Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 17, 2019
I became a VC 12 years ago in 2007 when the pace of deals was much slower. 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. Defensible IP becomes insanely valuable?—?particularly
SoCal CTO
JULY 13, 2011
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AUGUST 17, 2009
Moonlight Responsibly - If you are still employed please be very careful not to use your company’s resources to produce your product and please do not work on your next idea during business hours. To the best of my knowledge US law allows you to work on your own resources and in your own hours and let you personally own your IP.
socalTECH
JANUARY 17, 2012
Malibu-based MalibuIQ and HRL Laboratories , the former research and development arm of Hughes Aircraft which was previously known as Hughes Research Laboratories, said Tuesday that they have tied together to commercialize inventions and IP from HRL. Size of the investment was not disclosed.
Both Sides of the Table
MAY 9, 2018
You left the meeting dreaming about money and finally having resources to do all of the things you wanted to do. I then had to review a nefarious IP lawsuit filed against another company and help the CEO figure out whether we should just pay it or join forces with the other companies named and fight it. everything.
Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 21, 2013
Extending the feature set of the product would obviously be better if done by the customer but sometimes customers lack the resources to do customizations so simply telling them to get stuffed is not the answer. Importantly, make sure that you retain IP rights to your custom work which needs to be part of the engagement contract.
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 27, 2011
To grow faster businesses need resources in today’s financial period to fund growth that may not come for 6 months to a year. Do you imagine eventually raising VC and trying to build a faster growing company?” The likely response of a VC to your company that raised $3 million and now is profitably doing $1.5
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