Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 15, 2022
For Upfront Ventures, across > 25 years of investing in any given fund 5–8 investments will return more than 80% of all distributions and it’s generally out of 30–40 investments. But I thought a better way of thinking about how we manage our portfolios is to think about it as a funnel. So it’s about 20%.
Steve Blank
APRIL 23, 2014
The Innovation Portfolio. Companies manage these three types of innovation with an innovation portfolio – they build innovation internally, they buy it or they partner with resources outside their company. If the startup is acquired for its IP, talent or revenue, it should be rapidly integrated into the acquirer.
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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 ?
YoungUpstarts
NOVEMBER 20, 2019
The market for our product was global, and we had unique advantages in terms of our product and how we distributed it to customers. If the companies in their portfolio don’t have much in common with yours, it’s usually better to look elsewhere. Ultimately, these advantages helped us secure the funding we needed.
VC Cafe
FEBRUARY 14, 2010
Allot Communications -a leading provider of intelligent IP service optimization and revenue generation solutions based on Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) technology. Fring - fring is a mobile social communication hub that lets users communicate and share web-based experiences over IP all from one integrated contact list on their mobile devices.
David Teten
JANUARY 19, 2021
Seed-stage compatible: Like traditional equity VC investors, Flexible VCs accomodate early-stage investment risk within their portfolios better than a traditional RBI funder. Flexible VC creates early liquidity which can be either reinvested or distributed to LPs. Flexible VC offers you this. Early liquidity.
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. This is hard to do.
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