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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower

Do you have legal (Founder Agreement, IP, etc.) Social Integration/Viral Outreach Is your application tied into any social networks? Is it limited to login and Like buttons, or are you building a presence within the social networks themselves? Tell me about the business. How are you funding this?

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Social Networking and Business Value

SoCal CTO

Just a quick note that I'll be moderating a Technology Council Event : Social Networking as a Business Strategy May 19, 2009 - Culver City Social networking media are used on a daily basis to grow businesses and expand career opportunities. Can social networking be a money-maker for companies?

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Traction is the new IP

Version One Ventures

“Traction is the new IP ” sums up perfectly how the technology space has evolved over the past decade due to the nature of the web. This trend is particularly true in markets that are highly susceptible to network effects, such as online auctions and social networks. The same logic holds true for most acquiring companies.

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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.) Type of IP. _. social network start up – trademark and copyright are more likely. A few caveats, this post is not legal advice, it’s not even advice, and it deals with law in the United States.

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The top 10 companies investing billions in the Metaverse

VC Cafe

At the peak, each JPEG of a monkey was worth over $300,000 in ETH, but the NFTs value wasn’t derived from the quality of the digital art, it was valued for its social currency and the community access it promised, at least on paper.

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Looking Back On Tech, Startups, And VC In 2018

Haystack

companies, more sensitivity around technology IP and security. The trend now seems to be bending toward incentivizing network participation , where those who see the opportunity will want to not just invest in a new network, but put their time and resources into participating by running nodes themselves. 3/ Crypto Hibernation.

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Yahoo! vs Facebook: Lame Lawsuit, Good Timing ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

CEO Scott Thompson alluded to their plan a couple weeks ago but the IP lawsuit itself was only official late afternoon yesterday (and now public). ’s claims of IP infringement or offer a litigator’s perspective of Yahoo! owns a bunch of patents around email, IM, etc), and yes E) social networking.

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