Remove Design Remove Document Remove IP Remove Software
article thumbnail

Intellectual Property – Worthless To A Startup, Priceless To A Big Dumb Company

InfoChachkie

Intellectual Property (IP) is an ugly thing at a startup. However, to a Big Dumb Company (BDC), a startup’s IP is a thing of beauty. How can IP be worthless to a startup yet very worthwhile to a BDC? Because IP has intrinsic value, but only in the right hands. Yet, it does nothing to help you execute your business model.

IP 256
article thumbnail

Solarflare Ships Networking Middleware

socalTECH

The firm said the new product is different from OpenOnLoad, in that it offers validated source code, documentation, bug fixes, regular releases, and technical support. OpenOnLoad is a project which optimized the TCP/UDP/IP networking stack in Linux to better take advantage of low latency interconnects. READ MORE>>.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Top 120 Startup Posts for 2010

SoCal CTO

Steve Blank , January 25, 2010 10 Tips for Adding Game Mechanics to a Non-Gaming Service - ReadWriteStart , September 21, 2010 Startups & VCs: Learn How to Design, Market, & Eat Your Own. -

Startup 378
article thumbnail

Interview with Justin and Dawn Newton, Netki

socalTECH

Dawn Newton: As an example, when you go to Google.com, it is actually routing to an IP address. Behind the scenes, DNS technology is translating that Url to an IP address, so you don't have to worry about it. I also had worked earlier at Microcom, which was a big modem manufacturer in the day, building telecommunications software.

Startup 100
article thumbnail

Interview with Daryl Bernstein, RightSignature

socalTECH

This morning's interview with Daryl Bernstein , CEO and co-founder of Santa Barbara-based RightSignature (www.rightsignature.com), a firm which has created an online, software-as-a-service offering to collect legally binding signatures on documents. We've also got a huge list of additional document types in the works.

article thumbnail

Roping in the Legal Eagles

InfoChachkie

Yet, despite his exceptional courtroom theatrics, you would be foolhardy to hire good old Johnnie to review your software cross-licensing agreement. Such a lawyer will not go out of their way to screw you, but when crafting the investor documents and in future investor-related issues, your lawyer’s allegiance must be to your company.

article thumbnail

Get Inside the Mind of an Angel Investor

Both Sides of the Table

Thomas and his partner lived off of credit cards, and used crappy data centers and open source software (LAMP). He looks for artists in their craft programmers, graphic designers and UI folks (tends not to do hardware). Looking back, what did you learn and what would you have done differently? (0:14:15).

Angel 302