Up and Running

JULY 28, 2022

Intellectual property (IP) is anything created by the human intellect that’s protected by the law from unauthorized use by other people. If you’re unsure whether you should file for IP, consult with an IP attorney for professional guidance. Unsure of how to handle some of these startup steps?

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The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Rising client demand for e-financing, a surge in FinTech implementation in banks and other institutions, and increased internet usage in everyday life are all factors driving the global rise of the FinTech industry. According to another Allied Market Research report, global FinTech will be worth $698.48 billion by 2030.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 19, 2016

Think of a tech startup the same way. Startup stardom is the new American Dream. Fifty percent of all startups flame out after four years. Speaking intelligently about your company’s current (and future) performance means regular check-ins with your finances. Ideally, tech startup founders stay on till the very end.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 28, 2015

Craig Schmitz, a partner in the Technology Companies Group at law firm Godwin Proctor LLP who works on corporate, governance, board and fundraising issues, and Erika Fisher, an associate in the firm’s Business Law Department who deals with IP, fielded questions about the legal issues startups face. ” The Cost of Financing.

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VC Cafe

JULY 21, 2022

Private financing market continued to see strong deal activity with $3.6B in total financings in Q2, surpassing Q1 total through 169 deals. We are in the experimentation stage, where brands, IP, communities, are testing the waters for relevancy, connection with the younger fans, and new income potential.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

All too many startups are founded simply on the basis of a new and exciting technology invented by an industrious technologist. Although their book is written for businesses of all sizes, I believe the principles apply especially to startups as follows: To increase return on equity invested. To attract investors and financing.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Since AI and ML startups cut across verticals (analytics, fintech, health, adtech, security, etc), it’s easier to group them under the “machine intelligence” umbrella, coined by Shivon Zillis , a partner at Bloomberg Beta. In 2016 alone, 300+ “machine intelligence” (AI + ML) startups in Europe raised over €1.4

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The Startup Magazine

APRIL 2, 2020

Entrepreneurship is the dream of many people who want to bring big ideas to life and turn startup ventures into massive industry powerhouses. Intellectual property (IP) is often among the most valuable assets for a company, even if it doesn’t seem that way on the surface. But it’s also about business paperwork.

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VC Cafe

APRIL 29, 2020

Source: NVCA , “Startup Ecosystem Faces Capital Crunch over Coming Months” USA – SBA Loans and PPP. The $349 billion aid package issued by the US Government and distributed in the form of SBA loans was quickly gobbled up by a large number of applications, many of which were from venture-backed or PE-backed startups.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 21, 2013

I recently wrote a blog post in which I pointed out that many investors & advisors discourage enterprise startups from having a professional services (PS) business and I think this is a big mistake. I think it’s important for enterprise startups to layer in professional services into your revenue stream.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 9, 2018

I then had to review a nefarious IP lawsuit filed against another company and help the CEO figure out whether we should just pay it or join forces with the other companies named and fight it. I left the meeting and had to attend a 3-hour board meeting where two founders have been fighting and each want the other one fired. You’re in control.

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The Startup Magazine

MARCH 10, 2018

Regardless of your industry, your startup needs legal assistance to ensure its growth remains safe and secure. You need lawyers to help you with incorporation and IP creation. But the startup is working diligently to build AI solutions. The Real Legal Solutions for Startups. appeared first on The Startup Magazine.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 20, 2023

To mitigate these legal risks adequately and navigate criminal hurdles confidently, you need a comprehensive startup survival guide that equips you with practical strategies for identifying threats and responding appropriately. It’s also imperative to conduct regular audits of your IP assets and keep them up-to-date.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 6, 2018

” According to the authors, just like TCP/IP was adopted massively so as to optimize processes in all industries, so will blockchain technology. Finance is perhaps one of the sectors that will eventually go all in on the blockchain. Massive Adoption and Innovative Applications.

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YoungUpstarts

MAY 10, 2016

After all, building a business by marketing your idea, finding partners, hiring contractors and seeking financing all create opportunities for your idea to be stolen. Unless you have baked in the proper IP protection, it’s far too easy for a great idea to be replicated and for you to be out of the game before even getting started.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2012

Reports on the drop of local VC financing in Israel don’t tell the whole story. ” the Economist observed that there has been a change in the Israeli startup landscape. Pure technology companies focus on IP, and need to compete with emerging markets, offering cheaper labor and potentially better economies of scale.

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The Startup Magazine

JUNE 26, 2020

Save these hard details for the professionals by consulting what startup lawyers will contribute to your launch immediately. If you are wondering what can a startup lawyer help with, your answers are on their way. Startup lawyers can help you decide on which structure is the best for you based on your finances, plans and goals.

