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How to Protect IP When Outsourcing Software Development

Up and Running

For a lot of non-technical founders—that is, entrepreneurs with a business idea but without technical expertise— sourcing software development talent is critical. In many areas, however, the high demand for tech talent appears to be larger than the supply of qualified tech and software developers for hire.

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Build a winning IP programme for successful innovation

NZ Entrepreneur

Being strategic with your intellectual property (IP) can be really important. But what is often even more important, especially for businesses built on ongoing innovation, is having a strong IP programme. Without a well-designed IP programme and its processes, the best intended strategies can fail. IP education.

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I-Corps @ NIH – Pivoting the Curriculum

Steve Blank

Hypotheses about Intellectual Property, Reimbursement, Regulation and Clinical Trials found on the left side of canvas are as, or more important than those on the right side of the canvas. We needed to cover Intellectual Property, Reimbursement, Regulation and Clinical Trials a month earlier in the class than in the current format.

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Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning– Explained

Steve Blank

But they herald a sea change in what computers are capable of doing, how they do it, and what hardware and software is needed to do it. Classic Computers – Software Updates, New Features. Now open-source code libraries and developer tools allow organizations to use and build upon the work of external communities.

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Out of the Crisis #20: the founders of Bitwise on the role of technology in empowering people, spreading benefits to underserved communities, and the creation of OnwardUS

Startup Lessons Learned

Then came back as a sort of a young intellectual property attorney, working for a wonderful firm here in town. He was our IP attorney. And what I think you heard in that, like "I accidentally created a software development competition," is actually not quite right. Software development.

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How to Start a Startup

www.paulgraham.com

You make elaborate plans for a product, hire a team of engineers to develop it (people who do this tend to use the term "engineer" for hackers), and then find after a year that youve spent two milliondollars to develop something no one wants. Before you consummate a startup, ask everyone about their previous IP history.

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Startups in stealth mode need one piece of advice - Discussion

news.ycombinator.com

Details: So, at the beginning of his post, to him an idea is something worth protecting as intellectual property. Out of all my ideas I think this is the one I think would be the most fun to work on, from development to marketing. One thing Id add: IP- and idea-defense isnt always the strategy behind the stealth tactic.

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