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Monthly Archives: June 2010
IP Management Step 2: Identifying the Issues
“Managing” intellectual property means proactively creating value. The collection of facts you generated in Step 1 will include a number of gems – opportunities for you to create BIG value. These are the issues upon which you should focus your … Continue reading
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IP Management Step 1: Learn the Facts
For intellectual property to possess value, it must provide value for a company’s products, services, or processes – and they only generate value when they come into contact with people. So, we first have to answer two questions. Who are … Continue reading
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Visible Intellectual Property Management
In a soon-to-be-published book, The Visible Business, Chris Pelz and I present a framework for how to develop a business strategy that has a direct line of sight from the facts surrounding the business, through the issues that the business … Continue reading
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A New View of Intellectual Property Management
If you read yesterday’s post, you may have gone away thinking that I just bash patents 100% of the time. Not true. My position is that for the bootstrapped small entrepreneur who is implementing a clever, but probably not novel, … Continue reading
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To Patent or Not to Patent
This weekend I met with a group of inventors that I host every month at the Innovation Center. Eventually, the discussion turned to patents and intellectual property. A few participants seemed enormously concerned with protecting their property – making sure … Continue reading
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Qualities of an Entrepreneur – Part 5 of 5
This post concludes the Northeast Indiana Innovation Center’s BizWiz student venture group‘s discussion about: “If you could hang out with any entrepreneur or leader, who would that be?” “Why did you choose that person – what quality do they have that … Continue reading
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Qualities of an Entrepreneur – Part 4 of 5
This post continues the Northeast Indiana Innovation Center’s BizWiz student venture group‘s discussion about: “If you could hang out with any entrepreneur or leader, who would that be?” “Why did you choose that person – what quality do they have that … Continue reading
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Qualities of an Entrepreneur – Part 3 of 5
This post continues the Northeast Indiana Innovation Center’s BizWiz student venture group‘s discussion about: “If you could hang out with any entrepreneur or leader, who would that be?” “Why did you choose that person – what quality do they have that … Continue reading
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Qualities of an Entrepreneur – Part 2 of 5
This post continues the Northeast Indiana Innovation Center’s BizWiz student venture group‘s discussion about: “If you could hang out with any entrepreneur or leader, who would that be?” “Why did you choose that person – what quality do they have … Continue reading
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Qualities of an Entrepreneur – Part 1 of 5
At the Northeast Indiana Innovation Center’s last BizWiz student entrepreneurship meeting, we had a discussion around two questions. “If you could hang out with any entrepreneur or leader, who would that be?” “Why did you choose that person – what … Continue reading
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