YoungUpstarts

MAY 19, 2016

Think of a tech startup the same way. Startup stardom is the new American Dream. Fifty percent of all startups flame out after four years. Another common issue among tech startups I work with is improper compliance with state and federal tax regulations. Ideally, tech startup founders stay on till the very end.

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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.? As Chris Dixon says in Why you shouldn’t keep your startup idea secret. You’ll refine your sales and investor pitch.

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NDA Stealth Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement 211

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 21, 2013

I recently wrote a blog post in which I pointed out that many investors & advisors discourage enterprise startups from having a professional services (PS) business and I think this is a big mistake. I think it’s important for enterprise startups to layer in professional services into your revenue stream.

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Software Review Software IP Technical Review 321

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

I find it amusing when a journalist writes an article about a prominent startup (either privately held or preparing for an IPO) and decries that, “They’re not even profitable!” The most obvious way to explain this is with sales people. “COGS” represents the amount that each sale costs you.

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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.? As Chris Dixon says in Why you shouldn’t keep your startup idea secret. You’ll refine your sales and investor pitch.

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NDA Stealth Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement 198

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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Intellectual Property IP Startup United States 143

NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

It is our startup sector which will drive this innovative progress. Startup founders are our ambitious problem solvers. To generate growth in a startup, it is almost always necessary to raise external capital to run the necessary. In order to understand startup governance, you need to understand risk and reward.

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Technical Review Software Review New Zealand Due Diligence 88

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 30, 2012

All too many startups are founded simply on the basis of a new and exciting technology invented by an industrious technologist. Although their book is written for businesses of all sizes, I believe the principles apply especially to startups as follows: Increase return on equity invested. Intellectual property (IP).

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Intellectual Property Startup IP Finance 248

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

If you’re a startup and you don’t have a close relationship with a few law firms you’re really missing one of the most important relationships that any entrepreneur can have. I write about some of the lessons in my post on Startup Mistakes. Shame about not getting it in legal writing that you owned the original IP.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

All too many startups are founded simply on the basis of a new and exciting technology invented by an industrious technologist. Although their book is written for businesses of all sizes, I believe the principles apply especially to startups as follows: To increase return on equity invested. Intellectual property (IP).

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Intellectual Property Startup IP Finance 231

YoungUpstarts

MAY 29, 2011

This week Blackbox , founded by entrepreneurs Bjoern Lasse Herrmann and Max Marmer, released its first Startup Genome Report — a 67-page in depth analysis on what makes Silicon Valley startups successful based on profiling over 650 startups. Startups that pivot once or twice times raise 2.5x better user growth.

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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. ” The Cost of Financing.

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Convertible Security IP Technical Review Software Review 100

Steve Blank

MAY 29, 2011

He set up Blackbox.vc, a seed accelerator for technology startups (and one of the tour stops for entrepreneurs from around the world.) They went to work gathering deep knowledege of what makes successful Internet startups. Max and his partners interviewed and analyzed over 650 early-stage Internet startups. better user growth.

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Technical Cofounder Early Stage Startup Silicon Valley 334

Steve Blank

JUNE 26, 2014

The Lean LaunchPad class uses the three “ Lean Startup ” principles: Alexander Osterwalders “ business model canvas ” to frame hypotheses. Activities cover clinical trials, FDA approvals, Freedom to Operate (IP, Licenses) software development, drug or device design, etc.

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Intellectual Property Lean IP Open Source 286

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 9, 2018

I then had to review a nefarious IP lawsuit filed against another company and help the CEO figure out whether we should just pay it or join forces with the other companies named and fight it. I always tell people that fund raising is a sales process. You’re the host so you lead the table discussion, seat placement and follow ups.

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Software Review Churn Rate Due Diligence New York 381

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 1, 2019

This is the second in a three-part series that aims to help you understand the Traction Gap Framework® – a step-by-step approach that startup teams can use to go from ideation to preparing to scale. Likewise, there’s a substantial amount of support for the very few startups that make it to the third, go-to-scale phase. Go-to-Product.

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Cleveland Framework Marketing Early Stage 150

Hunter Walker

MAY 13, 2023

“Worst case scenario we’ll sell to a larger startup or public company for about ~$1.5m I was on both sides of these transactions – buying startups for Google/YouTube and angel investing in high quality technical founders. per engineer.” of the time my answer is no f **g way].

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

But not everybody has the right skills to build a highly successful and valuable startup from scratch. For some aspiring to be tech entrepreneurs, I often suggest a two-step process, as I argued in this post that “ The First Startup Founder You Need to Invest in Is You.” In fact, I would argue that most people don’t.

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Technical Review Liquidation Preference Silicon Valley IP 150

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

FEBRUARY 14, 2012

This is part of an ongoing startup advice series where I answer (anonymized!) product that barely worked, no sales organization (except tech support, which often works better anyway ), and I just hoped they’d run a credit card. The contract says you retain the IP and are allowed to sell a product like this to other companies.

