Do you treat your patents as a fence or a tollbooth? If you wish for your start-up technology company to obtain investment from or acquisition by a bigger player, you had better understand the difference.
Most start-up technology company entrepreneurs and CEO's understand that patents can be key to establishing the value of a new business idea. Typically, entrepreneurs and CEO's such as yourself will engage patent attorneys to build an IP portfolio that protects the start-up's technology and pr…
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Posted on April 16, 2009 at 6:32pm —
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My name is Jami Becker and we actually met a while back at Dancing Goats. I saw your patent postings on Start Up Chicks as I am also a member. Alas, I spent the weekend doing patent drawings in an effort to file a provisional patent for some mobile and web based software products I am launching shortly with a minority partner and some other individuals. Keith Mcgreggor of Venture Lab is our coach. I would love to meet with you to discuss the possibility of working together. I am definitely cash strapped in start up mode but I am very committed to properly protecting our work. Please email me at spa@innerchai.com to discuss further.
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