Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2021

Of course, never forget those ongoing perspiration items that seem to haunt you every day: Create intellectual property. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Incorporate, register your domain name, trademarks, and copyrights, then patent if possible. Marketing is top priority.

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Sweat Equity Intellectual Property Startup Viral 400

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Reserve the company name on social networks to protect it. Define some intellectual property. File a patent and trademarks to show real intellectual property. Investors routinely go to candidate web sites to get a feel for the tone and scope of the company, as well as its maturity and offerings.

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Intellectual Property Angel Investor Technical Review Elevator Pitch 249

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2011

Register some intellectual property. Intellectual property is a large element of most early-stage company valuations, and this value determines what percent of the company an investor will expect to get for his money. Without revenue, your investors are largely limited to friends, family and fools.

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Intellectual Property Sweat Equity CTO Hire Fractional CTO 253

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 25, 2020

The most common proposals I hear are for yet another social networking site ( 200 on Wikipedia ), or another dating site/app ( over 1500 in the USA ). Creating intellectual property, including patents, is the kay to long-term value and a sustainable competitive advantage. Business risks are not just development risks.

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Intellectual Property Social Network Metrics .Net 360

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

The hot term these days is “viral marketing”, meaning we won’t do any marketing, but our product is so great that everyone will know about us anyway by word of mouth and through Internet social networks. We have no competitors.” VCs and angel investors hear this one all the time. More features than anyone.”

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Sweat Equity Intellectual Property Startup Viral 238

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Reserve the company name on social networks to protect it. Define some intellectual property. File a patent and trademarks to show real intellectual property. Investors routinely go to candidate web sites to get a feel for the tone and scope of the company, as well as its maturity and offerings.

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Angel Investor Intellectual Property Technical Review Elevator Pitch 224

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2010

Register some intellectual property. Intellectual property is a large element of most early-stage company valuations, and this value determines what percent of the company an investor will expect to get for his money. Without revenue, your investors are largely limited to friends, family and fools.

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Intellectual Property Sweat Equity CTO Hire Fractional CTO 222

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 19, 2012

The player can conduct transactions even when embedded in a social network or third-party website. "If But Price was concerned about the intellectual property rights. If they're not, then I'd be concerned about what their intellectual property rights are," he said. Infographics Are Hot.

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Intellectual Property Switzerland Software Review California 113

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2011

The hot term these days is “viral marketing”, meaning we won’t do any marketing, but our product is so great that everyone will know about us anyway by word of mouth and through Internet social networks. We have no competitors.” VCs and angel investors hear this one all the time. More features than anyone.”

Sweat Equity 246

Sweat Equity Intellectual Property Viral Social Network 246

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

For the last 10 years China essentially closed its search, media and social network software market to foreign companies with the result that Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Dropbox, and 30,000 other websites were not accessible from China. Intellectual property protection is great on paper and “limited” in practice.

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China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 323

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2020

Inventors follow a structured process to assemble and test solutions, file patents for intellectual property protection, and define production details. Mark personally invented the early Facebook social network, while he was at Harvard, and went on to build a huge business.

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Founder Intellectual Property Dilution Startup 312

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

As a mentor to many aspiring entrepreneurs, I challenge them to think beyond what I call linear extensions to a current trend, such as another “easier-to-use” app for smartphones, a new dating site for pets, or another niche social network. Why doesn’t this product or service already exist?

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Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Bootstrapping Salary 317

Up and Running

AUGUST 24, 2020

In 2020, data breaches are among the greatest cybersecurity concerns, with health records, corporate intellectual property, smart cars, and connected devices being the most vulnerable targets. 5G Network. AI analytics can also help you detect new business opportunities.

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Technical Review Analytics Forecast Artificial Inteligence 131

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2010

The hot term these days is “viral marketing”, meaning we won’t do any marketing, but our product is so great that everyone will know about us anyway by word of mouth and through Internet social networks. We have no competitors.” VCs and angel investors hear this one all the time. More features than anyone.”

Sweat Equity 130

Sweat Equity Intellectual Property Startup Viral 130

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

For the last 10 years China essentially closed its search, media and social network software market to foreign companies with the result that Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Dropbox, and 30,000 other websites were not accessible from China. Intellectual property protection is great on paper and “limited” in practice.

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China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 215

YoungUpstarts

JULY 6, 2011

When possible, make PR investments and keep an active and relevant social network (e.g., With her experience in the field of corporate and intellectual property law, Deborah can provide insightful commentary on the benefits, barriers and who should consider incorporation and trademark registration.

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Intellectual Property Non-Compete Technical Review Business Plan 244

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 18, 2018

The most common proposals I hear are for yet another social networking site ( over 200 exist ), or another dating site (over 2500 in the US alone). Creating intellectual property, including patents, is the kay to long-term value and a sustainable competitive advantage. Business risks are not just development risks.

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Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Metrics .Net 160

Gust

DECEMBER 1, 2011

Every startup lawyer is familiar with variations on this theme and can recite cautionary war stories, but the Winklevoss brothers’ dispute with Facebook, made famous in the movie The Social Network , has become the iconic example. We’ll get into these in more detail next week.

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IP Intellectual Property Equity Liquidity Event 114

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Ideally the solution embodies intellectual property that you own, giving you a sustainable competitive advantage. A new easier to use social network may not get anyone excited. Problem or need uniquely addressed by your solution. You need evidence or a prototype to prove feasibility with credibility.

