SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 3: The Best Defense is a Good IP Strategy First Rule of Fight Club Does NOT Apply Worry About People Listening To You, Not About Them Stealing Your Ideas If you love your idea, set it free…. The Top Five Reasons Entrepreneurs Should Learn About IP Law What Can a Well Drafted Contract Do For Your Company?

Startup 211

Startup IP Ideas Patents 211

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 21, 2013

Importantly, make sure that you retain IP rights to your custom work which needs to be part of the engagement contract. At a minimum co-ownership of the IP. If not specified in contract you might find yourself with future litigation over IP. And chances are you’re in big need of a killer customer reference.

Software Review 321

Software Review Software Services Company 321

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 3: The Best Defense is a Good IP Strategy First Rule of Fight Club Does NOT Apply Worry About People Listening To You, Not About Them Stealing Your Ideas If you love your idea, set it free…. The Top Five Reasons Entrepreneurs Should Learn About IP Law What Can a Well Drafted Contract Do For Your Company?

Startup 198

Startup IP Ideas Patents 198

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

You own the IP you create. If you build a true “technology services for services sake&# business at some point you’ll likely build technology products as part of your projects where you either own the IP or you own in jointly with your customer or business partner. In a down market IP can become a huge differentiator.

Services 332

Services Venture Capital IP Startup 332

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

If you don’t follow the image reference above or the tag line, “ You don’t need double talk; you need Bob Loblaw “ (try saying it out loud) , and if you care! Shame about not getting it in legal writing that you owned the original IP. Anyone who does IP law in Southern California seems to use Knobbe Martens.

Startup 318

Startup IP Southern California Entrepreneur 318

Tech.Co

MAY 31, 2023

Best Communication Tools for Startups Communication tools refer to any type of technology that helps businesses stay connected. NordLayer VPN Startup tool: VPN Price from: $7 per month Virtual private networks (VPNs) help you browse the web securely by disguising your IP address when you use the internet.

Tool 128

Tool Startup Software Review Technical Review 128

InfoChachkie

JUNE 25, 2009

The reference may be well-intentioned, but the lawyer’s allegiance may be divided between the investor and you. 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.

Technical Advisors 124

Technical Advisors Technical Review IP Patents 124

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 4, 2015

For example, there are the private company valuation figures that get bandied about: think the numbers people reference for Uber and AirBnB for example. In fact, there are several types of valuations and they come into play at different times in a company’s lifecycle. And then there are 409A valuations. The industry’s competitive dynamics.

IP 40

IP Equity Examples Guide 40

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

How to Identify the Bot You Want to Block Before you can block a bot, you will need to know at least one of two things: the IP address where the bot is coming from or the"User Agent string" that the bot is using. Once youve located the entries that belong to the bot, look for the IP address and the user agent string. Be careful though.

IP 38

IP PHP Web RSS 38

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Chandler Williamson: The technology we have is generally referred to as a high speed, flywheel system. When their parent firm pulled up support for that company in 2004, they went out of business, but the technology and the IP lived on. (Photo courtesy KTSi: left, Dick Newark, middle, Rudy Lautz, right, Chandler Williamson).

Design 138

Design Training Southern California Outsource Development 138

InfoChachkie

MAY 16, 2011

Thus, you must first create the playbook by which an independent sales rep can readily sell your product, including: identifying objections and developing strategies to overcome them, creating reference accounts and establishing meaningful customer adoption. 2) Secure Your Intellectual Property Too Early. 3) Attempt To License An Idea.

Startup 242

Startup Outsource Development Outsource Sales 242

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 6, 2014

Concurrently, Scot also sees an overall pullback on original IP’s. Scot references Words with Friends, one of the defacto pioneers in the social gaming space. This is of course, assuming we’re discussing console. The inspiration to create Call of Duty vs Clash of Cans is very different on mobile. $$ and Advertisements.

Mobile 93

Mobile Platform Technology Screening 93

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

While handling bots, you should detect search engine crawlers, too: /* lookup your crawler IP database to populate $isCrawler; then, if the IP wasnt identified as search engine crawler: */ if ($isCrawler !== from the IP address range 65.52.0.0 Other rogue bots identify themselves by IP addy, user agent, and/or referrer.

SEO 37

SEO IP PHP Blogging 37

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 10, 2015

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. I was forced to explain why I say “I switched to the Dark Side” (referring to VC) on my blog. Humor is tone deaf in court.

Startup 150

Startup IP Writing Ideas 150

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

Shortcut: sebastian-x.com Blog About Blogroll Links How brain-amputated developers created the social media plague Posted on 12 January, 2010 The bot playground commonly refered to as “social media&# is responsible for shitloads of absurd cretinism. My husband referred me to your blog. compatible; …&#. googlebot.com&#.

Social Media 41

Social Media Develop Development Media 41

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

If it’s a biz deal you might care about IP protection, revenue share, investment commitments to joint marketing – whatever. Push hard to set up the technical reviews, the due diligence meetings, the reference calls – whatever. If they want reference calls be ballsy. If they want reference calls be ballsy. I’ve done it.

Venture Capital 301

Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Technical Advisors 301

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 6, 2010

Imagine the “typical&# deal – somebody comes into a VC’s office, they’ve never met, they’re highly referred by a friend and they’re pitching a product demo and a PPT. What about Product / IP? Some have “rules&# – everybody breaks them for the right deal. That’s not an M?

Startup 360

Startup Venture Capital Invest Slides 360

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 27, 2010

They come in the form of personal references. They seed funded my second company and even let me buy some IP in exchange for debt to get started. If you’ve done it for a long time then I usually advise hiring managers to hire you as contractors and not full-time employees. I was loyal to this group of people and still am.

Startup 285

Startup Venture Capital Sales Software Review 285

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

The best proof of a soft circle is whether an angel will email someone else (refer another investor) and start off that email with “I’m investing in…”. TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) : network transfer protocol, basically it defines requirements for network communications.

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Angel Startup Ideas .Net 302