InfoChachkie

AUGUST 10, 2010

“Good Lord Boyet, my beauty, though but mean, Needs not the painted flourish of your praise: Beauty is bought by judgment of the eye, Not uttered by base sale of chapmen’s tongues” . 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.

IP 256

IP Patents Company Companies 256

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

Steve Jillings has a long track record of running successful startups in Southern California, ranging from such companies as FrontBridge Technologies (sold to Microsoft in 2005 for over $200M) and Vantage Media (acquired in 2007). That ended up as a $200 million sale to Microsoft. In 2011, we had two of our patents approved.

Marina Del Rey 238

Marina Del Rey Startup IP Examples 238

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

In any sale--and raising money is a sale--establishing credibility early on is important. Defensibility is also big--we're not interested in the me-too's without some unique IP. You're not trying to make a sale in two minutes. We saw a continuation of 2006 and 2007, where there were too many "me-too" players.

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Ideas Entrepreneur Invest 100