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How I Got the Monkey Off My Back – Today Was a Good Day

Both Sides of the Table

As a result I didn’t write my first venture capital check until March 2009 – exactly 5 years ago. It turns out it actually takes time to build a high-growth business with differentiated intellectual property and roll out large, enterprise-class marketing solutions. 5 years ago. 5 years ago.

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Vertical Markets 1: Bad Advice – All Startups are the Same « Steve.

Steve Blank

Intellectual Property At the next class I said, “You all ought to get out and start talking to customers on day one, and get early feedback on your idea. You don’t need to worry about any Intellectual Property (IP) issues. on May 26, 2009 at 6:18 am Said: [.] Just get out of the building.”

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Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 2: They Raised Money With My.

Steve Blank

Posted on December 7, 2009 by steveblank In my 21 years of startups, I had my ideas “stolen” twice. ——— While how you iterate and execute your idea is more important than the idea itself, there are parts of your intellectual property a startup does need to protect. See part one for the first time it happened.

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Valuations 101: The Dave Berkus Method

Gust

It has been used by angels since, however Dave updated the model for 2009 ACA Leaders Workshop in Richardson, TX. For example, some investors would not fund a company without at least a minimum of customer feedback or intellectual property. Here is his latest version. Characteristic. Add to Pre-money Valuation. Zero to $0.5

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Social Networking and Business Value

SoCal CTO

Just a quick note that I'll be moderating a Technology Council Event : Social Networking as a Business Strategy May 19, 2009 - Culver City Social networking media are used on a daily basis to grow businesses and expand career opportunities. He has written several books on intellectual property law.

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Seculert Raises A Round to Protect the Enterprise on the Cloud

VC Cafe

According to Gartner (2009), over 60% of the top 100 most active websites either host malicious content or contain a masked redirect to a malicious site, 37% of web-borne threats being designed to steal personal and sensitive data. billion times per month. And last September, Hewlett Packard acquired security-software maker ArcSight Inc.

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Take Advantage of a New Trend: Big Business Looks to Small to Innovate

Up and Running

By 2009, it had run out of cash. According to Coley Brown, CEO of VisionMine, of Englewood, NJ, the consulting firm that worked with Vuzit in 2009-10, this type of role reversal – with a small company helping a larger one – has become emblematic of the “open innovation” trend.