Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 5, 2010

If this idea was so big then why would they risk not being first to market, not building defensible IP for the sake of a few hundred thousand dollars extra in lock-up money at a big company? Partners in VC funds only wanted to fund entrepreneurs who had a certain percentage of their net worth tied up in their venture. Not my problem.

Entrepreneur 293

Entrepreneur Startup Venture Capital CTO Hire 293

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

Everyone knows what it means to have a “dot-com”, and most people have heard of a “dot-net” and a “dot-org.” “Many of our clients need help understanding the mechanics of trademarks on the Internet,” said Dr. George Edwards , a software and Internet IP consultant with Quandary Peak Research.

Conference 77

Conference SEO Software Review IP 77

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 15, 2010

Successful innovation turns ideas into money, to enhance customer value, and thus shareholder value. Longer-term, enhanced product value begets superior company valuation through your organization’s intellectual property (IP) portfolio. From time to time, include customers and sales members in ideation sessions. Value creation.

Coach 49

Coach Ideas IP Sales 49

InfoChachkie

JUNE 25, 2009

Most corporate attorneys can give you general guidance with respect to securing your Intellectual Property (IP) rights, especially with respect to trademarks, copyrights and other non-patent-related items. You do not want your IP lawyer to learn the prior art associated with your technology on your dime. Your Lawyer is not a Doberman….

Technical Advisors 124

Technical Advisors Technical Review IP Patents 124

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

Their idea was to catch enough consumers to scale, but they didn't understand the cost of acquisition, of finding customers, marketing, and advertising. What AdventureLink allows us to do is cast a very wide net, to build distribution partners and tap into mainstream travel.

Web 100

Web Altadena Sites Activity 100

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 10, 2015

They were then sued for trademark infringement by a foreign company who had no product, no customers and no employees in the US. This also happens out of “startup weekends” where it’s unclear who contributed to the IP and where many people don’t continue with the idea beyond the first 30 days.

Startup 150

Startup IP Writing Ideas 150

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2010

I didn’t mean to be so insulting and I didn’t mean for the net to be cast so wide that many people wondered whether I was talking about them when I was speaking of “job hoppers.&# I learned a lot from reading the comments. I learned how to integrate customers into our product development process.

Startup 285

Startup Venture Capital Sales Software Review 285

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

some fun, big tech issues like privacy, net neutrality, location-based services and real-time data. A” round investors or late-stage seed investors will take a market risk (they want to see the product, vision and maybe even the first customers, and they bet on there being a big enough market). “B” Net neutrality (1:09:00).

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Angel Startup Ideas .Net 302