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Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 26, 2015
Skip the fuzzy marketing terms, such as "easier to use," "lower cost" and "disruptive technology." " Investors want to buy into an entrepreneur with a startup that can provide evidence of an ability to double customer productivity, at half the cost, with patented technology.
Startup Professionals Musings
MARCH 11, 2016
A business needs technical, marketing, financial and many other skills. If your solution and brand are really new and innovative, you need to protect them with a patent, trademark or trade secret. If your solution and brand are really new and innovative, you need to protect them with a patent, trademark or trade secret.
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Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 4, 2011
are eliminated during due diligence. The corporate entity lends itself best to the concept of “sharing” equity required by investors, and unincorporated entities don’t get funding. File a patent and trademarks to show real intellectual property. Line up an experienced team. Define some intellectual property.
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 2, 2013
In fact, quite the opposite usually happens, due to complexity and work to switch. That’s probably the soft way of saying, we don’t have a patent or any “secret sauce” for a competitive advantage. Investors expect the founder and other principals to have “skin in the game,” over and above “sweat equity.”
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 23, 2010
are eliminated during due diligence. The corporate entity lends itself best to the concept of “sharing” equity required by investors, and unincorporated entities don’t get funding. File a patent and trademarks to show real intellectual property. Line up an experienced team. Define some intellectual property.
InfoChachkie
JUNE 25, 2009
Yet, despite his exceptional courtroom theatrics, you would be foolhardy to hire good old Johnnie to review your software cross-licensing agreement. Some startup attorneys will accept a portion of their initial fees in the form of equity. Bill Review – Believe it or not, lawyers and their staff are human (insert “gasp” here).
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 24, 2012
Another variation on this theme is the person who creates a “solution” from technology, and then makes up a “problem” that it will solve. In fact, quite the opposite usually happens, due to complexity and work to switch. That’s probably the soft way of saying, we don’t have a patent or any “secret sauce” for a competitive advantage.
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