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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. It requires you to expend your two most valuable resources, your time and your money. 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? free weekly Infochachkie articles!

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Maine’s Largest Hospital Launches Internal Health Tech Accelerator

Tech.Co

Questions of IP. In general, the way it works is that individual inventors are named as inventors on the patents, and then the IP would be licensed back by spin-off companies to further develop the technology, according to Monti. The hospital itself has had two patents issued to it. “We

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NDA Stealth Mode and Sharing Your Startup Concept

SoCal CTO

Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 3: The Best Defense is a Good IP Strategy First Rule of Fight Club Does NOT Apply Worry About People Listening To You, Not About Them Stealing Your Ideas If you love your idea, set it free…. Some resources on this: Intellectual Property is More Than Patents Does My Startup Have Intellectual Property?

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NDA Stealth Mode and Sharing Your Startup Concept

SoCal CTO

Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 3: The Best Defense is a Good IP Strategy First Rule of Fight Club Does NOT Apply Worry About People Listening To You, Not About Them Stealing Your Ideas If you love your idea, set it free…. Some resources on this: Intellectual Property is More Than Patents Does My Startup Have Intellectual Property?

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Interview with Vanessa Dawson, The Vinetta Project

socalTECH

Vanessa Dawson: The Vinetta Project is an entreneurial ecosystem and deal flow pipeline that works with early stage, female tech founders, and helps them to access both resources and capital for their business. What is The Vinetta Project?

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Are NDAs Worth Much?

Tech Zulu Event

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. Cost of enforcing — Considering the expense of a lawsuit, not just in money but in time, resources, and potential reputational damage, the costs might outweigh any potential benefit.

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Startups Need the ‘Why’ Before the ‘What’ to Build

Startup Professionals Musings

The first purpose of a strategy is to organize and reallocate your resources to increase return on the amount of money invested in your startup to-date. Intellectual property (IP). Patent protection is no guarantee, but it does improve the chances of building businesses that have a sustainable competitive advantage. Scalability.

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