Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 17, 2020

Bypasses intellectual property as not worth the cost. Cash is always hard to find, but in many cases it’s even harder to find access to needed distribution channels, government contract expertise, or the special skills required to deliver your solution. Easier-to-use’ and other fuzzy terms won’t get any attention.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2014

Recently, Ive seen a lot of discussion about bringing the work back home, since costs have gone up in less-developed countries, there are issues with intellectual property, and time zone and language differences make management difficult. Keep intellectual property keys in-house.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 26, 2014

Next we teach Distribution Channels (how are you going to sell the product) and Customer Relationships (how do you Get/Keep/Grow customers) and Revenue Streams (what’s the Revenue Model strategy and pricing tactics.) I realized we were trying to conform to a lecture order optimized for web, mobile, hardware.

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The Startup Magazine

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Important intellectual property and data of high value will be classified differently from press releases as an example. Due to the importance of the intellectual property access will be restricted, or at least should be, to the fewest possible employees.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2016

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. Copyright intellectual property protection is already given automatically and immediately without the need to register the copyright with a government.

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Software Review Intellectual Property Software Technical Review 120

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Or if you’re building consumer electronics the key activities might be: low cost hardware design, high volume manufacturing, user interface design, consumer branding and retail distribution. So What Does this Have to Do With A Founding Team?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2016

Recently, I’ve seen a lot of discussion about bringing the work back home, since costs have gone up in less-developed countries, there are issues with intellectual property, and time zone and language differences make management difficult. Keep intellectual property keys in-house.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 10, 2009

Early on in my career I took a “we’re moving too fast to deal with lawyers” attitude to patents and Intellectual Property (IP.) At one of my entrepreneurship classes at Stanford, Dan Dorosin , of Fenwick & West LLP guest lectures about startups and Intellectual Property. Intellectual Property.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Unfortunately, I see good startups fail simply because they don’t have the resources or intellectual property to stay ahead of copycats or big players who see the potential as soon as you step into the marketplace. Make sure your solution is defensible and unique. Implement a strategy for growth and improvement.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 23, 2014

If they decide to buy, large companies can: license/acquire intellectual property. These include the product itself, the customer, the distribution channel, revenue model, how to get, keep and grow customers, resources and activities needed to build the business and costs.). Five Types of Innovation to Buy.

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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.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 24, 2017

If you stop working for the company, how will that impact your voting and distribution rights? Protect your company’s customers, employees and intellectual property. A CPA provides input on tax structure and metrics, and assists with due diligence related to your industry. Think about your employee and ownership hats.

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Steve Blank

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

This post is an update of what we learned about life science distribution channels. Life Science/Health Care distribution channels differ by Category. This weeks topic was distribution channels ; how your product gets from your company to your potential customer segments. Diagnostics. Week 3 Todd Morrill Instructor .

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 29, 2015

For many entrepreneurs and inventors, mass producing and distributing products simply doesn’t play to their strengths. These involve finding funding and getting up to speed quickly on the highly complex manufacturing and distribution processes. Technical data and training needed for development, manufacturing and distribution.

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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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2023

Creating intellectual property, including patents, is the kay to long-term value and a sustainable competitive advantage. This includes personal and team commitments to delivery schedules, quality assurance, manufacturing, and distribution requirements. Business risks are not just development risks. Value creation.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Overcome intellectual property concerns. Overcome intellectual property concerns. Under the 1976 Copyright Act (United States), the copyright owner has the exclusive right to reproduce, adapt, distribute, publicly perform and publicly display the work. Master work overflow. We just emailed the tips to you.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

It’s very unusual for two competitors to have exactly the same strengths – in development, marketing, distribution, or customer support. Capitalize on shared costs and common distribution. Similar companies, even though competitors, usually face economies of scale and overlapping distribution channels.

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Partner Non-disclosure Agreement Intellectual Property Non-Compete 434

YoungUpstarts

JUNE 26, 2011

Key believes in passive income generation – renting your idea to others so you don’t have to bother about manufacturing, marketing, sales and distribution, but instead sit back and collect royalty checks.

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Technical Review Intellectual Property Jordan Distribution 207

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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Every business needs marketing, distribution, a positive revenue model and intellectual property to survive. You have proven that you can create an innovative product, but creating a business is a whole new challenge. The old adage of “if we build it, they will come” doesn’t work anymore.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 11, 2022

These normally include people, tangible property, intellectual property, and cash flow requirements. It takes partners to make a business work, normally including suppliers, marketing, channel, and distribution partners, as well as funding partners. Key partners. No startup or entrepreneur is an island.

