The Startup Magazine

JUNE 18, 2018

It is defined as an online repository of information for storing and distributing shared documents, and can be used during business transactions such as mergers and acquisitions and private equity and venture capital funding. This is for security, cost and efficiency reason. Value and cost go hand in hand. Source: Pixabay.

Technical Review 81

Technical Review Due Diligence Merger Private Equity 81

Start Up Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2018

And even though this time the displacement will involve intellectual labour, the pattern will remain unchanged, and it goes like this… Company replaces workers and reduces operating costs. Company must then decide where to distribute cost savings – options include; Increase profit margins.

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IP Technical Review Australia Distribution 48

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

When I started my last company, we were focused on developing technology to lower the cost of detecting and diagnosing Type 2 diabetes. The market for our product was global, and we had unique advantages in terms of our product and how we distributed it to customers. Be ready when it counts. But I also faced some significant hurdles.

Technical Review 118

Technical Review Due Diligence Early Stage Differentiation 118

The Startup Magazine

JULY 8, 2022

Therefore, ensure to have access only to authorized users and IP addresses. Therefore, you will need a business sharing file sharing solution that allows you to distribute unlimited links to third parties. You don’t have to worry about costs because your FTP service provider handles everything.

Security 142

Security Bandwidth IP Distribution 142

Early Growth Financial Services

JULY 3, 2014

Not protecting your business’ IP or unwittingly infringing someone else’s can be a really costly unforced error. This week Allonn Levy of Hopkins & Carley and Glenn McCrae, EGFS’ Strategy Officer, gave a webinar on how to avoid the biggest mistakes startups make with IP. Mistake #1 — Failure to register IP.

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IP Startup Distribution Government 45

David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

Flexible VC creates early liquidity which can be either reinvested or distributed to LPs. That said, nothing is cost-free. More complex cost of capital calculation. Inversely, if the company has slower than predicted growth, the effective cost of capital is automatically lowered. Flexible VC offers you this.

Cofounder 78

Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

YoungUpstarts

JULY 20, 2015

However, the influx of low-cost or no-cost applications – easy to download and user-friendly – means rogue employees are failing to bring IT into the equation, despite the effect (and potential risks) these applications can pose on the network. IT pros must zero in on application management to ensure business continuity.

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Networking Bandwidth Software Review Security 100

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 29, 2020

Then, the digital data is transmitted via the worldwide internet, through the Internet Protocol (TCP / IP). Your company doesn’t have to invest money in an interoffice telephone and there are no maintenance costs. So, VoIP is cost saving. So, more flexibility and increased savings by lowering costs.

IP 136

IP Internet Mobile Distribution 136

Growthink Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Many distribution, manufacturing, and service businesses fit this description. Company Scenario #2: A company with a solid revenue base - say more than $5 million in sales - but competes in an industry not one of great, current interest to buyers / investors. Putting all of this out there and SO many good things come back to us.

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Harvest IP Software Review Forecast 48

The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 13, 2019

IP & Technology. It’s important that you know the value of your IP and position yourself for a good startup exit. If you have real IP, patents, and trademarks, your startup is going to be worth a lot more. Or at least not as cost-effectively. . Distribution & Customers. Sometimes they sue instead.

Intellectual Property 102

Intellectual Property IP Acquisition Startup 102

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 30, 2012

I hear lots of excuses from startup founders, like “I’m too busy,” concern over IP security, can’t afford an agency, and it’s too early. Be sure to follow-up with key people by writing thank-you emails, asking for a personal meeting over coffee, or adding them to your monthly newsletter distribution.

Elevator Pitch 240

Elevator Pitch Public Relations Startup IP 240

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 20, 2013

Part 6: Distribution channels in Life Sciences. These clinics reduce hospitalization but Insurers weren’t paying to cover clinic costs nor would they cover the use of the Knox device. If they didn’t have a compelling value proposition for the insurers (cost savings, increased revenue, etc.) They learned a ton.

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Lean Customer Development IP Agile 241

Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

My belief is that these lean startups will achieve dramatically lower development costs, faster time to market, and higher quality products in the years to come. How to get distribution advantage on the iPhone How to Usability Test your Site for Free The one line split-test, or how to A/B all the tim. Otherwise it's a great idea.

