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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? The amount of investment in IP in any direct sense is generally small for early stage startups. In practice, this leads many U.S.

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

The Next Web

Before you start talking to large VCs, find some early stage investors. Stefan Tirtey, Partner at Doughty Hanson Ventures , created this document with Berlin early stage investors. We had a pretty intense year in 2012, experiencing an unsuccessful product launch. Brad Feld wrote a great book about Venture Capital.

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Twitter Link Roundup #144 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

Practical Advice for Raising Early Stage Venture Capital – [link]. 20 of the Best Photoshop Tutorials of August 2012 – [link]. 30 Fresh and Useful CSS3 & Jquery Effects with Tutorials from 2012 – [link]. Staffing your startup? Pick the right kind of staffer – [link].

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How to Build a Product Launch Strategy

ConversionXL

Done right, your PR campaign should incentivize media outlets to pick it up. It’s common for new products or early-stage startups to lack sufficient quantitative data to see meaningful themes or patterns. The model was introduced in 2012, back when there was still low consumer awareness around electric cars. Conclusion.

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35 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

After years working in fashion PR/Marketing in NYC and Milan, and then as a co-founder/owner of a Brooklyn-based rock ’n’ roll play space for kids under 5, I found myself becoming overly excited about my friends starting new businesses. #10 – Obsessed with Entrepreneurs & Music. Image Credit: Carey Balogh. The rest is history!

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ProfessorVC: Watch Out for the Red W(h)ine

Professor VC

However, the individual above was adamant that we should have a PR campaign to let the entrepreneurial community know that we dont participate or support this practice. ► 2012. (1). I take CFO roles in early stage companies and participate on the management team during the early financings and business model development phases.

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Cracking The Code: The Bessemer 10 laws of SaaS - Fall 2008.

Cracking the Code

While the CAC ratio helps SaaS businesses at scale to manage their Sales and Marketing spend, the SLC is a helpful framework for early stage businesses before you have meaningful data. ► 2012. (1). Impact of the recession on SaaS Sales&Marketing pr. Online Gaming. (1). Portfolio. (3). sales and marketing. (10).