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What Does the Post Crash VC Market Look Like?

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Anybody who has studied the VC industry knows that it works by “power law” returns in which a few key deals return the majority of a fund. Nick is an alum of UC Berkeley and Wharton, worked at Warby Parker and then most recently at the venerable LA-based Seed Fund, Crosscut. How Does the Industry Really Work?

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Science37: Using Technology To Enable Remote, Clinical Trials, with Belinda Tan

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It's really hard to do the study which requires you to drive weekly to a clinic, find parking, deal with traffic, and wait in a waiting room. Belinda Tan: Most of our trials are Phase 2 and Phase 3 studies. We're now starting to plan to open this to Phase 4 studies. All of these barriers are very hard barriers to overcome.

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How to Make Sure Professional Services Don’t Take Over Your Software Company

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Importantly, make sure that you retain IP rights to your custom work which needs to be part of the engagement contract. At a minimum co-ownership of the IP. If not specified in contract you might find yourself with future litigation over IP. Integrate PS Work Into Sales & Marketing Processes.

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Intellectual Property Workshop for Techies by IEEE

SoCal Tech Calendar

The workshop will include case studies on how these subjects are utilized to protect actual products or services. This is a great opportunity for SoCal inventors, entrepreneurs, engineers and business owners to learn how IP issues may impact their existing business or a dream business they intent to start. See [link] (more).

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Five Startup Tips From Bill Gates

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"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. One Of The Most Important Startup Skills. "The

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Is Your Organization Ready to Become an Ecosystem Driver?

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This means knowing the customers’ names and addresses, demographics, IP addresses, purchase histories both with your company and other companies, and life events like weddings and births or (for businesses) upcoming mergers. And these companies have deep knowledge of their customers through data. – Ensure great customer experience.

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How to Shorten Your Sales Cycle and Avoid Wasting Time

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The thing is … what I see many sales execs do is burn up countless hours on mid-level campaigns that get torpedoed when the go up the organization due to lack of budget, a desire to own that core IP or other more pressing organization priorities. If they’re not buying you need to be marketing to them not selling to them.

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