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Tag: Startups
Content focused on startup companies
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A License is NOT Selling Your Technology – It is Selling Exclusivity
I recently heard a pitch from a startup with remarkable technology – a genetically modified seed that signaled when it’s under stress. Instead of waiting for crops to…
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What Angel Investors Want to Hear vs What is Best for the Startup?
We looked at a company who had been more or less steady-state for several years but wanted an infusion of cash. They were operating in two smaller markets…
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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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Bad Behavior By Angel Groups -“Due Diligence”
Due diligence is supposed to help investors and the entrepreneurs, but many times it is a charade.
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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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The Endless Science Project
Some startups are the Endless Science Project. They start from a “cool” technological idea and work on endless science projects. They run one science project for a while,…
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Trading on the Differences
Every time you see a news story or read a blog about a topic you know very well, it is amazing that the stories have lots of factual…
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The Government is the Worst Customer – and the Worst Investor
We will always invest where Adam Smith’s “Invisible Hand” is pushing things forward, and avoid businesses where the regulator’s pen can wipe it out.
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Registration Numbers
When I review patent applications, I always download the full prosecution history of the patent from the USPTO. The prosecution history is the formal, legal record of the…
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This product is great…for someone else.
Entrepreneurs are constantly testing out their messaging. They are constantly pitching to their family and friends, and they are always prepared to pitch to investors.
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.