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Battling Big Business Bullies On The IP Playground: Minimizing The Risk Of Intellectual Property Litigation

YoungUpstarts

Intellectual property (IP), which is often the heart of a startup’s business strategy, constitutes a small subset of those legal rights. Not surprisingly, the best way to avoid IP litigation is to prepare for IP litigation, and the only way to prepare is to know the rules. from Santa Clara University School of Law in 2018.

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The Economics of Automation & You

Start Up Blog

Company must then decide where to distribute cost savings – options include; Increase profit margins. Reinvest funds for growth (New Product / Distribution / Promotion / R &D). Monopoly markets and IP protected innovations being rare exceptions). Price when new – 2018 = $35,990 (42% of average annual income)*.

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Make The Most Of Your Next VC Pitch By Doing These 10 Things

YoungUpstarts

The market for our product was global, and we had unique advantages in terms of our product and how we distributed it to customers. If that’s the case, and they don’t consider investing in two competitors to be a conflict of interest, ask them how they protect founder IP and other proprietary assets.

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Acquihires 101: Tips for Founders

Scott Edward Walker

We had a busy 2018, including closing several significant M&A transactions and financings. The deal is typically structured as an asset purchase (as opposed to a stock purchase or merger) — though the acquirer often does not actually want the startup’s IP and/or other assets. Why Then Do Founders Do Acquihires?

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Digital Technology MoshPit

Gregg Fraley, Author of Jack's Notebook

Chicago, IL, August 1, 2018 — The MoshPit Innovation Service is an innovation project discovery service marketed by GFi (Gregg Fraley Innovation). MoshPit has teams combine new technology with existing processes, products, IP, market insights, and services, in an exhaustive way.

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Walmart’s Been On A Buying Spree. Which Company Could It Acquire Next?

Up and Running

Recently, the company laid out expectations for 40% e-commerce growth in 2018 (fiscal year 2019). While Walmart hasn’t acquired in this area yet, its internal initiatives and IP show interest. Allbirds’ expanding appeal, range of products, and distribution channels could attract Walmart. Increase in-store efficiency.

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Fixing Tech – A Manifesto from a Raving Capitalist

Start Up Blog

trillion in 2018, which means that these 5 technology firms are collectively valued at 19% of the entire US economy. The truth is the mixed economy model is what has provided the greatest distribution of wealth the world has ever seen. trillion as at 6/6/19. The GPD of the USA was $20.4 Free Market Capitalism.