Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2015

For example, if your new software adds innovative new features and mobile access to a classic offering, you could name and degrade current vendors for their lack of support, or you could highlight your innovative additions over the current market leaders. Capitalize on team experience and relevant business area strengths.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 10, 2010

Patents held by startups generally have a limited ability to reduce competition. The average time required to obtain a patent is 36-to-40 months, during which there is no guarantee your adVenture will ultimately receive patent protection. Even if you are granted a patent, the scope of your claims may be significantly denuded.

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Zweig was one of the architects behind the success of AdColony, a startup which sold to Opera Software in 2014 for $350 million. It was an early success for the regional ecosystem and proved to be one of the most valuable exits (from a capital efficiency standpoint) for the year.

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Google Los Angeles Southern California Platform 213

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Connell spoke about the many pro-foreign-enterprise initiatives the Cameron government has passed and Van der Kleij fielded questions and feedback on topics ranging from Patent Law to secondary markets. Patent Box ," a new preferential tax regime on patents being considered by the UK government, was a topic of considerable discussion.

Entrepreneur 170

Entrepreneur Southern California Beverly Hills Patents 170

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2011

San Diego-based Algebraix Data , a developer of analytics focused database software, has upped its most recent funding to $7.5M, according to a regulatory filing from the firm this week. Algebraix recently announced a new patent for the firm in the area of computer databases.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2021

Apple pulled ahead of other mobile phones in its early days largely because it cultivated an ecosystem of software developers who created iPhone apps to meet every consumer niche and need. Simple metrics and your personal knowledge of the industry can’t keep up with all the relevant competitive forces. Find funders who seek long-term returns.

Competition 142

Competition Software Review Social Media Customer 142

Berkonomics

AUGUST 10, 2017

Email readers, continue here…] In the technology sector where I most often play, extended unplanned software development cycles account for the majority of these corporate failures. We often accept that development schedules for young companies are almost always too optimistic.

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Venture Capital Product Resource Marketing 243

socalTECH

JULY 31, 2013

We also operate the network software than runs and manages the entire network layer, from access point to end point. This last round is a significant amount of capital, why the new funding? Kevin Hell: Hardware companies do require more capital. I''ve been on the software side, and numbers here are much larger than software.

Technical Review 213

Technical Review Software Review Networking Technology 213

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 30, 2014

A receiver thin enough to be a sleeve on a phone and small enough in surface area requiring the right materials (they can transmit & receive with devices thinner than 5 millimeters), Precision tracking software so they can focus the sound beam to concentrate the sound wave exactly to your receiver and avoid inefficiencies of diffusion.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

and international patent and trademark procurement - IP Litigation - IP Licenses and Agreements: distribution, development, joint venture - Intellectual property aspects of mergers and acquisitions. Joyent - An Enterprise Class Cloud Computing Company funded by Intel Capital, provides the most comprehensive cloud solution available today.

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Southern California Tech Coast Angels IP Orange County 113

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

What is perhaps different from other regions is that we have large indigenous aerospace industry and a big high-tech import/export trade as opposed to a lot of software companies. Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly. But even this is changing.

Entrepreneur 376

Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Google 376

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 22, 2013

CapLinked’s partnership with software security firm Quipa,a software firm founded in 2008 and dealing in new and revolutionary approach to secure network connectivity, will create a stronger network and be the solution for securely managing deals in the cloud. More Agile & Secure Than Trad VPN technologies. Series A Round.

Yammer 72

Yammer Journal Networking Software 72

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

He left out capital sources, but it's still a pretty succinct list of the types of people / communication you should be having early stage. Some resources on this: Intellectual Property is More Than Patents Does My Startup Have Intellectual Property? You need all of these people to bake the cake. What is Stealth? False Confidence.

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Startup IP Ideas Patents 211

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

He left out capital sources, but it's still a pretty succinct list of the types of people / communication you should be having early stage. Some resources on this: Intellectual Property is More Than Patents Does My Startup Have Intellectual Property? You need all of these people to bake the cake. What is Stealth? False Confidence.

