YoungUpstarts
MAY 15, 2020
Intellectual property (IP), which is often the heart of a startup’s business strategy, constitutes a small subset of those legal rights. Not surprisingly, the best way to avoid IP litigation is to prepare for IP litigation, and the only way to prepare is to know the rules. He earned his J.D.
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.) Type of IP. _. Copyright gives you the right to prevent others from copying, distributing or making derivatives of your work. For some of these assets, you get protection automatically. Examples. _.
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Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 15, 2022
For Upfront Ventures, across > 25 years of investing in any given fund 5–8 investments will return more than 80% of all distributions and it’s generally out of 30–40 investments. Anybody who has studied the VC industry knows that it works by “power law” returns in which a few key deals return the majority of a fund. So it’s about 20%.
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.) (You get an introduction to reimbursement early here, while the details are described later in the “Revenue” lecture.).
VC Cafe
JULY 21, 2022
We are in the experimentation stage, where brands, IP, communities, are testing the waters for relevancy, connection with the younger fans, and new income potential. Toya partners with IP holders to create engaging experiences, like Miraculous Ladybug Role Play, which has just won the Best Alternative Game 2022 by Kidscreen.
VC Cafe
OCTOBER 16, 2024
Ethical Challenges and Market Considerations The rapid growth of voice AI presents notable challenges: Competition from AI Giants: Startups face competition from large, well-funded companies like OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft, which are developing sophisticated voice and translation models and have vast-amounts of data and distribution advantages.
Gust
DECEMBER 22, 2011
Having covered all the bases to ensure that your corporate name is available, the domain name can be acquired, and the name doesn’t infringe any existing trademarks (as we discussed last week ), now is a good time to look at the categories of intellectual property (IP) that are relevant to most startups. Intellectual property.
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