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Is a Venture Studio Right for You?

Steve Blank

Venture studios create startups by incubating their own ideas or ideas from their partners. There are four main types of venture studios: Tech transfer studios , such as America’s Frontier Fund , work with companies and/or government labs to source ideas and intellectual property. Why Would an Entrepreneur Join a Venture Studio?

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Trademark Registration Process — Do it Yourself or Hire an Attorney?

Up and Running

And hiring an intellectual property attorney may seem like a budget dealbreaker. Applying for a trademark — Do it yourself or hire an attorney? Hiring an attorney. Why hiring an attorney for trademark registration is better for small businesses. Approaching the trademark registration process can be daunting.

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Business Prenup: What To Do Before You Start A Company With A Partner

YoungUpstarts

Here are a few tips to ensure that you and your partners start out on the right foot. Hire professionals. Consider regular face-to-face meetings with prospective partners, so you can gauge body language and “listen between the lines.” Has your prospective business partner invested in or run a business before? Bankruptcy?

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8 Questions You Should Ask Before You Join A Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Every startup should have at least a couple of outside advisors who are not major investors or family members, anxious to talk to new investors and key new hires. Are any lawsuits and challenges to intellectual property pending? Any outside advisors or board members available for discussion?

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8 Red Flags To Evaluate Before Pledging To A Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Every startup should have at least a couple of outside advisors who are not major investors or family members, anxious to talk to new investors and key new hires. Are any lawsuits and challenges to intellectual property pending? Any outside advisors or board members available for discussion?

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How To Find the Right Co-Founders?

Steve Blank

Who can I hire later? For medical devices it might be mechanical engineering, clinical trials, regulatory approval, freedom to operate (intellectual property) and figuring out a reimbursement strategy. Or can we outsource these activities to Partners?” But what about for us, a consumer hardware hardware company?

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Corporate Acquisitions of Startups: Why Do They Fail?

Steve Blank

Companies manage these three types of innovation with an innovation portfolio – they build innovation internally, they buy it or they partner with resources outside their company. If they decide to buy, large companies can: license/acquire intellectual property. Five Types of Innovation to Buy.