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. Predicting Success or Failure of an Acquisition.

Acquisition 332

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 28, 2015

Craig Schmitz, a partner in the Technology Companies Group at law firm Godwin Proctor LLP who works on corporate, governance, board and fundraising issues, and Erika Fisher, an associate in the firm’s Business Law Department who deals with IP, fielded questions about the legal issues startups face. ” The Cost of Financing.

Convertible Security 100

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 26, 2016

Tracking and managing device IP addresses as well as monitoring the resources these devices are accessing to ensure applications are still performing quickly and efficiently while being on the look-out for anomalies that could be signs of a breach are important, too. Wireless is as a mature technology as they come.

Networking 100

Networking IP Bandwidth Technical Review 100

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

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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

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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. ” If you’re not profitable you’re purely a cost center to them. Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) =. Operating Costs.

Startup 418

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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

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VC Cafe

AUGUST 2, 2022

monthly active end-users who are engaging with content created or operated by Unity solutions in 2020. The NFTs are owned by celebrities, tech execs and investors, and the NFT owners own 100% of the IP on their Apes and are able to generate derivative income from creating products bearing the apes picture: music, fashion, food/drink etc.

IP 206

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

In class six we discussed unmanned systems and autonomy and how the advent of these weapons will change operational concepts and the face of war. IP & Protected Personal Information Theft. He was a past Director, Plans and Operations, for Cyber Policy in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. Why or why not?

Technology 307

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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.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 29, 2019

From offering a better customer experience to streamlining internal operations, they have never been more crucial to satisfying the mobile-first customer and workforce. Focus on the Benefits Instead of Cost. Cost should only matter when it comes to calculating ROI. Cost Saving by Automation. Data & Insight.

Mobile 127

Mobile Retention IP Metrics 127

Up and Running

APRIL 21, 2021

Because of various processing fees imposed by financial institutions, some chargeback claims can cost you more than the value of the transaction itself. IP intelligence. You can block suspicious transactions from fraudulent IP addresses through an in-depth analysis of addresses to monitor risks associated with such locations.

Software Review 97

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

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. Gross margin (GM) is the amount of profit you make per sale of your product or service taking into account your total costs of selling that product or service. Startup Lessons'

Burn Rate 383

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 31, 2019

Founders need seed capital to get their operations up and running, and to begin generating revenue. They need to comply with laws, create back-end processes, and build prototypes — all of which cost money. betting on the future value of these young companies instead of their current traction. . Fundraising debt.

Cofounder 127

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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. This might only cover the cost of system restoration – not the loss of intellectual property or the loss of customer records.

Differentiation 100

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

Shame about not getting it in legal writing that you owned the original IP. For a very small fee they can get your Delaware C corp registration, make sure that you have IP protection and ensure you didn’t make an early bumbling mistakes that you’ll pay for dearly in the next 7-10 years of hard work.

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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. Governments blocking acquisitions, the curtailment of company expansion, more scrutiny on overseas operations of U.S. companies, more sensitivity around technology IP and security.

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David Teten

MARCH 14, 2018

I’ve listed them below in *very* roughly descending order of efficiency, measured by increased dollars one can put to work, divided by the operational dollars required to implement each strategy. . – Build out low-cost force multipliers such as scouts , Advisors, Entrepreneurs in Residence, Venture Partners, and so on.

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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.

IP 48

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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 link] Harry.

IP 100

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David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

John Berger, Director Operations & Impact Solutions, Toniic , observed that this has clear investor benefits: “ The grace period became a feature because it benefits investors in regions like the US where there can be tax differences between short and long term gains. That said, nothing is cost-free. Flexible VC offers you this.

Cofounder 78

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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.

IP 45

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 27, 2017

Even so, it’s difficult (and perhaps impossible) to operate a small business or startup and not negotiate agreements with employees, vendors, customers, and others. I also explained that we weren’t concerned with what each itemized item cost – but we needed to make sure that in the aggregate, we didn’t exceed our budget.

Partner 171

Partner Employee Non-Compete IP 171

NZ Entrepreneur

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

All too often, we see news stories of high-profile trade secrets disputes involving high legal fees, damage to reputation and, most importantly, a loss of intellectual property (IP) and its related advantages for a business. Many business owners will not realise that the IP the company owns can be a significant value driver to the business.

IP 60

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Its sturdy housing can easily operate between temperatures of 120° F and -20° F, making it a quintessential addition for outdoor monitoring. Pelco Spectra HD IP High-Speed Dome Camera. For a crystal-clear image on your IP camera, the Pelco Spectra never fails to deliver. Bosch IP Camera 200 Series HD. This camera holds H.264

IP 100

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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). Some web host companies offer to pay domain and registration costs for the customer. Be especially wary of domain registrars operating outside of the U.S.

Naming 113

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Formerly known as Bankers’ Automated Clearing System, the Bacs system is managed and operated by many of the UK’s leading banks and building societies. The Bacs system uses a secure, internet-based service called Bacstel-IP to make payments between banks. The Bacstel-IP system is protected with SSL encryption.

IP 100

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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

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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. What should my IP strategy be? Develop a patent strategy early on to evaluate whether the costs for protecting an innovation makes sense.

Intellectual Property 100

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Hunter Walker

MAY 13, 2023

My personal rule of thumb is that to the extent there’s cash or valuable IP still in the company, we need to make sure that we’re good stewards of those assets (per above, why I balk at giving up cash in an acquisition where there’s little bidirectional value exchange).

Early Stage 117

Early Stage Cap Table Acquisition Sales 117

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. . Acquiring customers can be far easier, certain and cost-effective.

Intellectual Property 102

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

You know, the cost of labor, but also consumption. That the life of the, in which you can monetize, uh, a new piece of IP shrinking. There are no contracts, no additional cost based in Latin America with incredible English, proficiency and business experience work better. So we talked about changing demographic, right.

Technical Review 62

Technical Review Networking United States Artificial Inteligence 62

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!

PPC 121

PPC IP Idaho Non-Compete 121

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Karl Handelsman of CMEA Capital modified the standard Investment Readiness Level (IRL) for teams developing therapeutics to include identifying clinical problems, and agreeing on a timeline to pre-clinical and clinical data, cost and value of data points, what quality data to deliver to a company, and building a Key Opinion Leader (KOL) network.

Incubator 310

Incubator Intellectual Property Startup Lean 310

Austin Startup

AUGUST 29, 2017

A 1992 study from the Harvard Business Review found that the right pricing changes can drive revenue and profit improvements faster than any other growth lever — faster than increasing the volume of sales or decreasing costs. Do you have patents or IP wedges that create defensible moats around your differentiation?

Differentiation 54

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Hearpreneur

MARCH 4, 2022

Four years ago, I had an idea to create a company that could cost-effectively recreate meat experiences without animals and lighten humanity's footprint on the planet. Thanks to Lauren Edwards-Williams, Legend IP Consulting ! #26- And getting to know that our business has fostered the environment for that is my favorite part.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 22, 2012

Intellectual Property (IP) is vitally important to start-ups. The Start-Up Genome Project , which aims to map, model and analyze what makes start-ups tick, identified IP as a top source of competitive advantage for start-ups. So while a start-up may operate only in the U.S. Efficiency. Don’t be discouraged.

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