InfoChachkie

AUGUST 10, 2010

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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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2014

Signaling — An NDA puts other parties on notice that your IP is valuable, not lightly shared, and that you intend to defend it and your business. That means when you have confidential information such as trade secrets, a special production process or formula, copyrights, trademarks, or patents to protect.

IP 80

IP Patents Entrepreneur Content 80

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 18, 2015

It probably sounds obvious, but plenty of startup founders have been surprised to learn that “their” IP was owned by the software developer who just jumped ship, an academic institution one of the cofounders graduated from, or the company one of the founders worked at before she came onboard. Protect your IP : Patents are the gold standard.

Technical Review 40

Technical Review Software Review Startup IP 40

InfoChachkie

JUNE 25, 2009

If taking part-time evening courses is not possible, seek out an online curriculum. Just as you would not ask your family physician to perform a coronary bypass, do not ask your corporate lawyer to help you write your patent application. However, you should seek a patent attorney when it is time to craft your patent application.

Technical Advisors 124

Technical Advisors Technical Review IP Patents 124

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 2, 2015

A great CFO will make sure you’re accurately measuring your CAC (along with a great marketer, of course) and your LTV. Who is leading your patent filing program? Legal threats from other IP holders? A great CFO can help you negotiate venture debt to extend your runway or cover these working capital timing issues.

Outsource Development 150

Outsource Development Metrics Startup Sales 150

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

Of course the sequence of steps is a generalization, so perhaps you’ll have to change it to fit your needs. While handling bots, you should detect search engine crawlers, too: /* lookup your crawler IP database to populate $isCrawler; then, if the IP wasnt identified as search engine crawler: */ if ($isCrawler !==

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