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

Steve Blank

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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10 Preparation Steps to Win an Angel Investment

Startup Professionals Musings

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.

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Top Ten Action Items For Angel Funding Success

Startup Professionals Musings

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.

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Post-Crisis Digital Trends That Will Reshape Your Business in 2020

Up and Running

Let’s explore the latest trends in information technology and 4 practical tips for how your business can leverage them during your recovery. Many technology trends that have slowly been making traction, have seen an unprecedented boost in the past year. 5G Network. Tech Trends For Businesses in 2020-2021. Cybersecurity.

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China Startups – The Gold Rush and Fire Extinguishers (Part 5 of 5)

Steve Blank

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.

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Tips To Avoid Business Failure

YoungUpstarts

Don’t ignore technology. Technology is moving incredibly fast. What may have been at the cutting edge of technology five years ago is now obsolete. Blockbuster was too slow to adapt to technology even though the signs were ever-present. Always adjust your business plan as competitors begin implementing new technology.

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China Startups – The Gold Rush and Fire Extinguishers (Part 5 of 5)

Steve Blank

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.

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