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Should I license my IP, sell a royalty stream, or just produce products?

Berkonomics

They will be more willing to pay a royalty fee if your product gets them to market earlier or is protected by patent to create a barrier to their competition. These are your candidates, because they are companies already absorbing much or all the marketing expense necessary to make sales of your invention.

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Should I license my IP, sell a royalty stream, or just produce products?

Berkonomics

They will be more willing to pay a royalty fee if your product gets them to market earlier or is protected by patent to create a barrier to their competition. These are your candidates, because they are companies already absorbing much or all the marketing expense necessary to make sales of your invention.

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Interview with Phil Ressler, BigStage Entertainment

socalTECH

One problem with other avatar technology, is that in most competitive cases what people are doing is using a standard head model and trying to apply a face to that model. Unlike most web media firms, we've got a real, protectable IP, based on serious computer science, three patents, and five more pending.

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Tilofy: Making Sense Of The World Around You Using Location Data

socalTECH

Ali Khoshgozaran: Before we started the company, me and my partner had participated in the USC Viterbi startup competition. About 100 teams participated in that competition, and 10 teams were selected to be part of USC''s Viterbi Startup Garage program. How did Tilofy come about? What drove your interest in this area?

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Interview with Kanaan Jemili, uCast Global

socalTECH

As you know, today, video is one of the primary means of communications from a personal, corporate, and entertainment level. He saw that the industry was being disrupted globally, and actually started with the idea of building a new company that could be scalable, and flexible, and offer delivery of that content at competitive pricing.

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10 Key Risk Factors to Minimize for Startup Success

Startup Professionals Musings

I don’t agree, for example, that the first priority is to avoid startups with a high attrition rate, like trendy restaurants and entertainment. Competitive risk. Even in an open space, you need intellectual property, like patents, to keep potential competitors from overrunning you.

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Ten High Risk Drivers Every Entrepreneur Faces

Startup Professionals Musings

I don’t agree, for example, that the first priority is to avoid startups with a high attrition rate, like trendy restaurants and entertainment. Competitive risk. Even in an open space, you need intellectual property, like patents, to keep potential competitors from overrunning you.