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Tag: Acquisition
M&A and patents, getting acquired
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CES and Grifting the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem
I just returned from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. I have been going for many years, and I thoroughly enjoy the show in many respects, but…
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Strategic Partnerships are often Neither
Every founder loves to brag about their “strategic partnerships.” The name sounds impressive, but hides a glaring truth:
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The Company as the Product
Serving two masters – but they are compatible. The first master is the customer who buys your product, and the second master is the one who buys your…
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Nobody Buys Technology – They Buy Solutions
Entrepreneurs love to talk about their technology. Endlessly. Ad nauseam. And when it’s time to raise money or sell the company[1], they make the same mistake: they lead…
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Build Your Company Backwards: How to Align With Angel and VC Expectations
When you’re raising outside capital — especially from angels or venture funds — you’re not just pitching your company. You’re implicitly making a promise: that their investment will…
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When Your Capital Strategy Kills Your Commercial Value
Let’s walk through the math that every angel investor does.
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Bad Advice – Non-publication Requests for Patents
Occasionally, I run into patents where the patent attorney talks the client into a non-publication request.
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How accelerators and angel groups lose their way.
Ever drive by a construction site and see dozens of “supervisors” standing around, while one guy with a shovel is actually working? This is the perfect metaphor for…
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Pitching Investors is Not “One-and-Done”
I have the enviable position of seeing lots of inventors who bootstrapped their companies along before they take outside investment (if they take any outside investment at all).…
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Patent Ethics: Is it Ethical for the Patent Attorney to list themselves as an inventor?
There is the “legal” definition of an inventor, and there is the realistic, practical definition.
Thirty minutes. Chief IP Officer on retainer — and the capital option behind it.
If what you need is something else, we’ll tell you on the same call.