Gust

DECEMBER 22, 2011

It’s possible to have a company with literally millions of customers (users) that employs only a handful of people, working in a small rented office, with hardware and software costing in the tens of thousands rather than millions of dollars. One common mistake is to equate “IP” with “code” or other technical contributions.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 10, 2009

The assets you can protect may include your “core technology&# like source code, hardware designs, architectures, processes, formulas. software, songs, movies, web site content. _. non-public technology. A contract is a binding legal agreement that is enforceable in a court of law. Intellectual Property.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2009

As we were out looking for our Series B round, our company had gotten the attention of “name of big VC firm here” who wanted a play in enterprise software. During the due-diligence process, I sat down with one of the partners who pulled out a set of slides and asked me: ”Have you seen these?” Are These Your Slides?

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Up and Running

MARCH 1, 2016

Boris Wertz, founding partner of Version One Ventures, believes that if you’ve worked in an industry you’re passionate about for a long time, you may know something about the market that nobody else knows. If You Want Venture Capital, You Need It. He calls this “the secret of the market.”. Do you know a specific market’s secret?

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