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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower

Do you have legal (Founder Agreement, IP, etc.) Ads, Viral/Social, SEO)? Social Integration/Viral Outreach Is your application tied into any social networks? What about other kinds of viral outreach? Tell me about the business. How are you funding this? What level of funding do you currently have?

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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. It’s also important to realize how little value investors therefore put on IP when investing in a company. The same logic holds true for most acquiring companies. Let’s take my own portfolio as an example.

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Get a Viral Launch Page For Your Startup With LaunchRock

ReadWriteStart

But a team at this weekend's Startup Weekend in Philadelphia has taken this idea one step further, designing a product that will help startups build viral launch pages: LaunchRock. If you want to see the virality of LaunchRock in action, search Twitter for "Maple Butter," a new project from Flowtown 's Dan Martell.

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HBS Angels Healthcare Night

David Teten

C8 Sciences ( [link] ) markets web-delivered cognitive development programs based on Yale IP of integrated computer and physical exercises. Cell>Point ( www.cellpointweb.com ) is a late-stage biotech-molecular imaging and therapeutics company with strong IP. Docphin ( [link] ) is the Bloomberg for doctors.

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From Agency to Enterprise Software: The Evolution of Buddy Media

This is going to be BIG.

Our current focus is on creating sticky, super viral applications that help users get more out of Facebook and other social media. 6/15/2008 – Application network of its own apps plus agency business plus ad network. “The Buddy Media Platform is the Facebook management system for corporate brands.”

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Abstract launches private alpha to redesign the design process

Version One Ventures

From these posts, it should be clear that we get excited about social and collaborative platforms where there are strong network effects , virality and daily utility. Unlike code where version control of text is relatively straightforward, product and design IP is locked up in inaccessible file formats (binary).

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Boy, Was I Wrong About Dropbox

Andrew Payne

I’m reminded of FTP Software, which went like gang-busters selling a TCP/IP stack for Windows. Their revenues fell very quickly after Microsoft started shipping TCP/IP as part of the OS. (The Second, the service is inherently viral. On Quora, I wrote : I think “slow fade” is another probable outcome.

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