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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

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” Of course, it’s more complicated than just checking boxes on a question list. Do you have legal (Founder Agreement, IP, etc.) Even when they have talked to multiple developers or development firms, we’re often the first to ask basic questions like “Who are your customers?” Tell me about the business.

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

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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 to Shorten Your Sales Cycle and Avoid Wasting Time

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The thing is … what I see many sales execs do is burn up countless hours on mid-level campaigns that get torpedoed when the go up the organization due to lack of budget, a desire to own that core IP or other more pressing organization priorities. Not always, of course. Call high, and get passed down or; B.

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How to Work with Lawyers at a Startup

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Shame about not getting it in legal writing that you owned the original IP. Oh, they didn’t cover that in your Stanford CS course? For company registration, angel deals, Series A & B funding, Employee Stock Option Plans (ESOP), IP filings and even litigation it doesn’t need to be that way.

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Intellectual Property

SoCal Tech Calendar

This 2 day course will help you learn how to manage your IP portfolio as a business. Build IP portfolios that protect business unit profits, create licensing revenues, and contain costs. Learn how to generate the additional revenues that IP can provide. See [link] (more).

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What Did I Learn From the First VC Check I Ever Wrote?

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Defensible IP When I’m asked by newer, younger VC partners for advice on our sector, one of the things I always emphasize is looking for companies who have built defensible intellectual property (IP). Defensible IP becomes insanely valuable?—?particularly Of course the media doesn’t do nuance well so this is an emotional topic.

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Some Career Advice for Aspiring Tech CEOs

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Of course you could start your own company. Of course I’m not suggesting people shouldn’t start a company. There are many companies with phenomenal IP that is truly differentiated but where the original executive team squandered their opportunity due to inability to sell, market or service customers.