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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Ask a technical founder about his startup, and he'll proudly describe his stunning software — simple, compelling, useful, fun. Then he'll describe his cutting-edge platform — cloud-based, scalable, distributed version control, continuous integration, one-click-deploy. We're going to get reviews on blogs.".

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Nuts & Bolts of Intellectual Property for New Startups

Gust

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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The Apple Watch – Tipping Point Time for Healthcare

Steve Blank

Google has been investing in a broad healthcare portfolio, Amazon has been investing in pharmacy distribution and Apple…? To get FDA clearance, Apple reportedly submitted two studies to the FDA (so far none of the data has been published or peer reviewed). They used someone else’s wearable heart monitor to detect the Afib.).

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Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 3: The Best Defense is a Good IP Strategy

Steve Blank

The assets you can protect may include your “core technology&# like source code, hardware designs, architectures, processes, formulas. software, songs, movies, web site content. _. Copyright gives you the right to prevent others from copying, distributing or making derivatives of your work. Intellectual Property.

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[Asia] Getting Cloud Computing Right The First Time

YoungUpstarts

However, it is interesting to note that Cloud Computing in Asia will not evolve in the same way as the Western market due to the eagerness of Asia’s CIOs and business leaders to take the lead in adopting the latest IT innovations. Some key questions that you might want to ask when deciding to join the Cloud include: 1.

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Dan Lok Explains Venture Capital Funding and How to Secure It

The Startup Magazine

They may be interested in consumer products, software, fintech, AI, or green technologies. The corporate governance section defines the power distribution between the founders and the investors. Due Diligence and Closing the Deal. Due Diligence and Closing the Deal.

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Getting A Software Patent Is Valuable But Frustrating

Startup Professionals Musings

For a software startup, a patent can be the intellectual property providing the key competitive advantage, or it can be an expensive non-defensible bureaucratic nightmare -- or both. Some argue to simply eliminate software patents, while others put their hopes in U.S. Patent offices can’t keep up with software technology.