaigns can be incredibly effective means of boosting sales and increasing reach to targeted markets. If you own the IP on a particular technology or information product, then you can create licensing agreements for other businesses to sell your product for you. 2 License Your Product.

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LBO Merger Social Media Startup 94

mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

There is, indeed, a competition between angel investors and venture capital firms, which can only be an advantage for entrepreneurs who are thus stimulated to choose wisely their future business partners. How iPad Magazine Sales Stack Up [REP. SCVNGR Makes Major Enhancements to iP. Companies like GrowPublic, Inc.

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Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 83

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 6, 2016

Target not only spent $240 million to replace customers’ cards, but sales and the company’s stock price took a major hit from the resulting public fallout. Cloud-based Tripwire SecureScan provides free vulnerability scanning for up to 100 Internet protocol (IP) addresses on an internal network.

Small Business 34

Small Business SBA Small Business Administration Security 34

Up and Running

OCTOBER 14, 2015

New markets, unfamiliar cultures, administrative procedures, visas, sales, and potential language barriers are enough to deter any Magellan-esque ambition. Understanding all the schemes available can be time-consuming, but partnering with someone who has experience in these areas can ultimately help. followed by a colleague’s surname.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Guest post by Kevin Baxpehler, Managing Partner at Remagine Ventures. Popular games like the Lineage IP, released by NCSoft in 1998, has generated over $4 Billion in revenue over its lifetime, most of it driven by its mobile version. Yes, the title is “click-bait” but there is some truth to it, bear with me.

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Global Revenue Mobile IP 131

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

It’s nice to have protected IP, but that will mostly matter later on in the event of an acquisition. As the founder, you’re the number one sales person of the company and it is not a function you can outsource right away. If you’re not good in sales, either get training or get a co-founder/advisor who is.

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Elevator Pitch Incubator Technical Review Startup 103

mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

There is, indeed, a competition between angel investors and venture capital firms, which can only be an advantage for entrepreneurs who are thus stimulated to choose wisely their future business partners. How iPad Magazine Sales Stack Up [REP. SCVNGR Makes Major Enhancements to iP. Companies like GrowPublic, Inc.

Angel Investor 84

Angel Investor Venture Capital Social Media Technical Review 84

mashable.com

AUGUST 31, 2010

How iPad Magazine Sales Stack Up [REP. SCVNGR Makes Major Enhancements to iP. Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! work with the world’s leading pharmaceutical, bioscience, and medical device com. Marketing Manager at Fanscape (Lo.

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LLC Social Media Startup Philadelphia 75

ultralightstartups.com

MAY 20, 2013

Media Partners. Community Partners. Engage an IP lawyer for more thorough analysis). So does Afternic Sales Performance. Ultra Light Startups®. What is an Ultra Light Startup? Who We Are. Our Technology Platform. How To Get In For Free. Sponsorship. Office Hours. Apply to Pitch (New York). Pitch Application Example.

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Naming Startup Technical Review Cofounder 45

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

Along with Greycroft Partners we were the first investors in Maker Studios 3 years ago when the company had no revenue and limited infrastructure. I agree with YouTube (that they provide more (hosting, ad sales, etc.) Give access to music that is legal, avoiding lawsuits and ensuring revenue isn’t captured by other IP owners.

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Networking Media Distribution Video 366

www.seriesseed.com

DECEMBER 9, 2012

It would be helpful to get a California standard employee manual, employee contract/agreements, IP ownership release to company, and confidentiality. Standard 1-way/bi-lateral NDA's, standard templates for an employee manual, employee contract/agreements, IP ownership release to company are on my wish-list too. Kind Regards.

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Finance Term Sheet Vesting LLC 40

David Teten

MAY 16, 2011

Joe Chernesky, Vice President and General Manager of Global Licensing Sales, Intellectual Ventures. Kupietzky held a variety of management roles in marketing, sales and product management at world-class technology companies: Digital Insight (Intuit), Loudcloud/Opsware (Hewlett-Packard) and Siebel Systems (Oracle).

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Naming Government Intellectual Property LLC 122

Jason Ball

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Product, Marketing, Sales. 3) Work in the industry - Accelerators, PR, HR, Design, IP – whatever. I had a mix of some the above (startup, MBA, sales, VC intern) when I rocked up in London. Analyst, Associate, Principal, Venture Partner, General Partner, Managing Partner – all require different amounts of the above.

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Venture Capital IP Portfolio PR 59

mashable.com

AUGUST 31, 2010

How iPad Magazine Sales Stack Up [REP. SCVNGR Makes Major Enhancements to iP. Contact Us Submit News Contact Us Write for Us Spark of Genius Series Mashable | The Social Media Guide Business Mashable on Facebook Join Us! Its Not Just Facebook: MySpace Trans. 7 Handy iPhone Apps for Managing Empl. Work from Anywhere: 9 Handy Portable.

LLC 75

LLC Ruby Social Media Startup 75

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Students will start by mapping their assumptions (their business model) and then each week test these hypotheses with customers and partners outside in the field (customer development) and use an iterative and incremental development methodology (agile development) to build the product. General Marketing, Sales Funnel, etc.

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Wiki Lean Management Business Model 312

Steve Blank

MARCH 11, 2015

They’ve figured out the revenue model (subscription, license, direct sale, etc.) They’ve learned the best distribution channel to get the product from their company to the customer. and how to price the product.

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Widget Lean Business Model Metrics 120