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Intellectual Property for Startups in the Real World

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What kind of risk do we run of being put out of business by others’ IP rights ? 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? Easier said than done!) In practice, this leads many U.S.

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Grow or Die – - Revenue growth must be the core strategy and drive all other strategies.

Scalable Startup

The first trick is to offer something that the world will need more and more over the next few years (growing market), without that it doesn’t matter much anyway; your product/service/thing must “catch on”. This can be somewhat manipulated by your successful marketing execution (i.e. why one iPhone app succeeds vs. another).

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Beware The Consultant

infochachkie.com

There is an inherent conflict in a consultant’s business model and the needs of a startup. If a consultant claims they can enhance your marketing efforts, pay them based on their direct impact on your incremental sales. Their story, market positioning, products, etc. IP) is an ugly thing at a startup. Consultant.

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Think Your Start-up Is Venture Worthy? Think Again.

techcrunch.com

But it’s when you look between the survey of VCs and the survey of private businesses that things start to get ugly. The businesses, it seems, vastly over-estimate their ability to raise funds. Been there Done that This is very depressing for all future founders, or even currently early stage founders.

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Crazy! 189 Answers To The Top Startup Questions On Your Mind

maplebutter.com

Written By Dan Martell on February 2nd, 2012 | Category: Hiring LeanStartup Marketing Metrics Startup Life | 6 Comments. Take the market and break it down into smaller chunks. If you’re looking for a designer, engineer, or biz marketing guy – go to meetups / conferences that those people would go to. Why do I do it?