If a startup gets paid via a revenue share arrangement, the potential exists for the large company to exercise their early-termination rights and get their white-label app’s users free-of-charge (or worse, the IP). Tags: Startup Issues IP mobile applications white label Nothing New. But Gowalla isn’t a white-label app. MORE >>

Founder IP License Problem. Even if the founder offers the startup a completely startup-favorable license, the founder IP license scenario should be a non-starter for most startups. The problem is that even a free and exclusive license to the startup falls short of vesting IP ownership with the startup. Conclusion. MORE >>

To the best of my knowledge US law allows you to work on your own resources and in your own hours and let you personally own your IP. In some countries outside the US (the UK for example) employers can specify in an employment contract that ANY IP you develop while you’re employed by that company is owned by them. Not worth it. MORE >>

Not only is it hard to find apples-to-apples comps, but funding valuation data is often kept close to the vest. skip to main | skip to sidebar 19 January 2010 Startup Valuation: How Much Is Your Company Worth? Part of my job description involves prepping startups to raise capital. Unfortunately, I cannot make it much less fuzzy. They dazzle. MORE >>

3261), introduced in the House in late October (which includes the most controversial parts of the Senate’s PROTECT IP Act (S. First, the vested interests ignore the threat because it is small and figure it will quickly die out. PIPA and SOPA, as some say : This is the worst piece of Internet legislation in history. Jobs destroyed? MORE >>