Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

For the last 10 years China essentially closed its search, media and social network software market to foreign companies with the result that Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Dropbox, and 30,000 other websites were not accessible from China. Intellectual property protection is great on paper and “limited” in practice.

China 328

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 328

YoungUpstarts

JULY 6, 2011

Don’t under-estimate the importance of a business name, the business persona, the business identity. When possible, make PR investments and keep an active and relevant social network (e.g., Continually tweak and improve the brand and make sure your customers are aware of your brand. blogs, Facebook, Twitter, etc.).

Intellectual Property 244

Intellectual Property Non-Compete Technical Review Business Plan 244

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

For the last 10 years China essentially closed its search, media and social network software market to foreign companies with the result that Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Dropbox, and 30,000 other websites were not accessible from China. Intellectual property protection is great on paper and “limited” in practice.

China 220

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 220

The Next Web

JANUARY 24, 2014

Let me drop a few names and you will get the picture: Adyen, Booking.com (acquired by Priceline), Distimo, Mendix, Shapeways, Spilgames, Takeaway.com, TravelBird, WeTransfer and Qandidate. We are the most active Twitter country in the world (measured by tweets per account) and the third most socially networked. Serious talent.

Netherlands 143

Netherlands Technical Review Stock Silicon Valley 143

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2021

Of course, never forget those ongoing perspiration items that seem to haunt you every day: Create intellectual property. Incorporate, register your domain name, trademarks, and copyrights, then patent if possible. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Marketing is top priority.

Sweat Equity 400

Sweat Equity Intellectual Property Startup Viral 400

Up and Running

AUGUST 24, 2020

As of today, IoT applications are present in the manufacturing, automotive, agriculture, energy sector, logistics, and hospitality industries, to name a few. 5G Network. For example, in China, a taxi company discovered a new business area by using AI to monitor what people were saying on social networks. Cybersecurity.

Technical Review 131

Technical Review Analytics Forecast Intellectual Property 131

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2012

Get your Internet domain name and website. Reserve the company name on social networks to protect it. Define some intellectual property. Define some intellectual property. File a patent and trademarks to show real intellectual property. Build a prototype product.

Angel Investor 260

Angel Investor Intellectual Property Elevator Pitch Angel Groups 260

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2012

Of course, never forget those ongoing perspiration items that seem to haunt you every day: Create intellectual property. Incorporate, register your domain name, trademarks, and copyrights, then patent if possible. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Marketing is top priority.

Sweat Equity 256

Sweat Equity Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Viral 256

venturebeat.com

JULY 12, 2012

Social media. Social networking. Social games. Dylan’s Desk: New security threats target intellectual property, infrastructure. Streaming media. Streaming video. Smartphones. Windows Phone. Google Plus. Microsoft’s Bing Fund will give online startups cash, advice, and discounts. Add a Comment.

Detroit 69

Detroit Incubator Technical Review Venture Capital 69

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2013

Of course, never forget those ongoing perspiration items that seem to haunt you every day: Create intellectual property. Incorporate, register your domain name, trademarks, and copyrights, then patent if possible. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Marketing is top priority.

Sweat Equity 251

Sweat Equity Intellectual Property Startup Viral 251

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

Create intellectual property. Start early by registering your company, and reserving the name as your website domain name. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Make every effort to do things “in house”, rather than rely on outside services, accountants, and law firms.

Intellectual Property 251

Intellectual Property Startup Social Network Naming 251

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 22, 2012

Create intellectual property. Start early by registering your company, and reserving the name as your website domain name. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Make every effort to do things “in house”, rather than rely on outside services, accountants, and law firms.

Intellectual Property 247

Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Social Network Naming 247

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2011

Here are the key ones: Real intellectual property. Others of lesser value include trademarks, trade secrets, unique domain names, long-term contracts, and copyrights. So what are the business elements that investors look for to conclude that you may indeed have a sustainable competitive advantage?

