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.

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Intellectual Property Startup IP Finance 248

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

Gust

JANUARY 4, 2012

Last month we covered the basics of intellectual property (IP) for startups, including a simple taxonomy, some common issues and related documents for entrepreneurs to use when forming a new startup. How much is it worth investing in cultivating and enforcing an IP portfolio ? Barriers to entry ?

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Intellectual Property IP Startup United States 143

The Startup Magazine

JANUARY 9, 2020

Doesn’t it seem to you that all the benefits of this business model are too good to be true? If you’re considering it for your business, check some of the most wide-spread pitfalls, as you should be ready to face some of them when delegating your activities abroad. #1 1 Failing to choose a proper business model.

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Offshore Software Developers Software Development Software Review 117

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 27, 2020

Perhaps more than any other industry, hospitality needs the help of innovators who can help them turn a profit when the core aspects of their business model have been upended. Reaching out to experts and soliciting advice to protect your valuable IP will help you maximize your assets effectively. Hospitality.

Entrepreneur 246

Entrepreneur Technical Review Startup LLC 246

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JANUARY 24, 2011

Customers gleefully avoid the Blockbuster none-of-these-look-good-just-pick-one-already-zombie-walk — and NetFlix just put Blockbuster out of business — but is this a workable business model? Turning a profit at a growing company is nearly impossible regardless of business model.

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Intellectual Property Open Source Bandwidth IP 242

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

Benchmarks are typically specific to stage/business model/geo. In Rob Go’s words: For seed and Series A deals, investors will also need to see a high-potential team with founder/market fit , a large and attractive market opportunity , and a business model with increasing returns to scale.

B2C 141

B2C Technical Review Startup Retention 141

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. Our original idea had been nothing more than an untested set of hypotheses.

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Silicon Valley Non-disclosure Agreement NDA Startup 261

NZ Entrepreneur

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

IP steps for startups should be the same as for large multinationals, but within their budget. Make IP decisions and do so early. 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.

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Intellectual Property IP Software Review New Zealand 45

Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

I mean, our little pre-session banter, it's like us marketing firms, and when we work with clients, they're telling us a lot of their ip. There are literally companies that dedicate their entire business model just to saving the password. Why is this relatable to marketing firms and owners? So that's like bit warden LastPass.

Software Review 79

Software Review Security Distribution IP 79

K9 Ventures

APRIL 27, 2011

Their business model was to provide retailers with a new interface for shopping for soft goods — something that hasn’t changed a whole lot since Web 1.0. However, the IP climate remains unchanged, and it’s likely that other villains will continue to exploit similar situations. Modista had built Shopping 2.0.

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Software Review Technical Review IP Finance 134

ConversionXL

APRIL 7, 2021

The book dedicates quite a few pages to the ‘customer-centric stack’ and argues that because you’re now able to know when someone is in the market for a solution like yours [via IP lookup or 1st or 3rd party intent data], you don’t need to “spam” them. Is ABM right for your business? Reverse IP Lookup.

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IP Marketing Technical Review Software Review 98

VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Allot Communications -a leading provider of intelligent IP service optimization and revenue generation solutions based on Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) technology. Fring - fring is a mobile social communication hub that lets users communicate and share web-based experiences over IP all from one integrated contact list on their mobile devices.

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Mobile IP SMS Networking 109

Steve Blank

JANUARY 25, 2022

Taken from the bottom up these semiconductor industry segments are: Chip Intellectual Property (IP) Cores. Chip Intellectual Property (IP) Cores. Some companies license their chip designs – as software building blocks, called IP Cores – for wide use. There are over 150 companies that sell chip IP Cores.

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Taiwan IP Artificial Inteligence Intellectual Property 436

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 1, 2019

Next thing they know it’s too late: They have joined the 80+ percent of startups that find themselves auctioning off their IP for pennies at best, boarding up their doors and joining the ranks of Munchery, Path, Apprenda, Klout and many, many others. But there’s a way to survive – even thrive – in this high-stakes environment.

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Cleveland Framework Marketing Early Stage 150

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2016

Here are seven lessons I’ve accumulated from real life experiences on how crowdfunding can lead you astray -- and guidance on how to offset these potential negatives: Keep your attention on the business model as well as the solution. Keep all IP details close to the vest.

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Non-disclosure Agreement Intellectual Property Technical Review Vesting 120

Steve Blank

MAY 26, 2009

You don’t need to worry about any Intellectual Property (IP) issues. The next week another team, working on a new type of solid oxide fuel cell, remarked, “Professor Blank, in our industry there’s a ton of patents and stuff and people tell us we shouldn’t be out there unless we start patent protecting all our IP.” Order Here.

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Vertical Silicon Valley Intellectual Property RSS 159

SoCal CTO

FEBRUARY 25, 2009

Customer Acquisition – social media, SEO, SEM, etc Economies of Scale – not as big a barrier in web world Investment – little to none required to get started Pricing – free or freemium makes trial simple Distribution – syndication and APIs make partnering easier IP – in general the battle has been over users and less on IP many more (please comment (..)

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Business Model SEM IP Syndicate 150

NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

experiments to build a product, find customers, test business models and hire amazing people. Creating this value is anchored in finding a repeatable, scalable business model. In deep tech companies value creation milestones are more likely to be tagged to validating the technology and IP creation. Risk and reward.

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Technical Review Software Review New Zealand Due Diligence 92

ithacaVC

OCTOBER 30, 2014

There are actually four people named on the IP and it was a multi-disciplinary project…This was the first product to come out of our department.”. A faculty member doesn’t have the time to think about market opportunities and the time frame required to move through the business model process.”.

