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Is a Venture Studio Right for You?

Steve Blank

Venture Studios are an “idea factory” with their own employees searching for product/market fit and a repeatable and scalable business model. For most accelerators, admission is by application and interview. They then transfer the IP and build the startup inside the venture studio. Comparing Startup Funding Options.

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Beware The Consultant

infochachkie.com

Unlike employee training costs, which can typically be spread over years of service, the relative return from training a consultant is modest and pricey. This mistake, if left uncorrected, could have resulted in significant negative tax consequences for both our employees and the company. IP) is an ugly thing at a startup.

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Most Common Early Start-up Mistakes

Both Sides of the Table

To the best of my knowledge US law allows you to work on your own resources and in your own hours and let you personally own your IP. In some countries outside the US (the UK for example) employers can specify in an employment contract that ANY IP you develop while you’re employed by that company is owned by them.

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Out of the Crisis #14: Robert Rhinehart on the Corona Initiative, accelerating basic research, and finding a cure faster

Startup Lessons Learned

You really want to see how your company treats its employees, treats its customers, treats the environment, taking a longer-term view." Ever since I began my entrepreneurial journey, I really believed in the idea of social entrepreneurship, and having this diversified bottom line where it's not just about near term profits.

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Startup Resources

www.vccafe.com

IP Location Tools. Video interviewing. BambooHR -Â Employee Records, Benefit Information, Payroll Data, etc. TIE UK : TiE, a not-for-profit global network of entrepreneurs and professionals, TiE is an organization of industry professionals who share the common interests of promoting and fostering entrepreneurial efforts.

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The cardinal sin of community management

Startup Lessons Learned

And when you have employees who really believe they are deserving of such, you are building a bad product. "We know that communication is a problem, but the company is not going to discuss it with the employees." because it hurt their feelings to hear the truth. it' the ones who SPEAK OUT who you need to listen to.

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