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Business Model Intellectual Property Angel Investor Channel 334

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Marketing programs and distribution channels are required for even the best solutions, with an appropriate and viable rollout and growth strategy. Lack of intellectual property. Undefined business model or very low gross margins. Solution development undefined or incomplete.

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Due Diligence Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Preferred Stock 271

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 25, 2020

Creating intellectual property, including patents, is the kay to long-term value and a sustainable competitive advantage. This includes personal and team commitments to delivery schedules, quality assurance, manufacturing, and distribution requirements. Business risks are not just development risks. Value creation.

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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.

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Intellectual Property Sweat Equity CTO Hire Fractional CTO 222

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 26, 2021

Identify your intellectual property or “secret sauce.” Trying to distribute initially through wholesale and retail, as well as online, is very risky from an investor perspective. Unfortunately, startups with an innovative product but no protection are quickly overrun by larger competitors with more resources.

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Intellectual Property Angel Investor Business Model Channel 332

YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 15, 2017

As the cloud becomes increasingly common and the data deluge shows no signs of slowing down, the good old firewall is simply no longer sufficient for protecting the highly distributed assets of the enterprise. Breaches involving health information, trade secrets, and intellectual property can be devastating for the affected brand.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 3, 2016

Bypasses intellectual property as not worth the cost. Cash is always hard to find, but in many cases it’s even harder to find access to needed distribution channels, government contract expertise, or the special skills required to deliver your solution. Easier-to-use’ and other fuzzy terms won’t get any attention.

Intellectual Property 120

Intellectual Property Startup Angel Investor Viral 120

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2021

Every business needs marketing, distribution, a positive revenue model and intellectual property to survive. You have proven that you can create an innovative product, but creating a business is a whole new challenge. The old adage of “if we build it, they will come” doesn’t work anymore.

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Intellectual Property Matching Business Model Cofounder 328

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Knowbella Tech is an open science collaboration company that uses blockchain to deliver free tools, services, grants, and intellectual properties (IP) to researchers, particularly the underserved in Africa, Asia and Latin America. What is your competitive advantage?

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Intellectual Property Technical Review Malta Startup 48

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 1, 2015

Bypasses intellectual property as not worth the cost. Cash is always hard to find, but in many cases it’s even harder to find access to needed distribution channels, government contract expertise, or the special skills required to deliver your solution. Easier-to-use’ and other fuzzy terms won’t get any attention.

Intellectual Property 120

Intellectual Property Angel Investor Viral Distribution 120

Board Effect

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

According to a 2021 NIH study , the primary areas that healthcare organizations need to focus on are: Phishing Ransomware Distributed denial-of-service attacks Malware The study also goes into greater detail about the challenges in cybersecurity and key solutions healthcare organizations have adopted to address them.

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Technical Review Intellectual Property Security Merger 52

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2020

Marketing programs and distribution channels are required for even the best solutions, with an appropriate and viable rollout and growth strategy. Lack of intellectual property. Undefined business model or very low gross margins. Solution development undefined or incomplete.

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Due Diligence Intellectual Property Preferred Stock Startup 308

The Next Web

FEBRUARY 23, 2014

Today, with the decentralising nature of the Internet, distributed cloud technology and a growing sentiment toward entrepreneurship, the global startup ecosystem has never been so dispersed. Despite its recent financial crisis, the WIPO cites Cyprus as a country showing great potential in intellectual property and technology output.

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ReadWriteStart

JUNE 5, 2023

Estate planning is often associated with allocating how your assets and resources will be distributed upon your death in a way that complies with your wishes, avoids burdensome taxation, and allows your beneficiaries to avoid the lengthy and complicated probate process. Estate planning can be exactly that.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 1, 2015

The intellectual property ownership. If your joint venture revolves around the tech or medical industry, then intellectual property is of great value to your business. Because a joint venture is not part of your business, any intellectual property created during the venture won’t automatically be yours.

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Intellectual Property Technical Review Exit Strategy Due Diligence 60

Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

million, indicating a somewhat normal distribution. Good product and intellectual property are important, but the quality of the team is key. Strength of the Product and Intellectual Property. — Easily copied, no intellectual property. million to a high of $3.4 million for pre-revenue companies.

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Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Intellectual Property Technical Review 146