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Business Momentum
Season 1
Momentum is critical for success in business, especially in the fast moving tech sector. Recognizing this and figuring out how to generate positive momentum can make the difference between your ventu…
Published on 5 years, 8 months ago
Understanding Angel Investors
Season 1
How angel investors work, how they syndicate investments and how they structure their investments as convertible notes or preferred stock rounds of financing. David Smith presents materials from the …
Published on 5 years, 8 months ago
Understanding Venture Capital Investors
Season 1
If you're looking to raise finance from venture capital investors, this podcast will provide you with a summary of how funds are organized, what they're looking for when evaluating investment opportu…
Published on 5 years, 8 months ago
Monetizing Patents Through Non-Practicing Entities (NPE's)
Season 1
This episode is about non-practicing entities (NPE’s). Otherwise referred to as patent licensing companies, patent assertion entities (PAE’s) or patent holding companies, non-practicing entities are …
Published on 5 years, 8 months ago
Blocking Illegal Imports Through the International Trade Commission (ITC)
Season 1
David Smith and attorney Tom Fasone explain how the International Trade Commission (ITC) is a federal agency tasked with protecting American domestic industries from foreign unfair competition connec…
Published on 5 years, 8 months ago
Selling Your Patent
Season 1
This episode explains why companies buy patents, what they're looking for in a patent, what patents are most sellable, and what prices patents collect on the market. It guides patent holders through …
Published on 5 years, 8 months ago
Venue–Where to File Suit Against Companies Infringing your Patents?
Season 1
David Smith and Tom Fasone discuss the reasons why the boom time for patent lawsuits in Marshall and other towns in Eastern Texas has ended, and why patent holders are now forced to sue accused infri…
Published on 5 years, 8 months ago
Patenting by Numbers
Season 1
Understand the patent marketplace through looking at the numbers. For example, 98.5% of patents are never asserted. This translates to $60bn spent on patents that are never used. Podcast covers cost…
Published on 5 years, 8 months ago
Why Startup Valuation is Not Startup Valuation
Season 1
Because venture capital investors are not buying common stock, they get control over the startup ventures they invest in, and they get a disproportional amount of the proceeds when the company is sol…
Published on 5 years, 8 months ago
Preferred Pizza Toppings
Season 1
This episode explains how venture capital investors get preferred stock, and founders get common stock. Preferential toppings provided to investors include liquidation preferences, veto rights, board…
Published on 5 years, 8 months ago