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Customer Software Review IP Technical Review 231

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 9, 2020

They own the IP. Esports teams make money in a variety of ways: sponsorship (primarily), broadcast rights, ticket sales and merchandise. We at Remagine Ventures continue to look for the top teams building ambitious startups in gaming, Esports and the Metaverse. They sell the game. Source: McKinsey. Teams and Merch.

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Technical Review Revenue IP Affiliate 168

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 14, 2016

In the current economic landscape, it’s common for startups and businesses to seek a buyout or acquisition — in fact, it’s frequently the goal from the start. When using others (employees, contractors, third parties) to develop your technology, be sure that ownership of IP is assigned to the company.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 13, 2019

Sometimes it is just the right time to sell your startup. However, having sold my own venture for millions of dollars, I can tell you that getting acquired and finding the right startup exit is 10 times harder than raising capital. . You can check out the other nine big lessons I learned in selling my startup in this Forbes article.

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Intellectual Property IP Acquisition Startup 132

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2009

Posted on December 7, 2009 by steveblank In my 21 years of startups, I had my ideas “stolen” twice. 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.

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Silicon Valley Non-disclosure Agreement NDA Startup 243

The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 29, 2023

The holidays approach and that means many businesses are going to enjoy a holiday sales bump. While chargebacks are a serious threat all year round, holiday sales often lead to an increase in chargebacks in December, January, and February. Fortunately, there are steps you can take to mitigate them, but proper preparation is a must.

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IP Revenue Customer Sales 147

Gust

DECEMBER 1, 2011

What is a startup really? Notice what is missing from this list of priorities: The company itself – that is, a business entity, most often a corporation , that will own the entire business (however defined), issue equity to founders, take investment capital , enter into contracts, make sales, pay employees and contractors, and so forth.

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IP Intellectual Property Equity Liquidity Event 114

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 14, 2011

With these encouraging statistics, perhaps it’s little surprise the local authorities realize that high-tech startups are horses worth putting money on. The hope is to get even more experienced investors and entrepreneurs to invest in local startups and provide them with systematic management guidance and mentorship.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2019

I had just left Salesforce.com where I was VP, Products, after they had acquired my second startup. Bank as well as many startups like Gusto and MakeSpace and innumerable massive clients that weren’t on my approved list of clients I could disclose ;) but we partner with Google, Adobe, Salesforce and many others. Over the past 2.5

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IP Intellectual Property IRR Cofounder 223

Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. " 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. Growth generated by market demand and sales can be very complex.

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 29, 2022

As an investor in early stage startups in gaming and metaverse/web3 at Remagine Ventures , I naturally consume a lot of content on this topic, and this post also helps me digest and separate signal from noise. Check out the list of derivate IP from the BAYC collection below. Consolidated brands NFT sales (source: Dune ).

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 2, 2015

You transition from “startup” to real business and it turns out that having an entire team be efficient is more important than that boundless energy but destructive nature of constantly changing direction from the CEO. Great startups have budgets. Legal threats from other IP holders? Budgeting & Planning.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

A fter years of talking with many of you in the Israeli startup industry, investors and entrepreneurs alike, I was invited to present some tips for entrepreneurs at the Launch48 conference in London this weekend. The talk was titled “Tips to make your startup attractive for investors&#. Sell your team, not your advisors.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Other behavioral indicators that advertisers use to serve appropriate data are IP address, geolocation, and how recently a user has visited a site or if it is their first visit. The post Anushil Kumar Explains How Technology Has Expanded the Reach of Digital Sales appeared first on The Startup Magazine. Demographic Targeting.

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Caching Technology Sales Flash 88

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. Competition isn’t won or lost by your marketing decks?—?it’s

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IP Differentiation Salary Sales 239

SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2011

This site aggregates and filters content from thought leaders who talk about topics such as Marketing , Sales , Design , Revenue , Hiring , Social Media , Business Models , Metrics , PR , Venture Capital , Angel Investors , Bootstrapping , Incubators , Agile and many others. Click around on the various topics to find some amazing resources.

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Intellectual Property Aggregator Startup IP 175

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. A caller dialed in to ask us questions about his startup. He was from South America but living in Switzerland and had launched a startup while holding down a day job at a consulting firm (McKinsey if memory serves).

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Entrepreneur CTO Hire South America Salary 293

mashable.com

AUGUST 31, 2010

How iPad Magazine Sales Stack Up [REP. SCVNGR Makes Major Enhancements to iP. Nellie Akalp is the CEO & Co-Founder of CorpNet , her second incorporation filing service company based on the simple philosophy of truth in business and her strong passion to assist small business owners and entrepreneurs.

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LLC Social Media Startup Philadelphia 75

ultralightstartups.com

MAY 20, 2013

Ultra Light Startups®. What is an Ultra Light Startup? Name A Startup. Startup PR. Name A Startup. I’m often in the process of naming a startup. The following is a list of qualities of a good name for your startup. Engage an IP lawyer for more thorough analysis). Who We Are. Sponsorship.

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