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Corporate Acquisitions of Startups: Why Do They Fail?

Steve Blank

For decades large companies have gone shopping in Silicon Valley for startups. What can companies learn from others’ failed efforts to integrate startups into large companies? The answer - there are two types of integration strategies, and they depend on where the startup is in its lifecycle. The Innovation Portfolio.

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Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 3: The Best Defense is a Good IP Strategy

Steve Blank

Early on in my career I took a “we’re moving too fast to deal with lawyers” attitude to patents and Intellectual Property (IP.) That changed when I joined the board of a startup, and we sued Microsoft and Sony on the same day for patent infringement – and won $120 million. Type of IP. _. Outside the U.S. What is Protectable. _.

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The State of Gaming in 2022

VC Cafe

NPD reported on Friday that consumers spent 10% less in the first six months of 2022 than they did during the same time period last year, with game industry revenue down to $26.3 Data from Sensor Tower Q2 2022 report reveals that iOS users in the United States spent more in non-game apps than games for the first time ever last quarter.

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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

More and more startups are pursuing Revenue-Based VCs , but “RBI” doesn’t fit everyone. Flexible VC 101: Equity Meets Revenue Share. By tying payments to actual revenues, founders and investors remain aligned around the company’s real-time performance, good or bad. Of the Inc. 5000 companies, only 6.5% raised from angels.

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Lesson Learned in Medical Devices

Steve Blank

Part 6: Distribution channels in Life Sciences. Part 7: Revenue Streams in Life Sciences. After the pivot they the found that the most likely users of their device would be low income Asthma patients who are treated at Asthma clinics funded by federal, state or county dollars. They learned a ton. And saved millions.

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The Creator Economy is rising, but challenges abound

VC Cafe

In this post, I wanted to deconstruct the various pieces of the flywheel that drives the Creator Economy, as well as the challenges, and opportunities for startups in this space. In my days as a product manager, the conventional rule for user generated content was the 1% rule. Source: A16Z, 1,000 true fans? The new Creators.

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White-Label Mobile App Users: Who Owns Them?

The Startup Lawyer

And while both the startup and the large company will certainly contract with respect to intellectual property asset ownership, an asset that may be overlooked is the ownership of the white-label mobile app’s users. The importance and value of a mobile app’s users isn’t novel. Early-Termination Issues.

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