Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2019

There is no perfect answer to the competitive advantage question, but investors are looking for how your offering will keep ahead of competition, not just at this moment, but throughout the life of their three to five-year investment. Leading with this answer will likely terminate any further investment opportunity with this investor.

Competition 120

Competition Patents Resource Invest 120

socalTECH

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Closing our inaugural fund was big news for us, but even bigger news in my perspective has been the breakaway performance of many of our investments led by military veteran founders: 1. Those investments are a huge validation of our Fund thesis: investing in Extraordinary Leadership, with a heavy emphasis on military veteran co-founders.

Capital 113

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Most colleges have now added classes in entrepreneurship to include the necessary business focus to technical majors that usually drive innovative ideas. Universities have the links you need to patent attorneys, prototyping companies, investment groups, as well as a wealth of peer talent to round out your team and share the work.

Entrepreneur 157

Entrepreneur Mentor Class Resource 157

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

I’m not suggesting that a startup should ever disclose patent details to others before filing, but I can’t imagine why a startup would not seek visibility and feedback for their idea and solution while they could still make changes with minimal cost. The time to build investor relationships is before you need the investment.

Marketing 105

Marketing Startup Search Engine Optimization Ideas 105

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

An excellent example is the initiative by Elon Musk and Tesla Motors a few years ago to give away their battery patents, to infrastructure and competitive car providers, without transactional agreements. Another partnering model example is the IBM Watson Group $1 billion investment to share cloud-based development and super-computing tools.

IBM 131

IBM IBM Startup Examples 131

InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Through these student and faculty interactions, I have gathered empirical (but non-scientific), first-hand evidence of the factors that contribute to a world-class undergraduate entrepreneurial program. Practitioners, Not Professors – classes should be taught by people who have fought hand-to-hand combat in the startup trenches.

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital Technical Review Class Patents 100

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2015

There is no perfect answer to the competitive advantage question, but investors are looking for how your offering will keep ahead of competition, not just at this moment, but throughout the life of their three to five-year investment. Leading with this answer will likely terminate any further investment opportunity with this investor.

Startup 118

Startup Competition Patents Resource 118

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2020

I’m not suggesting that a startup should ever disclose patent details to others before filing, but I can’t imagine why a startup would not seek visibility and feedback for their idea and solution while they could still make changes with minimal cost. The time to build investor relationships is before you need the investment.

Search Engine Optimization 174

Search Engine Optimization Ideas Startup Custom 174

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 30, 2014

Did anybody hold patents that would prevent us from using this technology? I seldom hire patent attorneys during due diligence but this was too important. Would they build a world class team. We hired OSHA regulatory lawyers. We hired IP specialists to review prior art. Were they ambitious? Did they have the right skills?

Technical Review 418

Technical Review Software Review CTO Hire IP 418

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 1, 2016

Most aspiring entrepreneurs look to their alma mater, or any university, as a source of classes that can help them, but neglect to think outside the box or take advantage of all the other resources to be found there. Online or evening entrepreneurship classes for anyone. Access to intellectual property and current research.

Entrepreneur 55

Entrepreneur Capital Class Startup 55

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2014

There is no perfect answer to the competitive advantage question, but investors are looking for how your offering will keep ahead of competition, not just at this moment, but throughout the life of their three to five-year investment. Leading with this answer will likely terminate any further investment opportunity with this investor.

Entrepreneur 110

Entrepreneur Competition Patents Resource 110

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

An excellent example is the initiative by Elon Musk and Tesla Motors a few years ago to give away their battery patents, to infrastructure and competitive car providers, without transactional agreements. Another partnering model example is the IBM Watson Group $1 billion investment to share cloud-based development and super-computing tools.

Startup 124

Startup IBM IBM Examples 124

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2018

There is no perfect answer to the competitive advantage question, but investors are looking for how your offering will keep ahead of competition, not just at this moment, but throughout the life of their three to five-year investment. Leading with this answer will likely terminate any further investment opportunity with this investor.

Competition 51

Competition Patents Resource Entrepreneur 51

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

The Startup UCLA Accelerator Is About Entrepreneurship Not Investment Returns. Being in its inaugural class, Startup UCLA is still sorting through its own identity and business model issues. It also won a number of key patents bit.ly/RiJCFI Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Post navigation. ← Previous.

UCLA 47

UCLA Invest Startup Class 47

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2009

Middle Market Investment Banking. and international patent and trademark procurement - IP Litigation - IP Licenses and Agreements: distribution, development, joint venture - Intellectual property aspects of mergers and acquisitions. Costello and Sons Insurance Brokers (www.costelloandsons.com). Gemini Partners (www.geminipartners.net).

Southern California 133

Southern California IP Orange County Glendale 133

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

If MedCo’s cholesterol-lowering drug inclisiran wins FDA approval, it will become the third entry in a new class of medicines that block a cholesterol-boosting protein called PCSK9. But the first mover isn’t infallible if someone else has something better. That’s something the The Medicines Co. is counting on.

Pricing 84

Pricing Class Study Marketing 84

Xconomy

JULY 5, 2016

Several world-class research institutions are located in the state, including Indiana University, Purdue University, and the University of Notre Dame. In fact, Indiana University’s Bicentennial Strategic Plan calls for a $300 million investment program called Grand Challenges that focuses on large-scale problems facing humanity.

