Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 5, 2010

This is part of my series on what makes an entrepreneur successful. I originally posted it on VentureHacks , one of my favorite websites for entrepreneurs. I started the series talking about what I consider the most important attribute of an entrepreneur : Tenacity. Entrepreneurs are inherently risk takers.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 13, 2020

The traditional Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), with its Analog lines, E1 ISDN BRI, or T1 lines, has begun to be replaced by IP telephone systems. Now, they buy a SIP trunk from an Internet Telephone Service Provider (ITSP), and it gets connected to a VoIP/IP PBX. What is a SIP Trunk? Getting Started: Reselling SIP Trunks.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

One of the readers asked my opinion around sharing your startup concept: My first question has always been - how do you protect your idea while shopping around for feedback, partners, developers, etc.? Beyond that, I want lots of conversations with experts, users, customers, VCs, partners, etc. Lots of thoughts here.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 28, 2015

by John Vrionis, partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners. This past summer, the Lightspeed Summer Fellowships program invited selected guests to provide aspiring entrepreneurs a perspective into all aspects of starting a new company. In semiconductors and other areas where hard IP really matters, investors highly value patents.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

One of the readers asked my opinion around sharing your startup concept: My first question has always been - how do you protect your idea while shopping around for feedback, partners, developers, etc.? Beyond that, I want lots of conversations with experts, users, customers, VCs, partners, etc. Lots of thoughts here.

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YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 3, 2019

Entrepreneurs know that convincing investors to part with their cash isn’t exactly an easy feat. Even if businesses don’t formally merge or acquire another company, it makes sense to partner with other enterprises for the provision of some service, goods, or to engage in an entirely new venture. IP Management.

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VC Cafe

JULY 21, 2022

At Remagine Ventures we invested in Sneaky Panda , a mobile gaming studio founded by serial gaming entrepreneurs pioneering a new genre – Luck Puzzler. Investment bank Drake Star Partners published a report on the gaming investment and M&A activity in the first half of 2022. Mobile gaming is by far the most dominant category.

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VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

Toya is a female-led studio partnering with the biggest platforms in the gaming industry to develop and promote games that reflect equal opportunities, diverse characters, and more dynamic storylines across the gender spectrum. Avoiding saying no is a mistake I made as an entrepreneur and one I have seen many other founders make frequently.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 1, 2019

by Bruce Cleveland, Founding Partner at Wildcat Venture Partners and author of “ Traversing the Traction Gap “. But when it comes to that crucial second phase – go-to-market – entrepreneurs find themselves devoid of help and support. The Traction Gap is somewhat of a no-man’s land for entrepreneurs.

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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.

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Hearpreneur

JULY 1, 2020

Several “experts” in marketing and advertising, and IP lawyers, tried to talk me into changing it. When I started Idea Grove in 2005, most PR firms had names like law firms – the name of the firm was the name of the owner or partners. Buttercloth was born. It was just natural. But I stuck to my gut feelings.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

I recently read a post over on VentureHacks titled, “ Top Ten Reasons Entrepreneurs Hate Lawyers &# written by Scott Walker (who blogs on legal issues for entrepreneurs ). Shame about not getting it in legal writing that you owned the original IP. I know that people have an allergy to lawyers out of fear of being screwed.

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The Next Web

JUNE 8, 2014

Yoav Leitersdorf and Ofer Schreiber of are partners at YL Ventures. B2B companies, often due to the higher barriers to develop a working product, have historically been less popular with early-stage investors – such barriers sometimes involve tough requirements for core IP and deep technology. And more importantly, B2B companies.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

by Lu Zhang, founder and managing partner of Fusion Fund. I’ve been fortunate enough to be on both sides of the table, as an entrepreneur and a VC, and I’ve observed that most investors look for the same things I do when deciding whether to invest in a company. All entrepreneurs must face adversity, no matter their background.

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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. For that, Yuga labs partnered with London based Improbable. Gradually, more professional gaming studios are choosing to develop on the platform, increasing the quality and the IP that enters the Metaverse.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 18, 2020

But so are the failures by entrepreneurs to take the right steps to protect their valuable innovations before launching crowdfunding campaigns. Protecting the potential value of an innovation with the right forms of intellectual property (IP) can be mission critical. I think I might have some IP, what do I do next?

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ReadWriteStart

DECEMBER 1, 2010

In a move to reduce some of the barriers to IP transfer between academic research and entrepreneurship, the University of Glasgow has launched a new website " Easy Access IP " that will make some its intellectual property available to the public for free of charge, without cumbersome licensing rules and restrictions.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Knowbella Tech is an open science collaboration company that uses blockchain to deliver free tools, services, grants, and intellectual properties (IP) to researchers, particularly the underserved in Africa, Asia and Latin America. We have filed patents covering the scientific ecosystem and blockchain integrations into the system.

