YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Voice over IP systems. The downside to telephony systems is that call records and transcripts need to be created manually, putting employees at risk for carpal tunnel syndrome. Most Voice over IP (VoIP) systems can help companies manage their communication networks (i.e.

Arlington 113

Arlington IP Pennsylvania Software Review 113

Steve Blank

JUNE 26, 2014

Finally we move to the left side of the canvas to teach the supporting elements of Resources, Partners, Activities and Costs. Therefore we’re going to teach the class in the following order: 1) value proposition, 2) customer segments, 3) activities, 4) resources, 5) partners, 6) channel, 7) customer relationships, 8) revenue/costs.

Intellectual Property 281

Intellectual Property Lean IP Open Source 281

YoungUpstarts

JULY 26, 2016

No longer considered an optional perk, employees in organizations of every size now expect that they will be able to connect their personal devices of choice to their organizations’ networks in some capacity. And adoption will likely continue to be slow — mostly due to costs associated with making the switch.

Networking 100

Networking IP Bandwidth Technical Review 100

YoungUpstarts

MAY 29, 2019

Focus on the Benefits Instead of Cost. If your opportunity is thoroughly researched, and you can express the true rewards it could have for the business, cost shouldn’t matter to the board. Cost should only matter when it comes to calculating ROI. Cost Saving by Automation. Cost Saving by Automation.

Mobile 127

Mobile Retention IP Metrics 127

Gust

DECEMBER 22, 2011

Having covered all the bases to ensure that your corporate name is available, the domain name can be acquired, and the name doesn’t infringe any existing trademarks (as we discussed last week ), now is a good time to look at the categories of intellectual property (IP) that are relevant to most startups. Intellectual property.

Intellectual Property 149

Intellectual Property Technical Review Software Review IP 149

YoungUpstarts

JULY 10, 2020

People wouldn’t be able to work remotely, labor costs would be much higher, and it would be more expensive to get new customers. If your business relies on the internet for day-to-day operations, you’d have to consider the costs of getting small business internet installed in your office. How much does business internet cost?

Internet 147

Internet Cost Bandwidth IP 147

Steve Blank

APRIL 23, 2014

These include the product itself, the customer, the distribution channel, revenue model, how to get, keep and grow customers, resources and activities needed to build the business and costs.). The founding team is testing for the right combination of product, market, revenue, costs, etc. Lessons Learned.

Acquisition 332

Acquisition Intellectual Property Silicon Valley Startup 332

The Startup Magazine

MARCH 10, 2018

You need lawyers to help you with incorporation and IP creation. However, what you don’t need is lawyers’ prohibitive fees, which can cost your startup hundreds of thousands of dollars — even millions — in just the first few years. If IP isn’t terribly important to your startup, you can seek alternative legal solutions.

Software Review 70

Software Review Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Software 70

Gust

JANUARY 4, 2012

Last month we covered the basics of intellectual property (IP) for startups, including a simple taxonomy, some common issues and related documents for entrepreneurs to use when forming a new startup. How much is it worth investing in cultivating and enforcing an IP portfolio ? Barriers to entry ?

Intellectual Property 143

Intellectual Property IP Startup United States 143

NZ Entrepreneur

DECEMBER 5, 2019

The reality faced by entrepreneurs is that legal services can be expensive and IP protection may not be an initial priority. But having an IP strategy can help you get the most from your IP and help minimize common pitfalls and legal expenses. Trade marks. It’s best to select a mark and use it consistently.

IP 62

IP Non-disclosure Agreement Intellectual Property New Zealand 62

ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 9, 2019

This group might include employees who use the applications regularly, IT data analysts, and other personnel. Most service providers will offer a free or low-cost consultation to give you an idea of price, and many will help you make the migration in increments to keep costs low and establish early buy-in.

Cloud 115

Cloud Developer Azure Technical Review 115

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 2, 2014

Although you might assume that every employee would jump at the chance to skip the commute to work and packing their own lunch, not every employee will want to work from home. Employees who need to be continuously given new projects throughout the day, those who need help with their work, or those who need supervision.

