Capital CTO Funding Patents 
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 30, 2014
As I’ve written about recently, at Upfront Ventures we started talking a couple of years ago about wanting to fund stuff with more meaning. I think this is a combination of being realists as venture capitalists that outsized returns in our funds must come from taking on bigger, more impactful projects that can move markets.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 12, 2009
This is part of my series with Advice on Raising Venture Capital. A company has just filed suit against you for product patent infringement (obviously more serious). Your CTO and leading technology visionary has just announced he’s quitting. You’re not happy with your existing investors.
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Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 4, 2014
Thus the real discussion must start with who will be doing the work, providing the funding and delivering results. Key to required patents or trade secrets. In many cases, one of the co-founders may bring some work in progress that can be patented, trademarked or copyrighted. Amount of venture funding provided.
SoCal CTO
SEPTEMBER 20, 2011
He left out capital sources, but it's still a pretty succinct list of the types of people / communication you should be having early stage. I might also be concerned about taking my idea directly to a large, well funded competitor who is know for innovation. You need all of these people to bake the cake. What is Stealth?
SoCal CTO
SEPTEMBER 20, 2011
He left out capital sources, but it's still a pretty succinct list of the types of people / communication you should be having early stage. I might also be concerned about taking my idea directly to a large, well funded competitor who is know for innovation. You need all of these people to bake the cake. What is Stealth?
SoCal CTO
JUNE 9, 2010
Continuing my series of posts that I’ve been collecting that live at the intersection of Startups and being a Startup CTO : Startup CTO Top 30 Posts for April 16 Great Startup Posts from March here are the top posts from May 2010. He’d wasted a year of his life and had a pile of stock options that weren’t very interesting.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 5, 2014
.” When Elon Musk set out to build SpaceX he wasn’t greeted with enthusiasm from the space community not used to having a private enterprise challenge the government funded space exploration of NASA. And not enough capital embracing these moonshots. We checked patents. What about competing patents.
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