Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

It doesn’t prove your business model of pricing, distribution, and support. 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.

Intellectual Property 281

Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Sweat Equity CTO Hire 281

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2012

It doesn’t prove your business model of pricing, distribution, and support. 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.

Intellectual Property 260

Intellectual Property Sweat Equity CTO Hire Fractional CTO 260

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2011

It doesn’t prove your business model of pricing, distribution, and support. 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.

Intellectual Property 253

Intellectual Property Sweat Equity CTO Hire Fractional CTO 253

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 13, 2020

Registered patents and other intellectual property. A proven business model, ready to scale, is particularly attractive. They seek to establish win-win relationships with all partners, including investors, and treat them all as trusted advisors, rather than win-loss opportunities.

Intellectual Property 316

Intellectual Property Angel Investor Early Stage Venture Capital 316

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2010

It doesn’t prove your business model of pricing, distribution, and support. 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.

Intellectual Property 222

Intellectual Property Sweat Equity CTO Hire Fractional CTO 222

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2020

If possible, quantify these in non-technical business terms, such as dollars saved or replacement costs over time. Provide specifics on the customer business model. Scale your funding requests to the value of your startup today, consisting of assets, contracts, and intellectual property you currently own.

Business Plan 423

Business Plan Product Intellectual Property Elevator Pitch 423

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Define some intellectual property. File a patent and trademarks to show real intellectual property. This is called “validating the business model.” 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.

Intellectual Property 249

Intellectual Property Angel Investor Technical Review Elevator Pitch 249

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

Even non-profits need a profitable business model to offset staff and operating costs. Assume passion level defines business opportunity. Bypasses intellectual property as not worth the cost. Don’t get caught in the myth that you shouldn’t worry about monetization until after you have a large customer base.

Intellectual Property 312

Intellectual Property Startup Angel Investor Viral 312

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2022

Registered patents and other intellectual property. A proven business model, ready to scale, is particularly attractive. They seek to establish win-win relationships with all partners, including investors, and treat them all as trusted advisors, rather than win-loss opportunities.

Intellectual Property 278

Intellectual Property Angel Investor Early Stage Venture Capital 278

Steve Blank

JUNE 19, 2014

you make substantive changes to one or more parts of your initial business model, and this new data affects your biological and clinical hypotheses. assess intellectual property and regulatory risk before they design and build. The reality is that as you validate the commercial hypotheses (i.e.

Lean 277

Lean SBIR Intellectual Property Customer Development 277

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2014

Registered patents and other intellectual property. A proven business model, ready to scale, is particularly attractive. They seek to establish win-win relationships with all partners, including investors, and treat them all as trusted advisors, rather than win-loss opportunities.

Angel Investor 268

Angel Investor Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Early Stage 268

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Define some intellectual property. File a patent and trademarks to show real intellectual property. This is called “validating the business model.” 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 224

Angel Investor Intellectual Property Technical Review Elevator Pitch 224

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 30, 2012

Investors highly prize gifted leaders who are business veterans with experience in similar ventures, who can move quickly and effectively. Great business model. Show that your business can build the necessary products and services rapidly and achieve economies of scale with minimum capital and labor. Scalability.

Intellectual Property 248

Intellectual Property Startup IP Finance 248

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2014

You need a viable business model and customers. Technology limited to a single product is seldom enough for a business. A long-term advantage usually also requires intellectual property, such as a patent, trade secret or trademark. Lock in your sustainable advantage.

Technical Review 266

Technical Review Intellectual Property Early Stage Global 266

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

business models. Intellectual property protection is great on paper and “limited” in practice. Eventually, China’s innovation-driven economy needs intellectual property rights and anti-trust laws that are enforced. business models. Of course “copy” is too strong a word.

China 328

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 328

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2013

The single most important ingredient of success is not the idea, but having a team in place that has impeccable integrity, can iterate the product quickly, pivot the business model as necessary, and keep costs down in the process. But patents and other intellectual property only go so far. Funding risk. Defensibility.

Angel Investor 269

Angel Investor Cram Down Intellectual Property Venture Capital 269

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

Creating a strong value proposition requires substantial customer insight, thorough study, an understanding of the real value of intellectual property, thoughtfulness, and several iterations. Unfortunately, we read far more poorly written business plans at Main Street than good ones.

Intellectual Property 265

Intellectual Property Balance Sheet Phoenix Arizona 265

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Investors highly prize gifted leaders who are business veterans with experience in similar ventures, who can move quickly and effectively. Great business model. Show that your business can build the necessary products and services rapidly and achieve economies of scale with minimum capital and labor. Scalability.

Intellectual Property 231

Intellectual Property Startup IP Finance 231

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2018

You need a viable business model and customers. Technology limited to a single product is seldom enough for a business. A long-term advantage usually also requires intellectual property, such as a patent, trade secret, or trademark. Lock in your sustainable advantage.

Technical Review 215

Technical Review Intellectual Property Early Stage Global 215

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 6, 2012

Its first, Brooklyn Enterprise on Science and Technology (BEST) helps science and technology companies grow with a student patent program, intellectual property commercialization, help from business advisors, and funding recommendations.

Incubator 202

Incubator New York City Boston Intellectual Property 202

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

business models. Intellectual property protection is great on paper and “limited” in practice. Eventually, China’s innovation-driven economy needs intellectual property rights and anti-trust laws that are enforced. business models. Of course “copy” is too strong a word.

