The Truth About Licensing A Product (Part 2)

By Guest Author Jim DeBetta of the Academy for Entrepreneurs [Jim’s four-part series tells entrepreneurs and investors what they need to know about licensing a product through a discussion of the terms that drive the license’s value. In today’s post, Jim shows entrepreneurs how they can negotiate the best royalty rate possible.] 2. Royalty—Sometimes Lower

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The Truth About Licensing A Product (Part 1)

By Guest Author Jim DeBetta of the Academy for Entrepreneurs [Jim’s four-part series tells entrepreneurs and investors what they need to know about licensing a product through a discussion of the terms that drive the license’s value. Today’s focus is three common types of license.] Licensing is the most popular method used to commercialize and

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Deal Radar 2008: ImageSpan

The world of copyrights and content licensing is a mess on the web. Plagiarism runs amok. People tend to be very cavalier about stealing content. In this installment of the Deal Radar, we will look at a company that attempts to put some structure around the evidently unmanageable content licensing and monetization issue.

Deal Radar 2008: Pandora

Pandora Media, based in Oakland, California, is an Internet radio web site. Founded by Tim Westergren in 2000, it was formerly known as Savage Beast Technologies. Pandora uses the Music Genome Project, a collection of songs that have been analyzed by trained musicians.

3G iPhone’s Top 5 Component Beneficiaries

The 3G iPhone is out. Besides Apple, who else is a beneficiary of this major PR event? Here, we look at the top five component vendors: Infineon, Triquint, Samsung, Broadcom and Interdigital.

Amazon Toying with Vertical Integration

Amazon.com (AMZN) has been pursuing growth at all costs. Their recently announced Q1 2008 results are witness to that drive. They reported the quarter’s revenue at $4.13 billion, meeting analyst expectations and reporting a 37% increase over the previous year. Their earnings for the quarter at $0.34 were marginally higher than the market’s expectation of

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Interdigital: Key Valuation Assumptions

By Vijay Nagarajan, Guest Author As I mentioned in the prequel, the uncertainties surrounding the IP business model and also its new ASIC ventures make it impossible to come up with an accurate mathematical model for Interdigital’s valuation. Nonetheless, I have made certain simplifying assumptions to make the problem more tractable.

TVi vs Microsoft: What Can YOU Learn?

TVi versus Microsoft, the Autoplay patent has been settled. It may be a good idea for entrepreneurs to start understanding how to defend IP against big players.