Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

You own the IP you create. You end up needing to add staff and take on more risk without knowing what your future demand will be. My advice wasn’t to shut down all product / IP initiatives but rather to be clear on their purpose and how to monetize them. In a down market IP can become a huge differentiator.

Services 332

Services Venture Capital IP Startup 332

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

Exec Summary: Most companies (98+%) in the world (even tech startups) should be very profit focused. If you spent the 3 years perfecting some hugely differentiated technology IP that may also be different. If there was strong market demand for their product then this investment might pay off handsomely.

Startup 418

Startup Venture Capital Sales Technical Review 418

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Summary Version. Most won’t be of the quality that you want but you now have tons of material and inspiration for your show and you own all of the submitted IP. 200 million views. Suck it traditional TV. You share financial results and/or fame as the incentive to participate. It’s American Idol for makers. And we watched.

Startup 380

Startup Media Content Platform 380

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

For example Twitter , where gazillions of bots [type A] follow other equally superfluous but nevertheless very busy bots [type B] that automatically generate 27% valuable content (links to penis enlargement tools) and 73% not exactly exciting girly chatter (breeding demand for cheap viagra). It can get worse when a URI gets retweeted often.

Social Media 41

Social Media Develop Development Media 41