Intellectual Property 256

Intellectual Property Non-Compete Differentiation Social Network 256

www.inc.com

JULY 9, 2010

By Issie Lapowsky | Aug 6, 2010 Share ); Getty Related Articles The New Rules of Hiring Is It Legal To Use Social Network Data When Hiring? Instead, the takeaway message for recruiting is: play to your strengths (in Meebos case, its networking), be active, not passive, and get your name out there. 500|5000 The 2010 Inc.

Intellectual Property 55

Intellectual Property Los Angeles San Francisco New York 55

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Create intellectual property. Start early by registering your company, and reserving the name as your website domain name. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Make every effort to do things “in house”, rather than rely on outside services, accountants, and law firms.

Intellectual Property 257

Intellectual Property Startup Social Network Naming 257

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2012

Here are the key ones: Real intellectual property. Others of lesser value include trademarks, trade secrets, unique domain names, long-term contracts, and copyrights. So what are the business elements that investors look for to conclude that you may indeed have a sustainable competitive advantage?

Intellectual Property 244

Intellectual Property Non-Compete Differentiation Social Network 244

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 29, 2010

Create intellectual property. Start early by registering your company, and reserving the name as your website domain name. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Make every effort to do things “in house”, rather than rely on outside services, accountants, and law firms.

Intellectual Property 230

Intellectual Property Startup Social Network Naming 230

VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

STANLEY FISCHER NAMED WORLD’S TOP BANK GOVERNOR FOR 2010. Euromoney magazine, a leading international banking, finance and capital markets news publication, named Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer the world’s best bank governor for 2010 for his leadership of Israel’s economy in the wake of the global financial crisis.

Israel 79

Israel Bandwidth Framework Forecast 79

Kodorra

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Visit online forums, social networks, and blogs and check customer star rating and comments. Step 2: Name your business. Once you have a business idea, you need to come up with a business name. Some successful companies have separate brand names from their corporate name (think 3M). Step 6: Form a team.

Software Review 45

Software Review Hosting Intellectual Property Naming 45

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Of course, never forget those ongoing perspiration items that seem to haunt you every day: Create intellectual property. Incorporate, register your domain name, trademarks, and copyrights, then patent if possible. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Marketing is top priority.

Sweat Equity 222

Sweat Equity Intellectual Property Viral Salary 222

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2011

Do describe your intellectual property and “secret sauce”. Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it assumes at least 100M users and $50M investment. Rest assured that potential investors will ask for names, and place some calls. Skip the technical jargon and hyperbole.

Business Plan 290

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 290

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2012

Do describe your intellectual property and “secret sauce”. Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it assumes at least 100M users and $50M investment. Rest assured that potential investors will ask for names, and place some calls. Skip the technical jargon and hyperbole.

Business Plan 283

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 283

Gust

DECEMBER 16, 2012

Get your Internet domain name and website. Reserve the company name on social networks to protect it. Define some intellectual property. Define some intellectual property. File a patent and trademarks to show real intellectual property. Build a prototype product.

Angel Investor 179

Angel Investor Intellectual Property Elevator Pitch Angel Groups 179

rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

If you are a technology consultant and your name should be on this list, add a comment to this blog entry or contact me directly. Possibly related posts: (automatically generated) CTO – London – Upto £80k Aneesh Chopra Named as Federal CTO This entry was posted on Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008 at 12:55 pm and is filed under articles.

Fractional CTO 40

Fractional CTO CTO CTO Hire Fractional VPE 40

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 24, 2018

Social marketing. Facebook still stands tall as the most extensive social network in the world, averaging 2.2 The social network’s real power lies in the vast amount of information available that makes creating highly targeted ads and messaging easy. Vero – plans range from $99 – $1049 / month.

Social Media 51

Social Media Marketing Analytics Audience 51

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2010

Do describe your intellectual property and “secret sauce”. Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it requires at least 100M users and $50M investment. Rest assured that potential investors will ask for names, and place some calls. Focus is the keyword here.

