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

InfoChachkie

Patents held by startups generally have a limited ability to reduce competition. The average time required to obtain a patent is 36-to-40 months, during which there is no guarantee your adVenture will ultimately receive patent protection. Even if you are granted a patent, the scope of your claims may be significantly denuded.

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Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. They estimate that high-tech work contributes $108.3 They estimate that high-tech work contributes $108.3 billion dollars of regional GDP. Yes, Google won.

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Exit Interview: Lita Nelsen on MIT Tech Transfer, Startups & Culture

Xconomy

Lita Nelsen has seen it up close—and played a part in its evolution—from her studies there in the 1960s, to her business-school fellowship in the late 1970s, to her 30 years working in MIT’s Technology Licensing Office. And that meant that MIT had to look at its policy of doing this as MIT, rather than private activities.

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The Smartest Entrepreneurs Bootstrap Their Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

In fact, most of the rich entrepreneurs you know actively turned away early equity proposals. In today’s Internet world, enterprising entrepreneurs have found that they can find out and do almost anything they need, from incorporating the company to filing patents, without expensive consultants, or the cost to hiring and firing employees.

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Interview with Matthew Jenusaitis, OCTANe

socalTECH

Clearly, 2009 was not a good year, from the perspective of the technology innovation ecosystem. Technology and innovation has historically been the thing that has pulled the economy out of recessions, and I think that is especially true right now. For OCTANe to be successful, we want to see our technology ecosystem grow.

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Don’t Look For Investors for All the Wrong Reasons

Startup Professionals Musings

In fact, most of the rich entrepreneurs you know actively turned away early equity proposals. In today’s Internet world, enterprising entrepreneurs have found that they can find out and do almost anything they need, from incorporating the company to filing patents, without expensive consultants, or the cost to hiring and firing employees.

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First Ever Startup Weekend Orange County Live!

Tech Zulu Event

Maneesh focuses on the medical information technology markets. Maneesh has more than nine years of product development and operational experience in the high tech industry. His career spans more than 28 years in Europe and the US in the development and growth of high technology ventures. Amir Banifatemi.