PRINT THIS PAGE What's in your portfolio?01/08/2007. Source: Century IP Group. F. Jason Far-hadian 
A technology company's strength and viability cannot be fully assessed without a close look at its intellectual property assets. F Jason Far-hadian of Century IP Group explains why a well-balanced IP portfolio is so important in today's competitive environment. In the dot-com era, while a portfolio with several patents was a positive sign of technological prowess, private equity investors and venture capitalists did not rigorously scrutinize the value of a start-up's portfolio. Instead, they were primarily interested in finding the right opportunity, funding it and making a quick profit with an exit strategy spanning three to five years.
Back then, investors did not bother with extensive valuation procedures, since the market fury was conducive to realization of profits before a start-up's intellectual property assets were put to the test in a competition-driven market. In the current economy, however, start-ups are taking much longer to reach the IPO stage.
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