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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower

At TechEmpower, we frequently talk to startup founders, CEOs, product leaders, and other innovators about their next big tech initiative. Background Questions Let’s start with some background questions about the business and product. Do you have legal (Founder Agreement, IP, etc.) Who are the customers? will you leverage?

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Traction is the new IP

Version One Ventures

“Traction is the new IP ” sums up perfectly how the technology space has evolved over the past decade due to the nature of the web. However, now individual employees get the ball rolling by using a product. It’s also important to realize how little value investors therefore put on IP when investing in a company.

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What To Consider As A New Entrepreneur

The Startup Magazine

Having A Marketing Plan You’re going to want to get the word out right away about your business and products or services. Investing in Technology & IT Another area you’ll want to concentrate on as a new business owner is technology and IT solutions. To do so effectively, you’ll want to implement a marketing strategy.

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Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 3: The Best Defense is a Good IP Strategy

Steve Blank

Early on in my career I took a “we’re moving too fast to deal with lawyers” attitude to patents and Intellectual Property (IP.) The assets you can protect may include your “core technology&# like source code, hardware designs, architectures, processes, formulas. Type of IP. _. non-public technology. new technology.

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An Overview Of The SIP Trunk Definition And What It Takes To Sell

YoungUpstarts

SIP, which stands for Session Initiation Protocol, and is one of the more common protocols in voice over internet protocol (VoIP) technologies. The traditional Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), with its Analog lines, E1 ISDN BRI, or T1 lines, has begun to be replaced by IP telephone systems. What Is SIP? What is a SIP Trunk?

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Common B2B Challenges and How To Solve Them

ConversionXL

Companies experience a high churn rate because of bad product adoption. As a part of narrowing down the focus, we redefined their targeting, identified the most profitable market segment, and updated product positioning based on the interviews with clients from that segment. Of course they have a great product and are well funded.

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[Event] [Singapore] Techventure 2011: A Sign of Increasing Asian Technology Innovation

YoungUpstarts

But those same words could easily be applied to the Singapore-based technology entrepreneurs present at Techventure 2011. Plans for more Singapore-based technology incubators. Talent, as well as technology, is flowing in this direction. Singapore Innovation. ” Global Money Flow – From the West to Asia.

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