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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. 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. free weekly Infochachkie articles!

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Qualcomm Sets Up New, $100M AI Investment Fund

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Qualcomm has been a fairly active corporate venture capital investor, via Qualcomm Ventures; the majority of the firm's venture investments have been strategic, in companies related to the company's core wireless technology IP. READ MORE>>.

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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?

Both Sides of the Table

But what IS the right amount of burn for a company? Burn rate in case you don’t know is the amount of money a company is either spending (gross) or losing (net) per month. (it Conversely if you’re burning $600,000 per month (yes, some companies do) then you only have 5 months of cash left. Gross Burn vs. Net Burn.

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Rubicon Project Joins New Ad Quality Effort

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According to Rubicon Project, the move is an industry initiative to fight criminal activity in the digital advertising supply chain, and includes a "rigorous" set of requirements for ad buyers, sellers, and intermediaries. Rubicon Project said it is a founding board member for the new effort.

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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower

Do you have legal (Founder Agreement, IP, etc.) What are some sites or companies in the same space? What functionality would make your company launch-ready? Does it need to throttle potential malicious activity? Tell me about the business. How are you funding this? What level of funding do you currently have? Wireframes?

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ClearPath Networks Names VP

socalTECH

ClearPath has named Marc Cohn as the company's new Senior Vice President of Marketing. Cohn joins the company from Ciena Corporation, and also had served at IP Infusion, Amdocs, and Lucent Technologies.

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Catalyzing Innovation In Pasadena, with Innovate Pasadena

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As much as the idea of "Silicon Beach" wants to represent the whole of the local technology industry in Los Angeles, there are -- as one would expect in such a large metropolitan area -- many different neighborhoods and communities spread across the region, all with their own individual identities, companies, and technology focuses.

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