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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower

Do you have legal (Founder Agreement, IP, etc.) Are there other founders, business leaders, partners, or administrators? Logging/Auditing What key operations need to be logged for auditing? What metrics will you need for future funding rounds or operations? What are your big milestones? What content is searchable?

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Is a Venture Studio Right for You?

Steve Blank

Their financial models are based on membership fees that grant access to a shared coworking space, resources, and access to other founders and operational expertise. Venture studios create startups by incubating their own ideas or ideas from their partners. They then transfer the IP and build the startup inside the venture studio.

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How Great, Operationally-Focused CFO’s Can Transform Your Business

Both Sides of the Table

Legal threats from other IP holders? At DataSift we have grown the business substantively for 13 straight quarters and despite recent press I can confirm that the core business is still growing very quickly – just with more powerful partners than we had in the past. You really want to spend your time on that? On and on and on.

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Why Entrepreneurs Must Learn to Love Paperwork  

The Startup Magazine

You must abide by your operating agreement. For startups established as an LLC, the operating agreement is the original blueprint that specifies how the company will be run and which members (partners) hold which responsibilities, among other concerns such as profit-sharing. Protect your intellectual property.

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The Next Entrepreneurs And Startups

YoungUpstarts

Of course, we can expect digital engagement and big data to play a part in the operations and strategy of any business in the 21st century, but that’s not the same as saying the only opportunities are in tech. Finding the right partners and sticking to defined roles will prevent confusion and promote officer transparency.

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I-Corps @ NIH – Pivoting the Curriculum

Steve Blank

Finally we move to the left side of the canvas to teach the supporting elements of Resources, Partners, Activities and Costs. Therefore we’re going to teach the class in the following order: 1) value proposition, 2) customer segments, 3) activities, 4) resources, 5) partners, 6) channel, 7) customer relationships, 8) revenue/costs.

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An Overview Of The SIP Trunk Definition And What It Takes To Sell

YoungUpstarts

The traditional Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), with its Analog lines, E1 ISDN BRI, or T1 lines, has begun to be replaced by IP telephone systems. Now, they buy a SIP trunk from an Internet Telephone Service Provider (ITSP), and it gets connected to a VoIP/IP PBX. What is a SIP Trunk? Getting Started: Reselling SIP Trunks.