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Value of business intangibles over at IAM

January 26, 2009

Just a quick note to say that there is an involved discussion on how to value intangibles as part of a company, which will be expanded in an upcoming issue of IAM by Nir Kossovsky of IAFS. The gist: [T]hat corporate intangible values in the US … have collapsed over the last 12 to 18 [...]

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IP questions for VCs and PE

November 14, 2008

A quick note to mention that we’ve put out a list of 10 questions related to IP for venture capitalists, private equity, and other investors to ask of their portfolio companies. My personal top three out of this list are: 1. What proportion of business value do IP and intangibles represent for your investment? 2. [...]

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Scottish funding trends in the downturn

November 5, 2008

Over the weekend the FT ran a piece on a recent report by Scottish Enterprise on the risk capital market in Scotland Scottish start-ups could face funding gap. The highlights: Angel investors are moving to a “cradle-to-exit model”, thus changing the more standard model of angel-to-VC; Overall investment in 2006 and 2007 went up (£85m [...]

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Patents as signals

October 29, 2008

When might you need to patent to show off to others but not as part of your core commercial or IP strategy? In my continuing quest to learn IP strategy from the ground up, I’ve been thinking quite a bit about having patents solely as a signal to others about your IP, but for no [...]

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Valuation, investment and IP

September 2, 2008

As I mentioned in my introductory post, I come from a research background, so I’ve been learning more about the business side of IP through both formal and informal training here at ipVA and through just shadowing others and asking questions.  But being the blogger that I am, I’ve also started regularly reading  VC blogs [...]

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