VC Cafe

AUGUST 2, 2022

think about the entrepreneurs that started in the early days of the Internet, mobile, crypto, VR and yes… now Metaverse. If nothing else, it shows how many billions Meta is willing to commit in order to advance Mark Zuckerberg’s vision for the future of the Internet. Here we go! Epic Games. but still lost $2.8

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VC Cafe

JULY 21, 2022

We are in the experimentation stage, where brands, IP, communities, are testing the waters for relevancy, connection with the younger fans, and new income potential. Toya partners with IP holders to create engaging experiences, like Miraculous Ladybug Role Play, which has just won the Best Alternative Game 2022 by Kidscreen.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 9, 2019

If your primary goals are flexibility and scalability , internet-housed public cloud models such as Amazon Web Services or Microsoft Azure are optimal. If an outage is due to your internet service provider , for example, one part of the plan would be to failover to your secondary line. Develop decision criteria. .

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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. Internet scale. If you spent the 3 years perfecting some hugely differentiated technology IP that may also be different. Operating Costs.

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Startup Revenue Technical Review Flash 418

Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

IP & Protected Personal Information Theft. Update to the IP Commission Report: The Theft of American Intellectual Property: Reassessments of the Challenge and United States Policy ” The Commission on the Theft of American Intellectual Property , 2017. Graff, “ China’s Hacking Spree Will Have a Decades-Long Fallout ” WIRED , Feb.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

it is also the title of a fabulous book from Internet 1.0 So if your costs are $500,000 per month and you have $350,000 per month in revenue then your net burn (500-350) is equal to $150,000. So money spent should add equity value or create IP that eventually will. Net burn is the amount of money you are losing per month.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 31, 2019

They need to comply with laws, create back-end processes, and build prototypes — all of which cost money. Anish Sebastian and Juan-Pablo Segura cofounded Babyscripts in 2013 with the vision that internet enabled medical devices and big data would transform the delivery of pregnancy care. Fundraising debt.

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Cofounder Burn Rate Technical Cofounder Seed Capital 118

Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Low fee: Lightning supports any size payment all the way down to sub 1 cent micropayments, which will unleash all kinds of new internet native, global commerce and even new payment types like “streaming” – imagine paying by the second for watching a movie or accessing car insurance. .

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Networking Global OTC Security 168

YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 2, 2014

A compromise might be subsidizing transportation costs. Do they need VOIP (voice over IP) to talk to clients so that they can still use the office telephone number? Some companies offer high-quality broadband Internet, GigE speeds, and Fixed Wireless, with layers for performance enhancement, security, and advanced monitoring.

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Gust

DECEMBER 1, 2011

Nevertheless, choosing to defer basic corporate housekeeping items can be disastrous in some circumstances, as when the failure to spend a few thousand dollars on legal fees to clarify IP ownership and equity arrangements comes back to bite a successful company to the tune of millions of dollars on the eve of a liquidity event. Good stuff!

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

All you need is a memory card, a static IP address, access to the Raspberry Pi interface, broadband connection, and a power supply. Using Raspberry Pi for a VPN will not be able to change the location of your IP address, but you will still be able to connect external devices to your home network through it. As an email server.

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IP Security Email Networking 155

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 29, 2020

VoIP (‘Voice over Internet Protocol’) has become a major player for a lot of companies. And we understand that plenty of businesses favour internet telephony over analogue lines, because it has many benefits. You use one uniform method for telephone traffic – and other unified communication services – via the internet.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 13, 2017

Traditional security systems, however, can cost a lot to install and maintain. Wireless IP cameras can simply be mounted on various portions of your home and are connected to your home’s WiFi, allowing you to view live feeds on your mobile phone wherever you are. Surveillance systems are also sold as DIY kits.

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Security Technical Review IP Mobile 104

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.

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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.

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Intellectual Property Open Source Bandwidth IP 242

Cracking the Code

OCTOBER 24, 2012

The first category includes companies that have a dominant position in their national market and are often internet or ecommerce companies. The second category is composed of companies that have developed a unique IP locally and marketed it worldwide - typically in the gaming, software, security or mobile sectors. in GE, 1.3

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 29, 2022

A few takeaways from the podcast: Meta is launching a new hardware VR headset in October this year (currently called “Project Cambria” but it’s likely to be “Quest Pro”) The new device will cost $800 and will help users experience a feeling of “social presence.” Bored Ape M&Ms.

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Agile VC

MARCH 13, 2012

CEO Scott Thompson alluded to their plan a couple weeks ago but the IP lawsuit itself was only official late afternoon yesterday (and now public). ’s claims of IP infringement or offer a litigator’s perspective of Yahoo! Thompson reportedly dealt with this IP lawsuit personally along with Yahoo!’s

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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. Internet Voice. Examples: Skype, Viber, Google Voice.

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Networking Bandwidth Software Review Security 100

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. The fear of them investing in a competitor is real. the firm may have a right to raise up to $100B but may not call all of it).

