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

InfoChachkie

This acquisition resolved the surgical robotic IP landscape and allowed Intuitive to dominate the market. Another factor that impacts a patent’s value is its type, of which there are essentially two: utility patents and design patents. Design patents make up the majority of non-utility patents.

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Investors, MVPs and Evidence of Traction

SoCal CTO

Yesterday, I was talking to a startup founder about their MVP and they said something that finally got me to write this post: "I have a few investors interested but they want to see a product." They may wonder if it can be built technically, but I (or other CTOs) can answer that question without building any code.

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RingRevenue Creates A New Performance Marketing Revenue Channel

InfoChachkie

Messenger : Rob Duva , Co-Founder, COO RingRevenue, prior Director of Customer Acquisition, CallWave. 9) In Getting The Band Back Together , I write about the power of serial Founding teams. At CallWave, Colin was CTO, Jason was CFO and I was in charge of product marketing and customer acquisition.

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10 Key Business Plan Elements Not In A Product Spec

Startup Professionals Musings

Document why your team is the best for this challenge. The options here include going public (IPO), merger/acquisition, liquidate, or no exit, just paying off investors. As a hardware designer, I’m sure you do the same thing as you document your product specifications and pass them on to other members of your team for implementation.

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Roping in the Legal Eagles

InfoChachkie

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. At the very least, you or the appropriate member of your team should document the primary deal points in bullet-point form.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development

Frank Addante

Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. 6 startups = 1 IPO, 2 acquisitions, 1 failure, millions in venture capital $, hundreds of employees in cities worldwide and the building of my latest venture, the Rubicon Project - one of the fastest growing advertising companies in history. Zondigo, Inc.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: FounderBlog’s 1 Year Anniversary! A BIG THANK YOU to 3,500 entrepreneurs in 50+ countries

Frank Addante

Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. 6 startups = 1 IPO, 2 acquisitions, 1 failure, millions in venture capital $, hundreds of employees in cities worldwide and the building of my latest venture, the Rubicon Project - one of the fastest growing advertising companies in history. Zondigo, Inc.