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University Technology Transfer: Technology Doesn’t Create Company
In University Technology Transfer: Smart Managers Do Creative Deals, we visited 2 technology transfer models; learned how technology transfer deals were done in the past; reported why startup companies are a powerful launching vehicle for new discoveries; and inspected some of the newer ways forward-thinking technology transfer managers are using to construct creative deals. According [...]
University Technology Transfer: Smart Managers Do Creative Deals
There are 2 models in the field of technology transfer, writes Bill Payne, a veteran angel investor and an Entrepreneur In Residence at BNZ University of Auckland Business School. Innovations from research labs are either transferred to established corporations or startup ventures. The goal is to transform innovative technologies into marketable products and applications to [...]
Alliott Cole of Octopus Ventures: Winning Competitive Deals
It’s no secret that investors fight head over heels for sizzling deals and promising entrepreneurs to increase odds of success and potential returns. But when demand for quality deals exceeds supply, you better come up with exclusive, creative, or effective ways to lure the Steve Jobses of tomorrow. How to compete for hot deals? Are [...]
John J. Maalouf: How to Select M&A Advisors
In Part 1, M&A Exits: Sell-Side M&A Process, we briefly discussed IPO and M&A exits for angel investors while John J. Maalouf, one of the “Nation’s Top 10 International Trade & Finance Lawyers,” walked us through the sell-side M&A process for a small fictitious company called AppleSoft, whose valuation lies below US$50 million. According to [...]
M&A Exits: Sell-Side M&A Process
Sophisticated investors always think about exits before they invest. “Does the company have the potential to go public or become an attractive acquisition target?” If not, they’d take their money elsewhere. Going public or IPO means the company raises money by offering stocks to the general public – you know, those stocks that anyone can [...]
Didier Leconte: Commercializing University Technologies (Part 2)
Throughout history, innovations have transformed industries and turned impossibilities into realities. Technologies are key enablers of these transformations. In Mind to Market: Commercializing University Technologies (Part 1), we learned that technologies and inventions, when successfully translated into marketable products and applications, can have significant impact on the economy and create money-making opportunities. But with opportunities [...]
Angel Investment Process: Where Do IP Attorneys Come In
Back in April, we met a patent attorney through Greg George, who suggested we do a post on intellectual property. Law? IP? *yawn* Before you doze off, wait! This patent attorney happened to be McGarry Bair’s (@McGarryBair) Tom Williams (@RealGTom), who’s fun, witty, and enthusiastic – not your typical lawyer. In fact, McGarry Bair isn’t [...]
IP Mistakes Startups Make That Could Jeopardize Your Angel Investment
In Part 1 of the interview, Implications of IP for Angel Investors, patent attorney Tom Williams (@RealGTom) of McGarry Bair (@McGarryBair) provided a summary of various forms of intellectual property (IP) and explained how IP produces money-making opportunities. Here, he’ll talk about several common mistakes startups make, provide an overview on IP insurance, and point [...]
Tom Williams of McGarry Bair: Implications of IP for Angel Investors
As an angel, you play with your own money and make bets on your dime. You take calculated risks and take precaution steps to reduce known risks. That’s how you protect your investments and improve the odds of success. Product risk is one of the investment risks inherit in angel investing. You want to reduce [...]
Angel Group Syndication Process Design (Part 2): Paul G. Silva
In Part 1, we talked about how angel groups are increasingly collaborating and co-investing with each other to increase investment size, reduce financial risk, and tap into the wisdom of the crowd. To give a vivid picture, we asked Paul G. Silva, managing partner of Angel Catalyst and group manager at River Valley Investors (RVI), [...]
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