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David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

(co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. Similar to the explosion of seed funds in the past decade, we (and some limited partners too ) believe these Flexible VCs are on the forefront of what will become a major segment of the venture ecosystem. Of the Inc. 5000 companies, only 6.5% return cap.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 17, 2019

The first check I wrote was just over 10 years ago into a company called Invoca who just announced a new $56 million in funding led by Scott Hilleboe at HIG Growth Partners. The advantage is that in many of our best deals we now have $50+ million invested so we can really support entrepreneurs as their businesses scale.

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Steve Blank

MAY 29, 2011

A big piece of the solution lies in the scalable impact of entrepreneurship and an increase of successful entrepreneurs. Max continued, “That’s why I’m really interested in ways of optimizing the entrepreneurship ecosystem to allow more entrepreneurs to go from idea to reality. I was feeling pretty old.

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David Teten

MARCH 14, 2018

My Partners at HOF Capital are younger than I am, which means that we have a half-century horizon for the franchise we are building. – Build out low-cost force multipliers such as scouts , Advisors, Entrepreneurs in Residence, Venture Partners, and so on. So we think about scaling a lot.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 7, 2015

One of my favorite entrepreneur-Twitterer weighed in, “You want to keep tapping into their collective intelligence so you keep saying ‘Thank you for the feedback’ and they keep sending it,” Ms. All of my partners at Upfront do. I was trying to cheekily suggest that it was the new status symbol. Morrill said.

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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.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

Having delivered hundreds of pitches myself (and bombed a few), as well as coaching dozens of entrepreneurs on how to pitch, I’ve definitely seen some doozy pitches. You might think, duh—I’d never do this, but you’d be surprised how many entrepreneurs do just that. I like to say that success is a terrible teacher.

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www.greenhornconnect.com

OCTOBER 3, 2011

Share with 1 click: All entrepreneurs face the question: “when should I form a company? Share with 1 click: All entrepreneurs face the question: “when should I form a company?” 1) You and your partners have developed IP critical to your business. Friends Sponsors. About The Team. In the Press.

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K9 Ventures

APRIL 27, 2011

While Zappos was doing diligence on Modista, the issue was brought up that one of other companies in this space — Like.com , founded by Munjal Shah — had filed for some IP in this area. However, the IP climate remains unchanged, and it’s likely that other villains will continue to exploit similar situations.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 17, 2017

Two of them made some major product directional changes based on the founder’s judgment and the feedback he was getting from partners and customers. The youngest of the litter has been busy tuning a very attractive general idea into a very specific and more IP-based product offering. Think about that.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 2, 2015

It’s the nature of most entrepreneurs, honestly. Another thing entrepreneurs f**k up? Most entrepreneurs would like to stick their heads in the sand or would rather hear fingernails on chalkboards (there still are chalkboards, aren’t there?) Legal threats from other IP holders? They can help you with pricing.

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A Crowded Space

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Very shortly after I joined, Greg Gretsch (now my partner at Jackson Square Ventures) co-led oDesk’s Series A along with Venky Ganesan (partner at Menlo Ventures and lead investor in Rev.com). Realistically for entrepreneurs, no matter how hard you try, you’re going to make hiring mistakes.

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Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

" We all have heard/repeated the investment mantra about "big, growing markets" with "unfair advantage IP" position.   When we talk to entrepreneurs (or explain to others what we do) we often explain this in risk terms.   And then the partners come calling.  Will the product work? .

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 29, 2010

This is part of my series on what makes an entrepreneur successful. I originally posted it on VentureHacks , one of my favorite websites for entrepreneurs. I started the series talking about what I consider the most important attribute of an entrepreneur : Tenacity. Entrepreneurs play to win and they take losing seriously.

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Growthink Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

The dream of every entrepreneur is to build a company successful enough so as to one day be able to attract a buyer to and for it. And we will attract to us new relationships and partners to help us get there. So as to reap a financial harvest and windfall. This is really a simple and straightforward goal. And oh yes.we

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 28, 2010

I always love to get questions from my readers, and I answer them all, but sometimes I feel like the “Dear Abby’ for entrepreneurs. I am looking for funding of $50K in startup funds, and would like to partner with the right investor to provide this and other future funding as needed. If we help each other, then we all win.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2009

The initial hypothesis for Epiphany (from my much smarter partner Ben ) was that as departments in the enterprise (manufacturing, finance, customer support sales) became automated, the marketing department would eventually get its turn. As a young entrepreneur in his first startup, this post hits our current situation spot on.

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www.frozennorth.org

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Ideas dont have a lot of value by themselves, they tend not to be unique, and by staying secret a startup gives up the chance to get valuable feedback from prospective customers and partners. They were at a tradeshow for speech recognition technology and IP-based call centers. * Let me give you a real-world example. on a hosted basis.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

A great recent example of this was a successful group of entrepreneurs who had created a company that will do $10-12 million in revenue at their system integration business (read: services business) in 2011 after having done $5 million or so in 2010 and $2-3 million in 2009. You own the IP you create.

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