What's a tech startup's most valuable asset? It's not the seed money. It's not the workspace. And it's definitely not the espresso machine or Ping Pong table.

The priceless heart of a promising startup is its intellectual property (IP) — the disruptive idea, the brilliant invention, the genius breakthrough. This hot commodity needs to be protected by patents, copyrights and/or trademarks, but these aren't enough.

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Originally posted on TechCrunch on August 31, 2015.

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