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Intellectual Property Cofounder .Net Bootstrapping 183

Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 18, 2012

This trend is particularly true in markets that are highly susceptible to network effects, such as online auctions and social networks. Even beyond auctions and social networks, the web tends to prefer the category leader. This is true in most SaaS categories, including enterprise applications.

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IP Technical Review B2C Social Network 163

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2013

So sites have to invest heavily in viral marketing to achieve critical mass, which competes with current social networks, while users expect to join both for free. Intellectual property is tough. Social networks. It’s hard to invent and patent more “scientific” methods on how to match people.

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Intellectual Property Social Network Matching Viral 215

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2012

Reserve the company name on social networks to protect it. Define some intellectual property. File a patent and trademarks to show real intellectual property. Investors routinely go to candidate web sites to get a feel for the tone and scope of the company, as well as its maturity and offerings.

Angel Investor 260

Angel Investor Intellectual Property Elevator Pitch Angel Groups 260

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2016

The most common proposals I hear are for yet another social networking site ( over 200 active ), or another dating site (over 2500 in the US alone). Creating intellectual property, including patents, is the kay to long-term value and a sustainable competitive advantage. Business risks are not just development risks.

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Intellectual Property Metrics .Net Social Network 161

ReadWriteStart

JULY 9, 2023

They impact fundraising, hiring, intellectual property rights and patents, and many more things around starting and running a business. Consequently, they may overlook highly important legal nuances or simply forget about them. Meanwhile, each venture requires sorting out an enormous amount of legal details.

Intellectual Property 122

Intellectual Property Startup Burn Rate Metrics 122

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2013

Of course, never forget those ongoing perspiration items that seem to haunt you every day: Create intellectual property. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Incorporate, register your domain name, trademarks, and copyrights, then patent if possible. Marketing is top priority.

Sweat Equity 251

Sweat Equity Intellectual Property Startup Viral 251

Kodorra

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Visit online forums, social networks, and blogs and check customer star rating and comments. Remember to also do a trademark search at your country’s intellectual property office, such as USPTO (U.S Carry out a thorough research in your area of interest and find out what is lacking. Patent and Trademark Office).

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Software Review Hosting Intellectual Property Naming 45

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2012

Of course, never forget those ongoing perspiration items that seem to haunt you every day: Create intellectual property. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Incorporate, register your domain name, trademarks, and copyrights, then patent if possible. Marketing is top priority.

Sweat Equity 256

Sweat Equity Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Viral 256

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 26, 2011

So sites have to invest heavily in viral marketing to achieve critical mass, which competes with current social networks, while users expect to join both for free. Intellectual property is tough. Social networks. It’s hard to invent and patent more “scientific” methods on how to match people.

Intellectual Property 229

Intellectual Property Social Network Matching Viral 229

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2012

Here are the key ones: Real intellectual property. A new social networking product that proclaims to combine the best of Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Twitter has too broad a focus and will likely not compete in the long run with existing offerings. Strong focus and differentiation.

Intellectual Property 244

Intellectual Property Non-Compete Differentiation Social Network 244

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2013

Even in an open space, you need intellectual property, like patents, to keep potential competitors from overrunning you. On the Internet, I would add new social networking sites, and new matchmaking sites. Think seriously about the number and clout of your competitors. Financial risk. Operational risk.

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Intellectual Property Mexico Startup China 261

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 22, 2012

Create intellectual property. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Make every effort to do things “in house”, rather than rely on outside services, accountants, and law firms. Start early by registering your company, and reserving the name as your website domain name.

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Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Social Network Naming 247

The Next Web

JANUARY 24, 2014

We are the most active Twitter country in the world (measured by tweets per account) and the third most socially networked. We have great intellectual property protection, and have efficient ways to enforce contracts. On both these indicators, the Netherlands ranks second worldwide. Serious talent.

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Netherlands Technical Review Stock Silicon Valley 143

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Create intellectual property. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Make every effort to do things “in house”, rather than rely on outside services, accountants, and law firms. Start early by registering your company, and reserving the name as your website domain name.

Intellectual Property 257

Intellectual Property Startup Social Network Naming 257

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2011

Here are the key ones: Real intellectual property. A new social networking product that proclaims to combine the best of Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, and Twitter has too broad a focus and will likely not compete in the long run with existing offerings. Strong focus and differentiation.

Intellectual Property 256

Intellectual Property Non-Compete Differentiation Social Network 256

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 25, 2012

Even in an open space, you need intellectual property, like patents, to keep potential competitors from overrunning you. On the Internet, I would add new social networking sites, and new matchmaking sites. Think seriously about the number and clout of your competitors. Financial risk. Operational risk.

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Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Mexico China 271

Gust

DECEMBER 16, 2012

Reserve the company name on social networks to protect it. Define some intellectual property. File a patent and trademarks to show real intellectual property. Investors routinely go to candidate web sites to get a feel for the tone and scope of the company, as well as its maturity and offerings.

Angel Investor 179

Angel Investor Intellectual Property Elevator Pitch Angel Groups 179

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 12, 2015

The most common proposals I hear are for yet another social networking site ( over 200 active ), or another dating site (now over 2500 in the US alone). Creating intellectual property, including patents, is the key to long-term value and a sustainable competitive advantage. Business risks are not just development risks.

Intellectual Property 120

Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Metrics .Net 120