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

InfoChachkie

Intellectual Property (IP) is an ugly thing at a startup. It requires you to expend your two most valuable resources, your time and your money. 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? free weekly Infochachkie articles!

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Interview with Quinn Curtis, BrightCloud

socalTECH

One of the questions we get most from entrepreneurs is how companies reach an exit event, and the thinking that goes into acquisitions. What's the story behind the acquisition? Quinn Curtis: We had recently signed Webroot as a licensee of our software, as an OEM partner. How long was BrightCloud around for before being acquired?

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Should Startups Focus on Profitability or Not?

Both Sides of the Table

To grow faster businesses need resources in today’s financial period to fund growth that may not come for 6 months to a year. When they look at buying your company they often think in terms of “how long will it take until I earn back the profits to pay for my acquisition price?” Not necessarily.

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