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Licensing a Product [closed]

I have a patent pending on a product I invented for the home. I want to license it to a company. How do I start the process of licensing it?
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Mold Makers and Offshore Manufacturing [closed]

I need an injection mold made for my product. I'm also going to need someone to manufacture my product. Where can I get a high level overview of all the offshore companies that offer injection molding ...
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What type of manufacturing fits a growing brewery?

I am trying to narrow down the type of manufacturing a brewery represents. Browsing wikipedia lists a number of styles and a few fit. I think it falls somewhere on the lean / agile / JIT spectrum but ...
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How to get samples manufactured to showcase in front of clients?

Scenario: Currently we are starting to sell merchandising products to our cold call clients by meeting them personally. Our vision is to build a company that has a site portal where people can opt for ...
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Dealing with semiconductor manufacturers? How to get response?

I have a tech startup and we design consumer electronic products. For product design I need semiconductors ICs. So I searched over the internet and found that many reputed companies offer the ICs I ...
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What to do when a finishing shop ruins 10% of our parts?

Our brand new company has had 200 sets of aluminum parts machined. We then took them to another shop that grained and anodized the parts for us. When we went to pick them up yesterday, they told us ...
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Valuation for a manufacturing company

I own a small brewery and I need some help valuing it. In operation 18 months Annual gross revenue is around $30,000 (like I said, we're small) $200,000 in cash We expect to use about $110,000 of ...
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How can startups protect their technology from being copied by the companies assembling it?

How can a startup protect their technology from being copied by a manufacturer? Is it just a matter of contracts and trust? For example, Apple doesn't assemble iPads. How do they prevent their ...
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Small Manufacturing (softgoods) question

I invented seven products related to cooking. I have paid for/budgeted for incorporation and provisional patent attorneys, monthly expenses, and an accountant. In February (PPA files in Jan) I will ...