Why Licensing Must be Part of Your Business Plan
When starting a new business, entrepreneurs often overlook licensing as part of their business plan. This can potentially be a fatal mistake. As an entrepreneur, you must know how to …
How to Grow Your Business in Less Time with Licensing
There are two ways to grow in business: organically or through acquisition. Organically growing a business is the traditional way of starting from scratch and slowly growing by reinvesting profits …
Here’s a Little Known Shortcut for Starting a Business
“I’d love to start a business, but I don’t know what I want to do.” If you’re asking yourself that question, I’ve good news. A gold mine of intellectual property …
A Secret Source of IP to Launch Your Startup
Launching a new company is risky and time-consuming. R&D for new products and technologies is difficult and costly, especially for a startup. Most fail within the first five years due …
Why Licensing is Better and Faster than Starting a Business
Starting your business around your IP takes time, money and resources. Plus you must also get the necessary experience, whether it’s marketing, sales, distribution or production. And that can lead …
Is Your Start-Up Failing to Tell its IP Story?
If you’re a start-up having a tough time raising money, you’re not alone. Many start-ups are not successful in attracting investors. One of the biggest reason is failing to tell …
A Low Cost Way to Build Your Startup through Licensing
Licensing is one of the fastest ways to build your start-up. When you license a market ready intellectual property, you’ve got an asset that builds immediate value to your start-up. …
Is Your Start-Up Only Telling Part of its IP Story?
Tell a good IP story and investors are interested in funding your start-up. Tell them the same old “we’ve got a great product and management team” and they’ll probably walk …
How to Rocket Your Startup to Success
NASA is offering startups the opportunity to license their intellectual property technology for no upfront cost. And you can work with their IP for up to three years without paying any royalty.
How to Beat the Startup Failure Odds
Very often, the difference between success and failure for a startup is its ability to raise additional capital. Most startups have little or no revenue, large research and development expenses, and few tangible assets. The start-ups’ primary and most valuable asset is their intellectual property —patents, trade secrets, trademarks, or copyrights.