Gust

DECEMBER 22, 2011

So you’ve chosen a name for your startup, product, or both. Trademarks , which we touched on last week, are brand and product names, graphic logos, slogans, taglines, and other indicators of origin of the goods or services in question.

Intellectual Property 149

Intellectual Property Technical Review Software Review IP 149

Up and Running

MARCH 1, 2016

Boris Wertz, founding partner of Version One Ventures, believes that if you’ve worked in an industry you’re passionate about for a long time, you may know something about the market that nobody else knows. If You Want Venture Capital, You Need It. Here’s an example of a great sell sheet for a product called Well Well Wow!

Non-disclosure Agreement 60

Non-disclosure Agreement NDA Non-Compete Naming 60

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 7, 2014

Some entrepreneurs can’t decide if they want to be a Limited Liability Corporation (LLC) or a C-corporation, or they don’t have the money, so they put off doing anything until the first venture capital round, or until the first lawsuit occurs. Let your accountants manage the expenses. Rely on informal agreements with partners.

Startup 265

Startup Intellectual Property LLC Burn Rate 265

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 28, 2012

Some entrepreneurs can’t decide if they want to be a Limited Liability Corporation (LLC) or a C-corporation, or they don’t have the money, so they put off doing anything until the first venture capital round, or until the first lawsuit occurs. Let your accountants manage the expenses. Rely on informal agreements with partners.

Entrepreneur 274

Entrepreneur Intellectual Property LLC Burn Rate 274

Gust

DECEMBER 29, 2013

Some entrepreneurs can’t decide if they want to be a Limited Liability Corporation (LLC) or a C-corporation, or they don’t have the money, so they put off doing anything until the first venture capital round, or until the first lawsuit occurs. Let your accountants manage the expenses. Rely on informal agreements with partners.

Startup 183

Startup Intellectual Property LLC Burn Rate 183

Steve Blank

APRIL 9, 2009

When I asked our trade show manager she looked at me like I was the house idiot and said, “Steve, don’t you know that my job is to set up our trade show booth?” The other departments in marketing gave the same answers; the product-marketing department said their job was to write data sheets. This is a big idea.

Silicon Valley 269

Silicon Valley Technical Review RSS PR 269

infochachkie.com

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Lousy Products Might Break Your Bones – But A Name Will Seldom Hurt You John Greathouse – Posted in: Entrepreneur , Strategic Planning. With a name like Smucker’s, it has to be good.” I would think that with a name like Smucker’s it has to be a vile disease or possibly a large, poisonous, South American leech.

Naming 40

Naming Technical Review Product Product Name 40