Technical Review 178

Technical Review IP Employee Lean 178

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

If you hire 6 sales reps in January at $120,000 / year salary then you’ve taken on an extra $60,000 per month in costs yet these sales people might not close new business for 4-6 months. ” If you’re not profitable you’re purely a cost center to them. Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) =. Operating Costs.

Startup 418

Startup Revenue Technical Review Flash 418

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Knowbella Tech is an open science collaboration company that uses blockchain to deliver free tools, services, grants, and intellectual properties (IP) to researchers, particularly the underserved in Africa, Asia and Latin America. On the positive, the cost of living is amongst the lowest in the nation.

Intellectual Property 48

Intellectual Property Technical Review Malta Startup 48

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Your employees spend plenty of time on printer-related tasks like copying, scanning, faxing, and printing documents. Moreover, if the printer malfunctions, your employees will take additional time to replace toners or cartridges. As a result, their assistance will help reduce your employees’ time on printer-related tasks.

Management 240

Management IP Security Hiring 240

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

Shame about not getting it in legal writing that you owned the original IP. Forget to get around to setting up that Employee Stock Option Plan and want to be able to give the early guys their options at a low strike price? How to manage costs - One of the biggest frustrations that people have with lawyers are unexpected costs.

Southern California 318

Southern California Silicon Valley IP Stock Options 318

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. File Sharing. Examples: Mega, TorrentFreak, Pirate Bay.

Networking 100

Networking Bandwidth Software Review Security 100

Gust

DECEMBER 1, 2011

Notice what is missing from this list of priorities: The company itself – that is, a business entity, most often a corporation , that will own the entire business (however defined), issue equity to founders, take investment capital , enter into contracts, make sales, pay employees and contractors, and so forth. Good stuff!

IP 114

IP Intellectual Property Equity Liquidity Event 114

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 29, 2016

If their intellectual IP is stolen or if they are discovered to have been a launching pad for attacks against a larger business partner, it can mean going out of business. Hiring junior, or less experienced employees and keeping them once they are trained is a big challenge. Cyber insurance is often prohibitively costly.

Differentiation 100

Differentiation Security Intellectual Property Non-Compete 100

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JANUARY 24, 2011

Of course this is Survivor Bias at it’s finest; these examples don’t prove this is a great strategy , they just illustrate that it can work: Zappos decided to sell shoes over the Internet, even though it meant eating shipping costs as customers tried shoe after shoe, constantly returning merchandise on the basis of fit or look.

Intellectual Property 242

Intellectual Property Open Source Bandwidth IP 242

Occam's Razor

JUNE 4, 2018

Present a yummy spreadsheet that quantifies the cost of inaction , how much money you’ll lose by not delivering a 25% improvement every week. Delivery times based on geo/IP/mobile phone location. Your employees stand up at 11:00 AM each day and sing the company song. Delivery times based on geo/IP/mobile phone location.

Conversion 124

Conversion eCommerce Artificial Inteligence Aggregator 124

YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Have Employees Sign Non-Disclosures. If you work with a team or have employees, it is important to have them sign non-disclosure agreements to cover the security of your intellectual property. Your patents will have more support when your IP is seen online often. Open-Source IP. Publish Far And Wide With Attribution.

Intellectual Property 124

Intellectual Property Non-disclosure Agreement IP Open Source 124

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 2, 2015

It’s such a tricky balance between being cost-focused & scrappy versus being impractical with how you spend your time. What if you are measuring CAC wrongly and you’re really not acquiring customers cost effectively? And it turns out that employee reviews matter. Legal threats from other IP holders?

Operations 150

Operations Metrics Early Stage Non-Compete 150

The Startup Magazine

JULY 8, 2022

Therefore, ensure to have access only to authorized users and IP addresses. Employees of your company may occasionally need to exchange files with parties outside the company. You don’t have to worry about costs because your FTP service provider handles everything. It prevents hackers from accessing the files.

Security 140

Security Bandwidth IP Distribution 140

David Teten

MARCH 14, 2018

. – Build out low-cost force multipliers such as scouts , Advisors, Entrepreneurs in Residence, Venture Partners, and so on. Typically these outside resources are paid only on a success basis, so the marginal cost is low. . All of the strategies above have very modest fixed cost. This requires a real financial sacrifice.

