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Embedded IP Management

From IP Protection to Business Securing

Intellectual property is often approached from a protection perspective: how do we prevent others from copying our technology, products or ideas? That is an important question, but not the only one. For a business that innovates, another question is

Scalendi Growth Logic

Why we call start-ups and scale-ups speedboat businesses

Testing an idea, listening to customers and changing course quickly: that is the picture I have in mind when I compare start-ups and scale-ups to speedboats. Not because every young business is naturally agile, but because the metaphor highlights

Embedded IP Management

Should Patent Claims Reflect the Future Business Model?

For years I have acted as a sounding board for companies that are taking their first steps in the world of patents and in that capacity I have been able to read and analyze many patents. It strikes me how the basic choice of WHY a patent is chosen

Innovation + R&D

What Could TRIZ Learn from Today's Patent Intelligence?

As an innovation addict, I am always interested in reading, hearing and listening to innovative ideas. whether they are incremental, strategic or disruptive,... it doesn't matter. So for somebody like me, we live in great times. Technologies are

Scalendi Growth Logic

Data Value Mapping: What Value Lies Beyond Your Product?

A customer buys your product for a particular application. But does that application also define the limits of the value your business can create? For me, this is where an interesting question begins. Understanding customer needs remains essential,

Innovation + R&D

How mathematics can help you to stretch towards exponential thinking