IP Product Technology Writing 
InfoChachkie
JANUARY 6, 2014
The money you pay your intellectual property (IP) lawyer should be judiciously spent. However, the potential costs associated with an IP mishap can be catastrophic. As such, save money buying used office furniture, not by selecting an inexpensive IP lawyer who lacks the appropriate level of experience in your technical domain.
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 17, 2019
I had just left Salesforce.com where I was VP, Products, after they had acquired my second startup. As I was trying to figure out the role I wanted to play in the VC world I decided I wanted to focus on businesses that were building deeply technical products to solve problems for business users. Over the past 2.5 Why does that matter?
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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.
InfoChachkie
FEBRUARY 20, 2012
"The best way to prepare [to be a programmer] is to write programs, and to study great programs that other people have written. Banana IP. "Intellectual As described in IP Is Worthless To A Startup , most startups over estimate the value of their intellectual property. I am not suggesting you spurn product excellence.
socalTECH
APRIL 30, 2010
Last week, San Diego-based Confident Technologies (www.confidenttechnologies.com) announced that it had acquired the assets of Vidoop, and created a company focused on security and authentication of users. Let's start with the products. What does Confident Technologies do? That might be a car, boat, or an airplane.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 15, 2013
For much of 2013 I watched the press write articles about how the YouTube “MCNs” (multi-channel networks) were doomed and tried to square that with the data I was watching at the one I invested in, Maker Studios, who has had one hell of a year. Expect to hear a lot more about Maker technology in the next 18 months.
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 11, 2011
Albert Wenger from Union Square Ventures wrote a great post the other day that reminded me I’ve been meaning to write about this topic. If you think it’s location-based services / find out where your friends are at while you’re out – let’s talk about whether we need to incorporate that into our product.
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