Business Plan 186

Business Plan Exit Strategy Sweat Equity Intellectual Property 186

Gust

AUGUST 5, 2012

Do describe your intellectual property and “secret sauce”. Many people seem to use the social network advertising model for revenue, but forget it assumes at least 100M users and $50M investment. Rest assured that potential investors will ask for names, and place some calls. Skip the technical jargon and hyperbole.

Business Plan 182

Business Plan Sweat Equity Exit Strategy Intellectual Property 182

crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 24, 2018

Social marketing. Facebook still stands tall as the most extensive social network in the world, averaging 2.2 The social network’s real power lies in the vast amount of information available that makes creating highly targeted ads and messaging easy. Vero – plans range from $99 – $1049 / month.

Social Media 48

Social Media Marketing Analytics Audience 48

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 28, 2010

Here are some of the key ones: Real intellectual property. Others of lesser value include trademarks, trade secrets, unique domain names, long-term contracts, and copyrights. So what are some of the indicators that investors look for to conclude that you may indeed have a sustainable competitive advantage?

Intellectual Property 124

Intellectual Property Non-Compete Differentiation Social Network 124

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Boardex and Relationship Science make it easier to understand and map social networks into potential limited partners. Pro Publica has a Nonprofit Explorer database searchable by principal name on all nonprofit filings, so you can see a person’s nonprofit activities. .

Technical Review 78

Technical Review Software Review Analytics Private Equity 78

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 13, 2012

The story of Harvard sophomore Mark Zuckerberg, or at least Hollywood’s version of it, should be familiar to anyone who’s seen The Social Network or spends more than five minutes each week surfing the Internet. The first name they came up with for the new magazine was Facts.

Intellectual Property 127

Intellectual Property New York City Pennsylvania Cofounder 127

The Next Web

OCTOBER 13, 2012

From social networks like Facebook (clone: vKontakte ) to microblogging services like Tumblr (clone: Dian Dian ) to daily deal sites like Groupon (clone: Snapdeal ), to gifting apps like Wrapp (clone: DropGifts ) and online retail stores like Amazon (clone: Lazada ), the examples aren’t hard to find. The clones.

Intellectual Property 136

Intellectual Property Differentiation Reputation Germany 136

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 10, 2015

I funded a US company that bought a URL and a brand name and filed for a trademark. This is only an educated hypothesis but I’ll bet it’s pretty close to grounded in reality: Everybody saw “The Social Network” and everybody has a belief that suing will net them millions whether they’re in the right or the wrong.

Vesting 150

Vesting Cofounder IP Stock Options 150

news.ycombinator.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Had the Winklevoss Twin and their friend continue, do you realistically believe Facebook (by any other name) would be where it is today? social network/web analysis/etc. Details: So, at the beginning of his post, to him an idea is something worth protecting as intellectual property. Shocking, I know.

Stealth 41

Stealth Technical Review Startup Software Review 41

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Social networking. Social/Sharing. Add a class name to buttons, forms, quotes, etc. Create your own social network. free enterprise social network. Intellectual Property Law For Startups Blog. s most comprehensive collection of business and intellectual property information.

Software Review 53

Software Review Technical Review Israel Startup 53

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2013

The hot term these days is “viral marketing”, meaning we won’t do any marketing, but our product is so great that everyone will know about us anyway by word of mouth and through Internet social networks. We have no competitors.” VCs and angel investors hear this one all the time. More features than anyone.”

Sweat Equity 277

Sweat Equity Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Viral 277

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2011

The hot term these days is “viral marketing”, meaning we won’t do any marketing, but our product is so great that everyone will know about us anyway by word of mouth and through Internet social networks. We have no competitors.” VCs and angel investors hear this one all the time. More features than anyone.”

Sweat Equity 246

Sweat Equity Intellectual Property Viral Social Network 246