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What to consider when entering into product collaboration

NZ Entrepreneur

Product collaborations involve a range of intellectual property (IP) and other commercial issues. Where the collaboration involves one party producing a product that incorporates elements from the other party, the agreement is, at its heart, a licence agreement. What IP is being licensed?

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The Long-Term Value of Loyalty

Both Sides of the Table

To the contrary – if you know how to sell your own work, can negotiate good rates, network well, keep consistent work and have a great reputation – it can be very rewarding. I learned how to better run a product management process. I learned how to integrate customers into our product development process.

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Remote Jobs: The Fair Pay Rate Dilemma

Transformify

Paying above the local market rate, transferring lots of small payments that lead to the same IP address, etc. Sadly, even reputable businesses are trying to take advantage of people in developing countries, especially if the local authorities are not paying attention to cases of exploitation. Slave Labor. No revenue at all.

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Abstract launches private alpha to redesign the design process

Version One Ventures

We’ve written about the rise of the vertical reputation graph and how the enterprise is still a nascent area for collaboration. Unlike code where version control of text is relatively straightforward, product and design IP is locked up in inaccessible file formats (binary). We don’t need more visual tools.

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Startups in stealth mode need one piece of advice.

www.humbledmba.com

I remember calling up my best friend to tell her I was starting a company but refused to tell her how the product would work. I had taken classes on IP, first-mover advantage, etc. If we werent careful about this, our IP claims would be worthless. You can stake your life on product or reputation. 3 of the marathon.

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Startup Resources

www.vccafe.com

IP Location Tools. Great for visualizing work of product development. UCL has built a reputation as a pioneer of collaboration between industry and academia. Lodestone Innovation Partners (IP) Ltd are spin-out specialists. “My IP” – produced by the UK Intellectual Property Office.

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The cardinal sin of community management

Startup Lessons Learned

When IMVU instigated a policy of banning users from voicing their thoughts, however, even more damage was done to the company's reputation in the eyes of many. Users also asked that IMVU identify and aggressively act to eliminate the source of such products up to and including IP bans. Eric, people were PANICKING.

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