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Intellectual Property for Startups in the Real World

Gust

Later stage companies have some additional concerns: What favorable impact could IP have for PR, marketing and investor relations purposes, or as an attraction to potential acquirors? It’s often possible to “ design around ” a patent to operate a business that achieves similar results in different ways.)

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How to Get Superior Returns in Venture Capital

David Teten

That said, we’re in an opaque industry compared with the public markets, and having the real scoop about what’s going on at a private company, and who are raising now, will be a meaningful edge for a long time. A quant approach is common in the public markets, but used by few in the private company investing space. – Thesis.

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How to Get Superior Returns in Venture Capital

David Teten

That said, we’re in an opaque industry compared with the public markets, and having the real scoop about what’s going on at a private company, and who are raising now, will be a meaningful edge for a long time. A quant approach is common in the public markets, but used by few in the private company investing space. – Thesis.

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How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood

David Teten

The extreme example of this are algorithmic investors in the public markets, who design algorithms which trade on the designer’s behalf, as opposed to making trading decisions directly. High-frequency trading, algorithmic by its nature, is estimated to account for at least 50% of US equity markets trading volume. . 1) Market fund.

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How To Start A Startup – For Busy People

YoungUpstarts

Lecture 14: How To Operate. Lecture 19: Part One: Sales and Marketing. 2) How big is the market? (3) Lecture 20: Closing Thoughts and Later-Stage Advice. Sooner or later, founders need to be thinking about the second and third product. Lecture 8: Doing Things That Don’t Scale. How to Get Started.

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How to Launch Your Own Startup Part 4 (money, culture and becoming a manager)

The Next Web

When I started hiring my first engineers, designers and marketers, I was mainly focused on passion, energy and most importantly potential. And your first community person is not likely to be your VP Marketing. These skills are hard to develop, many founders actually decide to hire a CEO at a later stage.

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How to Work with Lawyers at a Startup

Both Sides of the Table

Consider it a sales & marketing expense for them. They want to lock in future clients at an early stage. But as with consulting, PR, web design and even VC – it’s not just the firm it’s also the individual. I always try operate on the “Fixed Fee +&# arrangement. Good people and evil people.