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www.seriesseed.com

DECEMBER 9, 2012

Series Seed Financing Documents Blog. Series Seed Financing Documents. Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Series Seed Financing Documents : 1 Reblog. Good idea, I think this will benefit lots of startups and some angels. Ted: Great service to the startup community! SeriesSeed.com. Blog Archives.

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The Startup Magazine

AUGUST 28, 2019

Blockdraw wants to merge the best available technologies and still have a trustlessness, verifiability, IP protection and security as standard. In casino and finance structures, it is unacceptable to make mistakes. The post Approaching The Blockchain With Business appeared first on The Startup Magazine. Last Words.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Most of the Internet startup consulting firms went bankrupt. It’s why as an investor I look for talented teams with long-term vision, a unique point-of-view, differentiated IP and a desire to build something enduring. Double-down on great people, process & IP. Many “me, too&# companies will perish.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

But not everybody has the right skills to build a highly successful and valuable startup from scratch. For some aspiring to be tech entrepreneurs, I often suggest a two-step process, as I argued in this post that “ The First Startup Founder You Need to Invest in Is You.” In fact, I would argue that most people don’t.

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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. In August/September 2009, the founders and I agreed to work together to raise a round of financing for the company.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). Venture Capital Cafe > Startup Resources (Updated Mar 2013). VC & Startup Resources. Seed Startups. VC Cafe covers early stage Israeli and European tech & mobile startups. Hundreds of startups featured since 2005, will yours be next? About VC Cafe.

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Hunter Walker

AUGUST 13, 2023

We’re about to find out… WSJ’s Berber Jin asked me for some comments around startups closing their doors, as part of a trend story trying to assess the health of the market. The investing mania that ended early last year has added to the pile of startups that are now shutting down as fundraising prospects dwindle, he said.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 26, 2018

Web and computer information, such as location, IP address, cookie data and RFID tags. Now, in cases of important hacks that risk consumers personal information or could damage their finances or reputation, businesses must formally inform the GDPR within 72 hours and any affected consumers. Data Breaches Must Be Formally Reported.

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 24, 2012

Reports on the drop of local VC financing in Israel don’t tell the whole story. ” the Economist observed that there has been a change in the Israeli startup landscape. Pure technology companies focus on IP, and need to compete with emerging markets, offering cheaper labor and potentially better economies of scale.

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Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Since 2005 startup accelerators have provided cohorts of startups with mentoring, pitch practice and product focus. What’s been missing for everyone is: a common language for investors to communicate objectives to startups. a language corporate innovation groups can use to communicate to business units and finance.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2009

Posted on December 7, 2009 by steveblank In my 21 years of startups, I had my ideas “stolen” twice. 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.

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Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. " We all have heard/repeated the investment mantra about "big, growing markets" with "unfair advantage IP" position.   Growth financing, for example.   Growth financing, for example. Funding startups. Startup ideas.

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Agile VC

MARCH 13, 2012

AGILEVC My idle thoughts on tech startups. 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!’s How To Think About The Future.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

I have never been more optimistic about the impact that the tech startup community is having on cities in America or about the role that cities outside of San Francisco / Silicon Valley can play in our future. Changes in the Startup Ecosystem. So the startup work moves to where the startup founders live and not vice versa.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 2, 2015

You transition from “startup” to real business and it turns out that having an entire team be efficient is more important than that boundless energy but destructive nature of constantly changing direction from the CEO. Great startups have budgets. Legal threats from other IP holders? Budgeting & Planning.

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Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Let’s now explore the major developments and ultimate use cases for the Lightning Network in two categories: A) payments/finance and B) Web3. . Use Case I: Payments and Finance . In this post, I outlined why the Lightning Network matters and recent developments around its two major use cases: payments/finance and Web3. .

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 5, 2010

A caller dialed in to ask us questions about his startup. He was from South America but living in Switzerland and had launched a startup while holding down a day job at a consulting firm (McKinsey if memory serves). I was recently on TWiST with Jason Calacanis. He wanted to raise angel money. I told him to quit his job first.

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David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

More and more startups are pursuing Revenue-Based VCs , but “RBI” doesn’t fit everyone. Part of the magic of revenue-based financing is how historical performance and strong, achievable financial projections are ultimately the backbone of how RBI/RBF investment decisions are made.” of startups raise VC. Of the Inc.

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mashable.com

AUGUST 31, 2010

SCVNGR Makes Major Enhancements to iP. Nellie Akalp is the CEO & Co-Founder of CorpNet , her second incorporation filing service company based on the simple philosophy of truth in business and her strong passion to assist small business owners and entrepreneurs. 49% of Small Business Owners Use Smar. GE Campaign Turns YouTube Videos and.

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mashable.com

OCTOBER 16, 2010

During a presentation at Startup School at Stanford University earlier today, the prolific investor discussed the state of startup funding with a packed auditorium of students and entrepreneurs. These investors usually raise a smaller fund and make investments into startups that range in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.

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