Equity IP Revenue Software Review 
Scott Edward Walker
OCTOBER 19, 2020
Over the past six months, my firm has been engaged by a number of startups with significant intellectual property (“IP”) problems. In a couple of cases, the founders played lawyer on their own; in the other cases, the founders either used (i) a Web service that did not address IP issues or (ii) an inexperienced law firm.
David Teten
MARCH 14, 2018
– Templatize the entrepreneurial process , by providing checklists, standardized agreements and other reusable code. Sophisticated VC and private equity funds have a wide array of options for leveraging outside operating executives. – Create a franchise and license access to it , e.g., the Draper Venture Network.
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NZ Entrepreneur
SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
Addressing real world problems, they thrive in uncertainty, generating new jobs and new revenue streams in new markets. Remuneration will reflect the stage of the startup but it’s generally at a rate of about $500-1000 a meeting or directors might be paid in equity at about 0.5-0.75% This equity will vest over 2-3 years.
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. But those of us with longer memories remember that the revenue line can move south very quickly when the market overall turns south. Gross burn is the total amount of money you are spending per month.
Scott Edward Walker
SEPTEMBER 28, 2011
And if the departing founder has a huge chunk of equity, it is unlikely that the company will find many sophisticated angels or VC’s interested in investing. IP Ownership. You must confirm that none of the founders’ prior employers has any rights to the venture’s IP because he or she was “moonlighting” while previously employed.
Hearpreneur
MARCH 4, 2022
I started this business to provide innovative software solutions to our customers. At the end of the day, when we manage to make our customers happy and my team members have a good night’s rest due to the job security I was able to provide for them, I feel a certain sense of accomplishment that is unmatched to any amount of monetary gains.
Scalable Startup
MARCH 7, 2012
Investor groups are cutting out the management, bus dev, sales, and marketing professionals, trying to get raw, young engineering teams that have never negotiated a term sheet to give away their IP rights and equity for next to nothing. Some of these projects will produce amazing companies. To reuse an overused term – Wait what?
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