Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 27, 2014
The bad news is that patent trolls (non-producing companies that make their money from licensing patents) can squeeze the lifeblood out of unsuspecting entrepreneurs, as exemplified by the recent mess around Lodsys suing small Apple IOS developers. This hit RIM (Research In Motion) a few years ago, and cost them $650M to recover.
Gust
OCTOBER 19, 2014
The bad news is that patent trolls (non-producing companies that make their money from licensing patents) can squeeze the lifeblood out of unsuspecting entrepreneurs, as exemplified by the recent mess around Lodsys suing small Apple IOS developers. This hit RIM (Research In Motion) a few years ago, and cost them $650M to recover.
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ConversionXL
SEPTEMBER 10, 2018
Before we get to that though, I asked my LinkedIn connections about the #1 thing holding back their companies. It’s clear from the 80+ answers that many things hold companies back, so consider these nine a starting point in your quest to improve your business. (As So, what can companies do about it?
YoungUpstarts
NOVEMBER 28, 2013
In the future, companies won’t be able to exit and enter businesses as quickly as in the last decade. The initial costs of entry, especially for marketing, will be prohibitive. ” The minimum stakes can be staggering, and the entry costs for other kinds of products are, in fact, much higher.
YoungUpstarts
SEPTEMBER 18, 2013
In the future, companies won’t be able to exit and enter businesses as quickly as in the last decade. The initial costs of entry, especially for marketing, will be prohibitive. ” The minimum stakes can be staggering, and the entry costs for other kinds of products are, in fact, much higher.
Hunter Walker
FEBRUARY 6, 2024
Why do we do this even at the cost of passing on an interesting company? Well we all know that early stage companies do a lot of exploration in their problem space before settling on the exact product. I get it, they want to keep as many doors open as possible for funding.
Steve Blank
FEBRUARY 10, 2016
He previously founded N&N Investments LLC, a real estate investment holding company; and is a program leader and fellow of the Startup Leadership Program. . He stressed that your product and company vision needs to match your appetite for funding: One thing that we learned very early on was, have a plan for fund-raising. …
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