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SXSW Startups: Knowbella

Austin Startup

A finalist in the Blockchain category , which will pitch on at 9:30 am Sunday, March 10, Knowbella has a mission to create a publicly available scientific ecosystem whereby all the research data and publication development are open and transparent. What is your competitive advantage? funders have about blockchain and cryptocurrency.

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The 3 Most Common Challenges Faced By New Entrepreneurs

YoungUpstarts

Although this measure provides the encouragement and moral support a new businessperson needs, it often does not provide sufficient money to cover the expensive tasks of product development, set-up of operations and initial payrolls. Protecting Your Intellectual Property. In addition, the U.K.

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10 Concrete Steps to Assure Business Innovation

Startup Professionals Musings

I like the easy to remember approach found in “ Robert’s Rules of Innovation: A 10-Step Program for Corporate Survival ,” by Robert F. New product development process. Longer-term, enhanced product value begets superior company valuation through your organization’s intellectual property (IP) portfolio.

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Ten Principles Which Spell Continuous Innovation

Startup Professionals Musings

I like the easy to remember approach found in “ Robert’s Rules of Innovation: A 10-Step Program for Corporate Survival ,” by Robert F. New product development process. Longer-term, enhanced product value begets superior company valuation through your organization’s intellectual property (IP) portfolio.

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Ten Steps to Survival by Innovation

Startup Professionals Musings

Finally I found a book, “ Robert’s Rules of Innovation: A 10-Step Program for Corporate Survival, ” by Robert F. New product development process. Longer-term, enhanced product value begets superior company valuation through your organization’s intellectual property (IP) portfolio. Accountability.

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Should Early Stage Startups Move to Austin because of Competencies?

Austin Startup

My visit took place courtesy of the Young Transatlantic Innovative Leaders Initiative (YTILI), a State Department program implemented by the German Marshall Fund of the United States. This 4-part story, however, explores the Austin ecosystem based on the 4Cs framework —  culture , capital , customers , and competencies.

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What would you want to tell Washington DC about startups?

Startup Lessons Learned

I'll add two ideas: The modern structure of university patent licensing and technology transfer works really well in the life sciences and other fields with expensive product development processes. You can see the design of the program here. Thirdly, revamp how intellectual property rights are applied to software and code.

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