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Technical Review Technology Software Review IP 65

Occam's Razor

JUNE 4, 2018

Delivery times based on geo/IP/mobile phone location. Delivery times based on geo/IP/mobile phone location. Not easy, but your business model has to change to survive.). Express did a reverse lookup based on my IP Address, matched that with their stores, then checked their ERP system for inventory and got me the answer.

Conversion 125

Conversion eCommerce Artificial Inteligence Aggregator 125

Steve Blank

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Over 10 weeks each team gets out of the building talking to 100 customers to test their hypotheses across all 9 boxes in the business model canvas. We track each team’s progress as they test their business model hypotheses. It’s flexible enough to be modified for industry-specific business models.

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Incubator Intellectual Property Startup Lean 318

Version One Ventures

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Given these key advantages, I believe that Lightning (or something like it) will ultimately eat all of the USD payment networks and create the foundation for MoIP (Money over IP). . One major player pushing forward this vision is Jack Mallers’ Strike , a simple app that allows anyone to use the Lightning Network with a USD bank account.

Networking 168

Networking Global OTC Security 168

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2010

Business schools teach aspiring executives a variety of courses around the execution of known business models, (accounting, organizational behavior, managerial skills, marketing, operations, etc.). In contrast, startups search for a business model. (Or to optimize this search. to optimize this search.

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Wiki Lean Management Business Model 318

Tim Keane

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

" We all have heard/repeated the investment mantra about "big, growing markets" with "unfair advantage IP" position. " We all have heard/repeated the investment mantra about "big, growing markets" with "unfair advantage IP" position.  Will the product work? . Books I Like.

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Technical Cofounder Wisconsin Cofounder Angel Investor 68

Steve Blank

MAY 3, 2011

After a week of hectic customer discovery , the team further refined their new business model. Their initial customer segment were upwardly mobile professionals with $2-10K discretionary purchases/year (excluding travel,) and their revenue model was affiliate program fees. Any IP you need to license? How many people?

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South Dakota Business Model Lean United States 233

www.frozennorth.org

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

And here are the facts I turned up: * They think their business is a huge opportunity, probably a billion-dollar plus market which nobody else is currently addressing (this last point could easily be naivete, which is common enough among entrepreneurs). * They were at a tradeshow for speech recognition technology and IP-based call centers. *

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Stealth IP NDA Startup 40

VC Cafe

SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

It doesn’t mean that you should change your business model because one person suggested it, but listed to the feedback and if you see similar patterns over and over again, make changes. Patents are nice but… in a consumer Internet business, it’s most likely that you aren’t re-inventing the wheel.

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Elevator Pitch Incubator Technical Review Startup 102

SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2011

This site aggregates and filters content from thought leaders who talk about topics such as Marketing , Sales , Design , Revenue , Hiring , Social Media , Business Models , Metrics , PR , Venture Capital , Angel Investors , Bootstrapping , Incubators , Agile and many others.

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Intellectual Property Aggregator Startup Angel Investor 175

David Teten

JANUARY 19, 2021

Typical business stage. An already proven business model and its already valuable assets. Typical business model. Typically stable, high margins; repeatable sales model; clear path to profitability; and high growth potential. Flexible VC offers you this. Traditional Revenue-Based Investment. Venture Debt.

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Cofounder Technical Review Equity Dividend 78

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

Developing O&O (owned & operated) businesses (outside of YouTube). Having business models that aren’t only ad-based. For starters I’d like to tell you what I tell every startup that wants to “build a YouTube business.” I will talk about these strategies in my next blog post. ” Don’t.

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Networking Media Distribution Video 366

Andrew Payne

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

I’ve always felt television, in the limit, will be delivered over IP. Specialized, proprietary cable TV distribution is gradually giving way to big, fast, cheap IP pipes. The problem isn’t technology; it’s the business model. I think they’ve got a decent shot. Browser Powered Television (2009).

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IP Distribution Business Model Advertising 68

Steve Blank

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Or if they have a disruptive technology or business model, they want to create a new capability or operating concept – even creating a new market. Claim that employees have stolen IP from their previous employer. Use patents as a weapon. Filing patent infringement lawsuits – whether true or not.

Government 296

Government Advisory Board Leadership Programming 296

YoungUpstarts

MAY 11, 2020

Traditionally, entrepreneurs love to talk about their product, but investors need to know about more than just the product – the market, the team, competitors, business model, etc. Then it’s time to move on to why it’s better than other solutions, followed by the business model and how you are going to make money.

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IP Business Model Angel Investor Entrepreneur 191

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 20, 2013

Don’t miss the evolution of their business model canvas in the appendix. In medical devices, understanding reimbursement, regulation and IP is critical. If they didn’t have a compelling value proposition for the insurers (cost savings, increased revenue, etc.) The Knox Medical Device presentation slides are below.

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Lean Customer Development IP Agile 247

ConversionXL

JUNE 2, 2022

How you approach it will depend on your business model and ideal accounts and how (or if) you plan to expand campaigns. Tools for IP-targeted ads: MRP ; Terminus. That’s the power of marketing to a chosen few rather than everyone. Define your ABM strategy to engage profitable accounts.

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Customer Marketing Channel Acquisition 98

NZ Entrepreneur

DECEMBER 5, 2019

The reality faced by entrepreneurs is that legal services can be expensive and IP protection may not be an initial priority. But having an IP strategy can help you get the most from your IP and help minimize common pitfalls and legal expenses. Trade marks. It’s best to select a mark and use it consistently.

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IP Non-disclosure Agreement Intellectual Property NDA 64