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

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Another factor that impacts a patent’s value is its type, of which there are essentially two: utility patents and design patents. Utility patents generally offer more protection than design patents and are thus usually more valuable. Design patents make up the majority of non-utility patents.

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Rumpus, the collaborative toolkit from Oblong Industries, is now available on Webex

TechCrunch LA

Now, he designs those systems for the real world through his company Oblong Industries , which has labored to create a full stack of collaborative tools for business users that are every bit as high-tech as the one’s Underkoffler dreamt for the silver screen.

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Entrepreneurs Confuse Product and Business Plans

Startup Professionals Musings

A simple differentiation is that a product plan is designed for internal use, to get the product out. A business plan is an “outward facing” document for external investors, or for C-level executives within your own company. For software, websites, and high-tech products, this is the “meat” of what you intend to build.

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Investors Know A Product Doesn’t Make a Business

Startup Professionals Musings

A simple differentiation is that a product plan is designed for internal use, to get the product out. A business plan is an “outward facing” document for external investors, or for C-level executives within your own company. For software, websites, and high-tech products, this is the “meat” of what you intend to build.

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Don’t Assume Product Plans are Better Business Plans

Startup Professionals Musings

A simple differentiation is that a product plan is designed for internal use, to get the product out. A business plan is an “outward facing” document for external investors, or for C-level executives within your own company. For software, websites, and high-tech products, this is the “meat” of what you intend to build.

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More Features Kill More Startups Than Lack of Money

Startup Professionals Musings

“Scope creep” (or feature creep) is an insidious disease that kills more good startups than any other, especially high-tech ones, and yet most founders (who may be the cause) never even see it happening. Here are five basic rules to live by: Document the requirements. Lock down the sign-off authority.

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Don’t Let Too Many Features Ruin Your Next Product

Startup Professionals Musings

“Scope creep” (or feature creep) is an insidious disease that kills more new business solutions than any other, especially high-tech ones, and yet most founders (who may be the cause) never even see it happening. Here are five basic rules to live by: Document the requirements. Lock down the sign-off authority.