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VC Cafe

DECEMBER 29, 2022

I have been thinking lately about the impact of generative AI on the future of the internet. For example, our portfolio company Hour One allows you to create videos straight from text featuring virtual presenters, driving the cost of video creation down. . The long term impact could erode trust and turn us into cynical human beings.

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Andrew Payne

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

This scenario captures a core net neutrality concern: are we moving to an Internet where our access is determined more by business agendas and less by technical issues? “When one party’s getting all the benefit and the other’s carrying all the cost, issues will arise” This is going to get more interesting.

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View from Seed

DECEMBER 4, 2014

This needn’t be some terribly complex formula that tries to do a cost accounting of everyone’s contribution to the decimal point. Ideation/IP. Sometimes a portion of founders’ equity splits are attributed to “who came up with the idea” or to actual IP that’s brought into the business at inception. Experience/Seniority/Role.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 27, 2017

After we successfully negotiated that price, our future landlord surprised us with “other” costs and fees that added substantially to the per square foot price that we would be paying. When we negotiated our first real estate lease for crowdSPRING, we had a bottom line price that we were willing to pay. They wouldn’t budge and we walked out.

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Partner Employee Non-Compete IP 148

Feld Thoughts

JUNE 22, 2012

We needed improvements in video compression and in TCP/IP – the underlying protocol that essentially runs the Internet. I looked at the future predictions for “modem speed” (as I called it back then, today we’d called it internet connection speed or bandwidth). Gene Kim laughed at my prediction. But I digress…).

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Agile VC

DECEMBER 4, 2014

This needn’t be some terribly complex formula that tries to do a cost accounting of everyone’s contribution to the decimal point. 4) Ideation / IP – Sometimes a portion of founders’ equity splits are attributed to “who came up with the idea” or to actual IP that’s brought into the business at inception.

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Cofounder Equity Founder Sweat Equity 255

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

The Bacs system uses a secure, internet-based service called Bacstel-IP to make payments between banks. Bacs direct debit is a simple and cost-effective way of receiving recurring payments. In order to connect with Bacstel-IP and utilise its payment services, businesses must use a Bacs approved payment software.

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IP Security Software Salary 100

YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Your domain name is different from its IP address. Most users find it easier to remember a site name instead of its IP address (a string of numbers, such as 109.87.6.543). The registrar places your domain with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). Registering your domain is a relatively small cost.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Most providers will offer a list of locations you can use as a “temporary IP address.” By installing a VPN, you can minimize the cost of a breach by 47 percent. They can be used anywhere you need Internet access. For example, China has strict Internet access laws. Free Internet is almost everywhere now.

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Networking Small Business IP Security 104

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Digging through your IP closet for gold…. The Internet was young back when the patent was first filed by the Company, and their patented product allowed a visitor to dial into a computer (does anyone remember dial-up electronic bulletin boards?) Could your patent be older than the presumed leader?

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Intellectual Property IP Internet Technology 62

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. Whether they also lead to dramatically higher returns for investors is a question Im looking forward to studying. Otherwise it's a great idea.

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Andrew Payne

FEBRUARY 22, 2014

This scenario captures a core net neutrality concern: are we moving to an Internet where our access is determined more by business agendas and less by technical issues? “When one party’s getting all the benefit and the other’s carrying all the cost, issues will arise” This is going to get more interesting.

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ConversionXL

JUNE 24, 2020

Juniper Research estimates that click fraud cost advertisers $42 billion in 2019. Some networks are highly sophisticated, and organisers disguise their IP addresses. If you conduct some intricate research (detailed below), you may be able to identify the IP address of competing businesses. Competing businesses. If you can—great!

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PPC IP Idaho Non-Compete 121

Duct Tape Marketing

MAY 6, 2016

Internet hackers pose a credible threat to businesses and to their customers. The actual cost to a company also can be quite real. Two former students have filed a civil suit against the university in response, which illustrates another cost that companies face in the wake of such breaches: related attorney and court fees.

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Agile VC

DECEMBER 4, 2014

This needn’t be some terribly complex formula that tries to do a cost accounting of everyone’s contribution to the decimal point. 4) Ideation / IP – Sometimes a portion of founders’ equity splits are attributed to “who came up with the idea” or to actual IP that’s brought into the business at inception.

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Cofounder Equity Founder Sweat Equity 173

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 21, 2015

On the other end reside the botnet-for-hire “services”; a sort of outsourcing where the beneficiary to the crime wants to keep costs low and attack lots of small victims. Reports from security experts indicate a growing involvement of compromised IoT (Internet of Things) devices. It is evidence to the agility of DDoS attackers.

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The Startup Magazine

JULY 1, 2019

Know that data breaches cost business owners worldwide up to $4 million every year and statistics from the privacy rights clearinghouse show that 54.8% The same applies to market strategies over the internet. Reduce your costs to make room for expanding. Track every gadget with an IP address. Manage the internal network.

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