Startup 198

Startup IP Ideas Patents 198

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2012

. “While our competitors have been chasing telecom rates to zero, we have kept our focus on delivering value in both our software and our services, which supports superior margins while providing customizable solutions via our software and API suite,” he said.

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Venture Capital Cloud Computing Class Education 89

Xconomy

JUNE 3, 2016

Merck also saw some expected fruits of its 2014 big-ticket acquisition of Cubist Pharmaceuticals wither away this week, as the Supreme Court wouldn’t reverse a decision that shaved years off the patent life of the top-selling antibiotic daptomyicin (Cubicin). To find out more, dive into this week’s roundup. But the U.S.

San Diego 62

San Diego Patents Acquisition News 62

socalTECH

APRIL 8, 2014

There seems to a perpetual shortage of local venture capital investors in the region, despite the huge growth in startup activity here, particularly along Silicon Beach. Anyone can talk a good game, and put together a proforma that looks great, and there are lots of great looking ideas, and people can even all have filed a provisional patent.

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Seed Funding Santa Monica Funding Startup 220

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Kathy Sierra at Business of Software 2009 - Business of Software Blog , May 4, 2010 "In the old days, getting customers was easy. Draw Your Ideas - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , May 16, 2010 I saw Jack Dorsey give this talk at The 99% Conference last month. You could just outspend. Tesla is not. It's a great talk.

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Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

On December 3rd Brad Feld wrote a one paragraph blog post titled “ Raising Venture Capital &# in which he linked to my blog. The Original Post (after the jump): Venture Capital, By Mark Suster (December 2nd, 2006). I don’t plan to write the authoritative venture capital blog, just some anecdotes. Thus is venture capital.

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Venture Capital Blogging Startup Slides 274

Berkonomics

MARCH 30, 2010

In the technology sector where I most often play, extended unplanned software development cycles account for the majority of these corporate failures. Every one of us on the board expressed our concern that the time to make these product changes and position for the new, broader market, would eat away all of the company’s capital.

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Venture Capital Product Resource Marketing 212

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

I told her that I believed America’s best asset – driven initially from software innovation mindset in the San Francisco Bay Area and media innovation driven from Los Angeles – was our willingness to accept failure. And not enough capital embracing these moonshots. We checked patents. Working on it. It is safe.

Technical Review 417

Technical Review Startup Software Review Course 417

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 4, 2016

In June 2015, the platform managed to raise some $20 million in Venture Capital (VC) funding. patent, making its offering totally unique to both advertisers and audiences alike. Indeed, the team claim that Nativo’s programmatic platform boosts native ad performance by up to 300%. Sta Media actually boasts a U.S.

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socalTECH

MARCH 31, 2014

There''s a fair amount of software and computer science involved in this area. That''s really where the genesis of this comes from, and we have patents around the idea of continually analyzing both structure and semistructured data from a wide variety of sources, simultaneously. Where did all of that technology come from?

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Orange County Startup News IBM 245

socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2009

round of funding from the Pasadena Angels and Frontera Capital for a voice-over-IP service, and we thought we'd talk with Cliff Rees, the firm's CEO, to understand how the firm is different from those many providers. Cliff Rees: We're a software as a solutions company.

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IP Pasadena Angels Pasadena Los Angeles 165

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2012

While attracting capital may have been important, Rob & Lance believe it is the right capital that will enable the ZunguZ platform to grow into the defacto social payment platform that will disrupt the disconnected closed loop providers. We don’t offer banking services, but we do refer our users to banks that work with us.

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Software Review Social Network Platform Technical Review 92

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

Bill founded Idealab to create and build successful businesses that capitalize on innovations in areas with significant growth opportunities, including the Internet. In college at the California Institute of Technology, he patented a new loudspeaker design and formed GNP Loudspeakers, Inc. Silver Sponsor. Co-Host & Venue Sponsor.

