Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 15, 2022
We have a team of 7 in San Francisco (a counter bet on our belief that the Bay Area is an amazing place.) We do deals in NYC, Paris, Seattle, Austin, San Francisco, London?—?but I think most people know we’re HQ’d in LA (Santa Monica to be exact) but we invest nationally and internationally.
Startup Lessons Learned
SEPTEMBER 15, 2008
So if entrepreneurs want to pioneer new ideas with a lean model, my advice is to use low cost alternatives to build differentiality that can be protected from institutions with far more money than ethics, creativity, or innovation-- other than skirting the loopholes in our justice system regarding protection of IP, and honing predatory tactics.
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A Crowded Space
OCTOBER 3, 2018
I remember when I made that first flight out to San Francisco from Boston to meet the team in 2004, the company was down to its last $20K in the bank. We lived together in a crappy apartment in San Francisco and commuted together from SF down to the peninsula every day. We were effectively together 24/7.
Scott Edward Walker
SEPTEMBER 28, 2011
IP Ownership. There are three deadly mistakes that relate to intellectual property (IP) ownership, all of which usually surface when the investors conduct their due-diligence investigation: 1. and the employee handbook to determine if there are any provisions that may give the prior employer rights to your startup’s IP.
Cracking the Code
OCTOBER 24, 2012
The second category is composed of companies that have developed a unique IP locally and marketed it worldwide - typically in the gaming, software, security or mobile sectors. One of the big data team collected and analyzed all the data of accidents on Route 101 linking San Francisco to San Jose.
Pascal's View
MARCH 24, 2010
This morning I gave the keynote speech at the ICAP Ocean Tomo IP auction in San Francisco. legislation that will transform the U.S. patent system and broadly impact intellectual property rights in our country.
crowdSPRING Blog
SEPTEMBER 3, 2012
I might also mention that she is a budding stand-up comic working the mic at clubs in Chicago and San Francisco. He did it so well and with such a smile on his face, that we started adding on more responsibilities, ultimately putting him in charge of our IP violations process. Thanks, Bianca!
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