China 220

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 220

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 11, 2022

An effective tool I see used more and more, as a prelude to a more detailed business plan, is the Business Model Canvas , first introduced by Alexander Osterwalder back in 2008. In my experience as a new business advisor, a business is nothing until people are aligned and work in sync. Key activities. Try this one.

Business Model 334

Business Model Intellectual Property Angel Investor Channel 334

Women Entrepreneurs Can

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Developing a Solid Business Plan A well-crafted business plan serves as a roadmap for your digital venture. Begin by outlining your business model, including your revenue streams, pricing strategy, and growth projections. Implement strong cybersecurity measures to safeguard your business from potential threats.

Intellectual Property 52

Intellectual Property Social Media Software Review Audience 52

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2009

Our business model changed as we realized that to become a large company, we needed to automate more than just a few marketers. We had validated our new assumptions by a set of orders, and we had pivoted on our business model. Lessons Learned Your business concept is not a company. More on this in the next post.

Silicon Valley 261

Silicon Valley Non-disclosure Agreement NDA Startup 261

Up and Running

MARCH 12, 2019

While this may be an innovative solution to your immediate need for tech talent needs, the question of how to protect your intellectual property when outsourcing software development has probably crossed your mind. The last thing you want is to have simply handed your idea and your intellectual property over to a potential competitor.

IP 80

IP Software Developers Software Development Intellectual Property 80

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 11, 2016

Come with a product built and a proven business model. A business needs technical, marketing, financial and many other skills. If you are an inventor, for example, you need to line up the business side of your team before angels will be interested. Create and highlight your intellectual property portfolio.

Angel Investor 120

Angel Investor Intellectual Property Accredited Investor Angel Groups 120

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

Register some intellectual property to provide a barrier to entry. A large portion of your competitive advantage and your potential value to investors is the size of your intellectual property portfolio. Fundable entrepreneurs have a proven business model and are ready to scale up the business.

Intellectual Property 120

Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Preferred Stock Stealth 120

Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 28, 2011

While Microsoft is putting significant effort into the accelerator program, Microsoft will not retain intellectual property or equity in any of the participating companies. If accepted, each company will receive an equity investment of $20,000 in exchange for six percent of the company in common stock, which will be held by TechStars.

Intellectual Property 134

Intellectual Property Common Stock Seattle Cofounder 134

Steve Blank

MAY 26, 2009

Intellectual Property At the next class I said, “You all ought to get out and start talking to customers on day one, and get early feedback on your idea. You don’t need to worry about any Intellectual Property (IP) issues. The time to product and scale of investment is radically different than other startup markets.&#

Vertical 159

Vertical Silicon Valley Intellectual Property RSS 159

The Startup Magazine

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

From refining your business model to forming strong partnerships, it’s essential to focus on the long-term growth of your venture. Refining Your Business Model for Long-Term Success At the heart of any successful startup is a well-refined business model. How can startups test their business model ideas?

Early Stage 156

Early Stage Artificial Inteligence Intellectual Property Startup 156

The Startup Magazine

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

This could involve leasing out unused space, selling off non-core assets, or finding innovative ways to monetize intellectual property or data. The goal is to transform dormant or underutilized assets into active capital that supports your business. It is also the time to take a hard look at your business model.

Technical Review 158

Technical Review Due Diligence Bankruptcy Intellectual Property 158

NZ Entrepreneur

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

One of the main (and early) steps is to make a considered decision about what IP means to your business and what IP tools will be used to support your business model. Not doing so can cause big problems later for your business. The post What intellectual property (IP) steps should a startup take?

Intellectual Property 47

Intellectual Property IP Software Review New Zealand 47

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 27, 2016

Investors like to see new intellectual property as a barrier to entry. Plan includes a business model with good margins. Counting on sustaining the business through more free users and growth in eyeballs for advertisers is a naïve and risky approach and it implies investors with very deep pockets.

Technical Review 134

Technical Review Intellectual Property Due Diligence Angel Investor 134

Gust

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

Intellectual Property. Many online business models would be eviscerated by laws like SOPA that seek to essentially deputize private companies as agents of content owners and law enforcement agencies, coerced into policing their own users (customers) at great cost in both dollars and resources.

Silicon Valley 187

Silicon Valley San Francisco Intellectual Property Accredited Investor 187

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 30, 2015

For Google, programs such as Enhanced Campaigns, the cachet of its brand in advertising, its stable of intellectual property and its army of developers and software thought leaders will help it counter the competition’s efforts to loosen Google’s grip on the mobile advertising market in 2015. Professionalisms'

Advertising 100

Advertising Revenue Mobile Intellectual Property 100

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2020

The critical success factors for a product business are well known, starting with selling every unit with a gross margin of 50 percent or more, building a patent and other intellectual property, and continuous product improvement. You have no shelf life, so you can’t make money while you sleep.

Intellectual Property 436

Intellectual Property Social Media Business Model Employee 436

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2016

You need a viable business model and customers. Technology limited to a single product is seldom enough for a business. A long-term advantage usually also requires intellectual property, such as a patent, trade secret, or trademark. Lock in your sustainable advantage.

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Intellectual Property Early Stage Global 120