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

Berkonomics

I asked him five important questions, which he answered, and I’ve summarized below. 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. How do I appraise my intellectual property to estimate royalty rates?

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

Berkonomics

I asked him five important questions, which he answered, and I’ve summarized below. 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. How do I appraise my intellectual property to estimate royalty rates?

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Five Startup Tips From Bill Gates

InfoChachkie

Bill’s advice reflects Microsoft’s hardnosed culture, which encourages internal competition and a ruthless pursuit of the truth. Banana IP. "Intellectual As described in IP Is Worthless To A Startup , most startups over estimate the value of their intellectual property. Treasure it. " [Tweet this quote]. . "Intellectual

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Five Reasons for Setting Startup Strategy Early

Startup Professionals Musings

Here are five good reasons for setting the strategy early, as summarized by Mark Thompson and Brian Tracy in their new book “ Now, Build a Great Business! All strategic and business thinking must lead to immediate action to increase sales and profitability potential, relative to your competition. Intellectual property (IP).

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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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How Jukin Media Is Turning Viral Video Into A Real Business

socalTECH

If you look at the numbers from Comscore, we are doing about half the number of uniques that Maker is doing, but we''re doing it with only five channels, versus their 50 thousands channels. Is there a lot of competition for the rights to all of that content? Lee Essner: That''s one of the competitive edges we have.

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How Catalog Is Helping SMBs Compete Against Big Brands

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We caught up with Catalog's co-founder and CEO Patrick Ip , along with co-founder Jacobo Lumbreras , to learn more about the startup. Patrick Ip: My background is I spent the last three years at Google, working on advertiser retention for small and medium businesses. Patrick Ip: I was in San Francisco for the last five years at Google.

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