Private Equity 60

Private Equity Venture Capital Equity Cofounder 60

Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

During this time, there’s financial leverage used in the transaction to help buffer the firm’s cost of capital (e.g. companies, more sensitivity around technology IP and security. Influenced by the rapid growth of the bike-sharing craze in China, a savvy Uber employee spun out to create Bird. 3/ Crypto Hibernation.

Technical Review 165

Technical Review Venture Capital Russia China 165

View from Seed

DECEMBER 4, 2014

You don’t really need to worry about how much common stock will be set aside for an employee option pool or how much preferred stock might be issued from raising future VC rounds in order to determine an equitable founder stock division. Ideation/IP. But they frequently capture some of the following dimensions: 1.

Equity 315

Equity Founder Sweat Equity Cofounder 315

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 23, 2014

Once they see you have developed credible traction, they can grab your space with less cost (meaning lower price) than you had to put into developing it. Don’t count on your IP to save you. Employees stop innovating. Employees are human, and a static known environment is more comfortable than a dynamic one.

Startup 250

Startup IP Employee Technology 250

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

Legal costs of early stage financing should be cheap – this is one of the final remaining arguments for convertible debt but even Paul acknowledges that this is no longer necessarily the case: “Different terms for different investors is clearly the way of the future. That’s OK, but it gives you a max (read: price!)

Finance 286

Finance Term Sheet Technical Review Warrant 286

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2013

Once they see you have developed credible traction, they can grab your space with less cost (meaning lower price) than you had to put into developing it. Don’t count on your IP to save you. Employees stop innovating. Employees are human, and a static known environment is more comfortable than a dynamic one.

Entrepreneur 264

Entrepreneur IP Employee Cost 264

www.greenhornconnect.com

OCTOBER 3, 2011

1) You and your partners have developed IP critical to your business. Intellectual property is the most valuable asset most startups possess, so it is crucial that the startup, not the founders, own IP developed for the business. 2) You’re hiring employees. 2) You’re hiring employees. All tags: Forex Brokers.

IP 40

IP Intellectual Property Limited Liability Company Boston 40

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Many e-commerce platforms, including Amazon, have a way to protect businesses from this scenario, but only if the company has the documentation to back up that a product, brand, or design is its legal IP. Monitor Physical Assets. Protect Data. Brand reputation and corporate goodwill are two less concrete assets in a business.

Intellectual Property 113

Intellectual Property China Widget Security 113

Agile VC

DECEMBER 4, 2014

You don’t really need to worry about how much common stock will be set aside for an employee option pool or how much preferred stock might be issued from raising future VC rounds in order to determine an equitable founder stock division.

Cofounder 255

Cofounder Equity Founder Sweat Equity 255

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Whether you are receiving payments from customers, or need to make outgoing payments to employees, vendors, or other suppliers, it is critical to have a financial payment plan in place. The Bacs system uses a secure, internet-based service called Bacstel-IP to make payments between banks. How Does Bacs Software Benefit Businesses?

IP 100

IP Security Software Salary 100

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 7, 2016

Patent applications represent the hope for defensible protection, as the most a company can truthfully tell investors is that the company owns its IP. First all employees, including founders, should sign invention assignment agreements. What should my IP strategy be? Should I file a Provisional Patent Application?

Intellectual Property 100

Intellectual Property NDA IP Early Stage 100

Growthink Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

And putting out there the “story” behind the numbers - the talent, work ethic, and integrity of our people, the suredness of our IP, the thoughtfulness of our product development roadmap, the sustainable competitive advantage of our operational cost structure, and the like. Relationships.

Harvest 48

Harvest IP Software Review Forecast 48

Hunter Walker

MAY 13, 2023

The proverbial win-win-win: founders got to land their company often with some retention premium; employees got job offers; and we got capital back, that even if it wasn’t a power law return, allowed us to recycle into new investments or the existing portfolio.

Early Stage 118

Early Stage Cap Table Acquisition Sales 118