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Hire for your core. Partner for the rest.

Berkonomics

Patents, branding, marketing and more. In the patent world, we protect this intellectual core with what we call a “patent thicket,” aptly describing the attempt to surround the core patent with other patents that defend the core and further prevent competitors from attacking the central component of the business.

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A heartbreaking story about time and money.

Berkonomics

Since this number is budgeted and pre-authorized, managers tend to focus upon other things such as sales, marketing and product development issues. Time and fixed overhead: [Email readers, continue here…] That relationship between fixed overhead and production time is as critical as any other factor in the success of a young company.

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Non-competes, gray areas, and salvaging a failed purchase

Berkonomics

And because there was consideration paid to you in the sale, that clause is binding upon you and is effective almost everywhere. As long as you did not use patented processes or trade secret material from your previous company, you should be protected, but you might be prepared for a fight. Well, what if the buyer is now bankrupt?

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Non-competes, gray areas, and salvaging a failed purchase

Berkonomics

And because there was consideration paid to you in the sale, that clause is binding upon you and is effective almost everywhere. As long as you did not use patented processes or trade secret material from your previous company, you should be protected, but you might be prepared for a fight. Well, what if the buyer is now bankrupt?

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How much do you spend on R&D? Is it enough?

Berkonomics

Companies that are successful with their first product must begin thinking about the costs of additional products or of that product’s replacement well before any evidence of a peak in sales is noticed. Email readers, continue here…] There are rules of thumb for various industries in creating a reserve for research and development.

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Financing with grants, not equity or debt

Berkonomics

The company created a product that could be delivered as a service to medical clinicians anywhere in the world, enhancing their ability to understand their patents’ problems and needs in less time, using the expertise built into an AI expert system created by the best minds in many medical specialties. Other sources of grants.

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What’s a “data room” and how do you use it?

Berkonomics

Copies of intellectual property filings such as patents, copyrights and trademarks, all owned URL addresses, and even copies of source code, may be resident in the deal room, dependent upon the type of buyer. Email readers, continue here…] But maintaining such an electronic or physical facility is time-consuming and costly.