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels CalTech Startup 84

socalTECH

APRIL 28, 2010

I have been involved with a number of companies that had raised a large amount of money, and one of the things I really wanted to do, was do something that didn't require a large amount of venture capital--something that we could do with a small, lean team. Tags: software messaging startup interview bccthis waldman dave. READ MORE>>.

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Email Startup Mobile Ideas 185

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 4, 2014

“Sustainability is about developing an investment focus around social economic benefits that occur from capital solutions. UCLA itself has been prodigious in patent filing, and recently launched their own VC fund. In simple terms, developing state of the art materials costs a lot of money. 2050 full utilization of local water.

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UCLA Technical Review Software Review Incubator 99

Frank Addante

OCTOBER 19, 2006

► August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush? StrongMail Systems (Digital Messsaging Infrastructure Software) Status: VC-backed (Sequoia Capital, Globespan and Evercore) Lesson: Trust your gut. ► July (1) ► June (3) ► May (5) the Rubicon Project The Journey Startup 6.0: Zondigo, Inc. Startup 3.0:

Startup 40

Startup Ideas Venture Capital Competition 40

Frank Addante

MARCH 26, 2007

► August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush? StrongMail Systems (Digital Messsaging Infrastructure Software) Status: VC-backed (Sequoia Capital, Globespan and Evercore) Lesson: Trust your gut. ► July (1) ► June (3) ► May (5) the Rubicon Project The Journey Startup 6.0: Zondigo, Inc. Startup 3.0:

Outsource Development 40

Outsource Development CTO Hire Startup Venture Capital 40

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

Bill had previously created a packaged software company called Knowledge Adventure the produced children’s educational software. We talked about patents. I brought up the fact that I find many larger companies abusing the patent system to slow down smaller competitors which is actually anti competitive.

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Competition Idealab Product CitySearch 350

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 28, 2012

We’ve secured $6M in Series A funding from Juvo Capital and PG Ventures. Discovery: We’ve built a patent-pending recommendation engine to help users discover incredible new images and new people with similar tastes. Any funding yet, if yes how much and by who? What is your business model?

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Frank Addante

AUGUST 14, 2006

▼ August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush? StrongMail Systems (Digital Messsaging Infrastructure Software) Status: VC-backed (Sequoia Capital, Globespan and Evercore) Lesson: Trust your gut. ► July (1) ► June (3) ► May (5) the Rubicon Project The Journey Startup 6.0: Hire Entrepreneurs!

Startup 40

Startup Email Ideas Venture Capital 40

Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

► August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush? StrongMail Systems (Digital Messsaging Infrastructure Software) Status: VC-backed (Sequoia Capital, Globespan and Evercore) Lesson: Trust your gut. . Wireless & Voice Application Software) Exit: technology acquired Lesson: Timing is critical. Zondigo, Inc.

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Email CTO Hire 40

Frank Addante

MAY 15, 2006

► August (3) Venture Capital - What's the rush? StrongMail Systems (Digital Messsaging Infrastructure Software) Status: VC-backed (Sequoia Capital, Globespan and Evercore) Lesson: Trust your gut. Wireless & Voice Application Software) Exit: technology acquired Lesson: Timing is critical. Patent Lawsuit 6.

Advertising 40

Advertising Startup Chief Technology Officer Technical Review 40

Xconomy

DECEMBER 27, 2016

“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete.” – R. Buckminster Fuller Reinvention A few months ago I was talking to executives in charge of innovation at a large U.S.

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Design Technology Startup Artificial Inteligence 72

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 27, 2011

International requires capital. Even a trusted manufacturer generally employs numerous subcontractors and this can easily lead to unauthorized copying as well as loss of intellectual property rights, despite patent protection. However, the financial benefit may exceed the risk of losing partial patent protection.

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Startup Offshore Patents Outsource Development 91