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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. Yet, it does nothing to help you execute your business model.

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Maine’s Largest Hospital Launches Internal Health Tech Accelerator

Tech.Co

They also partner with business development experts to help participants transition from idea to intellectual property into partnerships and startups. Questions of IP. A common question Monti receives is who would own the intellectual property rights if an employee develops a new product or service at the accelerator.

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Tapping The Power Of The Crowd For Ideas, Advice and Funding, with JumpStartFund

socalTECH

It''s a place where people can submit their ideas and patents, and we provide a platform for them to try to find entrepreneurs who would like to work on those patents together with us an the crowd. Experts then take that preselected idea, and decide which ones we''ll go to work actively on. How do entrepreneurs get involved?

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Interview with Vanessa Dawson, The Vinetta Project

socalTECH

How long have you been active in Los Angeles? They are looking for early-stage companies, which have an advantage with IP, or some sort of patent, or sensibility from the technical perspective. Vanessa Dawson: Networking and relationship development really is key.

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Interview with Kanaan Jemili, uCast Global

socalTECH

3 very active, 3 have been deployed. Those are the three active areas, and we have several customers and have made lots of headway there. Weve also developed technology that allows them to get a really easy start. Weve also developed technology that allows them to get a really easy start. Who are your core customers?

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Interview with Cliff Rees, XCast Labs

socalTECH

It seems that every week, a new, Voice-over-IP provider firm surfaces in the market, either providing PBX services, voicemail, or other similar services. What is your VoIP service all about, and how is this different from what seems to be lots of Voice over IP service providers? Cliff Rees: We're a software as a solutions company.

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Interview with Steve Jillings, TeleSign

socalTECH

We have a lot of proprietary technology which we have developing with these phone numbers, including a way to identify attributes of a telephone number before our clients accept a particular user, for example, when someone is going to register with them. In 2011, we had two of our patents approved.