Patents 67

Patents Research Anthem Education 67

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Middle Market Investment Banking. and international patent and trademark procurement - IP Litigation - IP Licenses and Agreements: distribution, development, joint venture - Intellectual property aspects of mergers and acquisitions. Costello and Sons Insurance Brokers (www.costelloandsons.com). Gemini Partners (www.geminipartners.net).

Southern California 113

Southern California Tech Coast Angels IP Orange County 113

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2015

An excellent example is the initiative by Elon Musk and Tesla Motors to give away all their patents, to infrastructure providers and even competitive car makers, without transactional agreements. Another new partnering model is the IBM Watson Group $1 billion investment to share cloud-based development and super-computing tools.

Startup 100

Startup IBM IBM Examples 100

socalTECH

JULY 31, 2013

We''re reducing the cost at the access point level and at the endpoint level, and continuing to invest to bring our cost points down. So far, we''ve put lots of investment into the engineering and technology side, and we''re now shifting to sales and marketing.

Technical Review 213

Technical Review Software Review Networking Technology 213

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

An excellent example is the initiative by Elon Musk and Tesla Motors a few years ago to give away their battery patents, to infrastructure and competitive car providers, without transactional agreements. Another partnering model example is the IBM Watson Group $1 billion investment to share cloud-based development and super-computing tools.

Competition 60

Competition IBM IBM Startup 60

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2014

An excellent example is the initiative by Elon Musk and Tesla Motors to give away all their patents, to infrastructure providers and even competitive car makers, without transactional agreements. Another new partnering model is the IBM Watson Group $1 billion investment to share cloud-based development and super-computing tools.

IBM 100

IBM IBM Startup Examples 100

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2014

I’m not suggesting that a startup should ever disclose patent details to others before filing, but I can’t imagine why a startup would not seek visibility and feedback for their idea and solution while they could still make changes with minimal cost. The time to build investor relationships is before you need the investment.

Startup 101

Startup Search Engine Optimization Ideas Custom 101

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2016

I’m not suggesting that a startup should ever disclose patent details to others before filing, but I can’t imagine why a startup would not seek visibility and feedback for their idea and solution while they could still make changes with minimal cost. The time to build investor relationships is before you need the investment.

Startup 60

Startup Search Engine Optimization Ideas Custom 60

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 22, 2013

The partnership will deliver high class military-grade security options for firms dealing in sensitive business and financial transactions in the cloud. According to Quipa, using a patented approach that’s more agile and secure than traditional VPN technologies, its QuipaLoop software segments a network into “loops” of trusted devices.

Yammer 72

Yammer Journal Networking Software 72

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 23, 2014

Grokker was founded to address the 3 biggest problems experienced by busy people frustrated with a lack of time to devote to wellness pursuits: 1) easy to discover video classes taught by experts in their domain with a unique point of view; 2) beautiful high quality, tv-like, video that is the opposite of the spotty UGC commonly found online; and.

Help 87

Help Content Activity Networking 87

InfoChachkie

JUNE 25, 2009

If you are charged for every nanosecond you spend with your lawyer, consider finding one who is willing to “invest” more aggressively in your success. In order to get the most out of your discussions with your lawyer, take one or more Business Law classes. It is surprising how often entrepreneurs forget this simple fact.

Technical Advisors 124

Technical Advisors Technical Review IP Patents 124

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Their patented multi-purpose cleaning formula was recently approved by Boeing to replace toxic solvents. Recent alliances in both the emergency responder and warehouse space will allow us to deliver a best-in-class solution to help manage teams, workflow, and efficiency through our wide-screen, large battery, full OS, wearable.

Fractional VPE 40

Fractional VPE Entertainment SaaS Social Media 40

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2020

For example, “We just patented a new battery technology that will cut your smartphone charge time and cost in half.” If your goal is a large national corporation with more than 100 investors, and multiple classes of stock, you might prefer a C-Corp or S-Corp. Use non-fuzzy terms to quantify customer value. and trademarks.

Product 169

Product Summary Startup Examples 169

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

In college at the California Institute of Technology, he patented a new loudspeaker design and formed GNP Loudspeakers, Inc. OrganicStartup incubates and accelerates innovative ventures by providing them with strategic early-stage investment, advisory, and operational assistance. Co-Host & Venue Sponsor.

Idealab 84

Idealab Tech Coast Angels CalTech Startup 84

Frank Addante

MAY 15, 2006

► August (1) Invest in Transparency & Active Communication ► July (1) The Fear of Success ► May (2) Optimized for Speed = 30% Waste Happy 1st Birthday Rubicon Project! Patent Lawsuit 6. Every person on my team was A-class. ► October (1) New Video! the Rubicon Project's Secret to Succes.

Advertising 40

Advertising Startup Chief Technology Officer Technical Review 40

SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2010

People tend to overvalue past investments when making forward-looking investment decisions. Just because a product has a patent, deep complexity and an obvious competitive advantage does not mean that it can fly by itself into the market. Yet entrepreneurs in one class think that the others aren’t the “real” entrepreneurs.

Startup 175

Startup Venture Capital Slides Blogging 175

Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

► August (1) Invest in Transparency & Active Communication ► July (1) The Fear of Success ► May (2) Optimized for Speed = 30% Waste Happy 1st Birthday Rubicon Project! We invested the first $1 million to develop version 1.0 ► October (1) New Video! the Rubicon Project's Secret to Succes.

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Email CTO Hire 40