Lean 168

Lean San Francisco Startup Continuous Deployment 168

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

To get $1 in the bank, creators have to generate $2 (taking into account platform costs, creation costs, promotion, taxes, etc). Copyright, or the lack thereof – it’s hard for creators to prevent illegal distribution of their IP.

Aggregator 207

Aggregator Vertical Audience Seed Stage 207

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Before this South Korean wonder spread across the globe I had written about a trend in global audiences that exists when the costs of production are nearly zero and the costs of distribution are also nearly free. think Amazon) and therefore hits with high production costs were more suited to the medium. think Apple.

Video 380

Video Audience Global Distribution 380

Scalable Startup

JANUARY 15, 2015

They start by demoing their skills on my project at no cost for 1-2 days. People in the Philippines or India or eastern europe are very low cost – $7-10/hour. Our strategy was to move to a distributed model where the entire scrum team works together offshore. I’ve been acting as project manager/dev manager.

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Offshore Web Development Europe Web 20

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 7, 2011

I hear lots of excuses from startup founders, like “I’m too busy,” concern over IP security, can’t afford an agency, and it’s too early. Be sure to follow-up with key people by writing thank-you emails, asking for a personal meeting over coffee, or adding them to your monthly newsletter distribution.

PR 231

PR Elevator Pitch Public Relations Startup 231

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2010

I hear lots of excuses from startup founders, like “I’m too busy,” concern over IP security, can’t afford an agency, and it’s too early. Be sure to follow-up with key people by writing thank-you emails, asking for a personal meeting over coffee, or adding them to your monthly newsletter distribution.

Public Relations 226

Public Relations Elevator Pitch Startup IP 226

Gust

JULY 22, 2012

I hear lots of excuses from startup founders, like “I’m too busy,” concern over IP security, can’t afford an agency, and it’s too early. Be sure to follow-up with key people by writing thank-you emails, asking for a personal meeting over coffee, or adding them to your monthly newsletter distribution.

Elevator Pitch 158

Elevator Pitch Startup IP Public Relations 158

Steve Blank

MARCH 11, 2015

They’ve learned the best distribution channel to get the product from their company to the customer. The strategy and structure for 21st corporate innovation will come from emulating the speed, urgency, agility and low-cost, rapid experimentation of startups. and how to price the product. That’s now changed.

Widget 120

Widget Lean Business Model Metrics 120

Steve Blank

MAY 3, 2011

The concept of Partners , took some explanation as some teams confused partners with the Distribution Channel.). Answer: The most cost effective wavelength is 800-900nm ~ $20/watt. Final question: Is the improved absorption efficiency worth the extra cost? Veritas , building a low cost wind turbine for cities.

South Dakota 217

South Dakota Business Model Lean United States 217

ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 21, 2010

Justin is looking for a more efficient customer acquisition model, and my suggestion to him was to look into using distributors, instead of trying to do all the development and then also all the distribution himself. How is Aaron going to cover his substantial costs? Choose one segment, one service, and one geography. D-Logic Inc.

Bootstrapping 113

Bootstrapping IP India Silicon Valley 113

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

He said that there remains a very healthy market for “data oriented&# software companies because the world is moving more toward measurability and software companies with differentiated IP often get a premium in the market. Company plans to use money to expand inventory and distribution capabilities, and build more social features.

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IPO Venture Capital Private Placement Cofounder 242

Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

.   It is very expensive if you’re the entrepreneur since it doubles the cost to the company of paying dividends to the entrepreneur. A liquidation preference means that the investors receive their investment back (plus dividends) prior to a distribution of the proceeds to stockholders.   I’ve never seen it in practice.

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Term Sheet Valuation Dividend Liquidation Preference 68

Gust

DECEMBER 8, 2011

From choosing a legal entity or jurisdiction to properly documenting IP assignments and stock issuances to complying with securities laws and avoiding potentially enormous tax penalties in the future, there is plenty here to warrant consulting a professional. Strategic partnership or distribution agreements.

