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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

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Even when they have talked to multiple developers or development firms, we’re often the first to ask basic questions like “Who are your customers?” Who are the customers? Can you provide specific examples of different types of customers, what they need, and what the system will do for them? will you leverage?

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Your New Venture IP Portfolio Sets Investment Value

Startup Professionals Musings

When someone says Intellectual Property (IP), most entrepreneurs think only of patents. In reality, patents are only one of at least eight items that should be in your IP portfolio. Significant differences will confuse your customers, and open the door to imitators and scam artists. This name (www. Social media accounts.

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Why The Media Has Been Wrong About YouTube Networks

Both Sides of the Table

For much of 2013 I watched the press write articles about how the YouTube “MCNs” (multi-channel networks) were doomed and tried to square that with the data I was watching at the one I invested in, Maker Studios, who has had one hell of a year. So can you successfully build a YouTube network? ” YouTube takes 45%.

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Mzima Networks Extends To Amsterdam

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Los Angeles-based Mzima Networks , an operator of a Internet backbone network, disclosed this morning that it has expanded its network to Amsterdam. According to Mzima, it has expanded its IP network into to colocation facilities in Amsterdam, operated by TelecityGroup. READ MORE>>.

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EdgeCast Inks Patent Licensing Deal, Adds Customers

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Los Angeles-based EdgeCast Networks , a provider of content delivery networking services, is announcing today that it has inked an intellectual property licensing agreement with Web.com. Tags: edgecast patent legal licensing web.com music content delivery network. READ MORE>>.

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What Did I Learn From the First VC Check I Ever Wrote?

Both Sides of the Table

We now serve many large clients like Dish Networks, Dignity Health, and U.S. That’s ok, their customers adore them, their revenues speak volumes to this and we’re totally fine to back some of the plumbing that makes businesses online work more effectively. I know you’ve never heard of Kyriba and many of you have never heard of Invoca.

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ViaSat Wins Zetta Jet

SoCal Tech Calendar

According to the companies, ViaSat will provide global, in-flight Internet services to customers, supporting everything from live video streaming to video conferencing and voice-over-IP calls. ViaSat operates its own satellite network, supporting Ku-band satellite Internet connectivity.

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