It can be devilishly hard to value what a key person in a business knows, who they know, why they know what they know, or why they know who they know. If you’re feeling dizzy, spare a thought for our poor analysts! The entire point of intangible assets is they often aren’t recorded precisely because…

Lots of experienced travelers to China say the country has changed drastically over the past few decades. Nowhere is this more accurate than in its IP laws. Major tier-one cities like Beijing or Shanghai are barely recognisable compared to what they were in 1994. These highly modern cities are packed with technologies that countries in…

Starting a business is a lot like setting the foundation of a house. Get the intangible assets right from the start, and everything else falls into place. If these assets are wrong, problems can become harder to fix as time goes on. The first 90 days of a company’s founding are critical because this is…

The 2024 Paris Olympics came and went in a whirlwind. If you blinked, you might have missed it. But the event still managed to reignite an old debate in the office. What is a sport? This question doesn’t involve intangible assets. Or does it? In a way, getting definitions right is part of protecting intangible…

A sudden price jump is a great way to annoy customers, but it’s a bit disingenuous to claim a business is “price gouging” just because goods are more expensive. Over the past month or so, US presidential candidate Kamala Harris has deployed a set of talking points blaming cynical businesses for high consumer prices. If…

EverEdge sat down with the investment banking team at Arcbridge to discuss why early preparation when selling a company requires understanding the cultural nuances of investors in different parts of the world, using the examples of Australian and US private equity firms. Selling a company could be one of the most important things a person…

What’s the point in owning a beautiful Ferrari if you never take it out of the garage? Think about it. You spend all that time building up the talent necessary for earning a chunk of cash, then you toil for years until your bank account is plump, and finally, the day arrives when you walk…

Sometimes young companies run so fast and with such energy that they forget to do the basics, such as asking if they own their brand name. Coming up with a name for a business can be just as difficult as choosing a book title or a rock group’s name. Whatever you choose, it better be…

You can hurt a consultant’s feelings by mentioning the old maxim “those who can’t do, teach.” After all, if the consultant is so good at what they advise, why aren’t they a millionaire? Companies engage consultants for many reasons. Sometimes it’s to get practical advice. Other times the consultant was just a tool for a…

A recent chat with a client reminded us that copyright is no longer a reliable defence for protecting IP in the digital age – you will need multiple intangible assets to rise above the crowd. The internet has completely changed the game for anything that can be presented with ones and zeros. All attempts to…