Intellectual Property 139

Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement Delaware Stock 139

Austin Startup

MARCH 26, 2019

You just spent a few thousand dollars on advertising and your paid customer acquisition cost (CAC) numbers tested well relative to your best guess for customer lifetime value (LTV). All else being equal, the incremental cost of acquiring the next customer will always be higher than the last. What happens at 3X?

Technical Review 49

Technical Review Software Review China Acquisition 49

Start Up Blog

FEBRUARY 13, 2016

Ensure money is transferred to low cost tax markets as a high cost tax market expense. Another major trick is basing regional managers in these low cost tax markets to ‘approve strategy’ and ‘brand related’ decisions in order to justify the intellectual property rights payments and revenue shifting. So what can we do about it?

Intellectual Property 48

Intellectual Property Australia Singapore Government 48

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Building costs a lot, and licensing ain’t cheap and sometimes not possible (when your competitor owns the rights!). We help developers build and distribute gaming apps on Google Play and Google Play Games. But in practice things got complicated. On the pricing and user experience, I think Stadia did ok.

Cloud 198

Cloud Bandwidth IP Global 198

news.ycombinator.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Weve also done our homework, discreetly, so we really arent worried about having to pivot dramatically on day one or about not being able to handle running costs for long enough to establish the product. Whether or not the new distribution models ultimately took off, its a good bet that the world would be a little less red today.

Stealth 41

Stealth Technical Review Startup Software Review 41

SVPG

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Then there were challenges with fulfillment logistics, difficulty maintaining DVD quality, and trying to figure out how to do all this in a way that covered costs and generated some cash. Legal wasn't used to distribution via IP enabled devices. In 1993, Word 6.0

Product 60

Product Technical Review Software Review Engineer 60

Lightspeed Venture Partners

JUNE 11, 2012

In 2009 I wrote a guest post at Industry Gamers about why social gaming is so attractive to investors , where I talked about the three key elements oin gaming: Development, Distribution and Discovery. But I think the framework of Development, Distribution and Discovery is still a useful lens to view the industry.

IP 108

IP Distribution Viral Mobile 108

YoungUpstarts

JULY 14, 2014

RAID, otherwise known as Redundant Array of Independent Disks, is a cost-effective method of combining multiple drives into a more powerful, quicker array. RAID 5 mode incorporates “distributed parity”, which allows the array to survive the loss of a single drive, allowing continued access to your data as the faulty drive is replaced.

Cloud 160

Cloud IP Networking Security 160

Version One Ventures

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

However, the web has leveled the playing field even more: Lower customer switching costs: With the cloud, customers can more easily switch software vendors without having to worry about a major hardware re-tool or complex IT implementation. Lower capital requirements: The cloud lowers the upfront R&D costs for a software start-up.

IP 156

IP B2C Demand Startup 156

Occam's Razor

JANUARY 28, 2013

They use geo/ip to work out where I am. It shows the normal distribution of XS, S, L etc, but it also shows, how cool is this, the Model's size (S in this case), her height, bust, waist and hip size! What is the cost of, and options for, an ADT security system? I press a button and – boom! – Music! I love this.

Web 164

Web Design Marketing Security 164

techblog.netflix.com

NOVEMBER 26, 2011

The entire test was able to complete within two hours with a total cost of a few hundred dollars, and these EC2 instances were only in existence for the duration of the test. There was no setup time, no discussions with IT operations about datacenter space and no more cost once the test was over.

EC2 68

EC2 Caching Software Review Java 68

VC Cafe

AUGUST 18, 2011

Celeno - Celeno is a leading vendor of standard-based WiFi silicon solutions capable of distributing up to 4 HD video streams, with full home coverage (over 500 sqm) and carrier grade robustness. 264 and multi-screen, the ICE Video Platform is the clear leader for Every Screen video processing and distribution.

Mobile 113

Mobile Media IP Distribution 113

The Equity Kicker

APRIL 8, 2013

Today money is distributed over centralised networks controlled by governments and banks and regulated by governments. The great things about the internet (and other decentralised networks) are its low cost and its flexibility. With Bitcoin the network is decentralised and controlled by algorithms and protocols.

Internet 108

Internet IP Government Algorithm 108