Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

It takes a long immersion in the marketplace for someone to be a true insider, understand the subtleties of the competitive landscape, recognize the people who are true assets (independent of titles), and look through the propaganda of technical collateral and PR campaigns. A sales fanatic on the founder team helps to contain that risk.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2018

It takes a long immersion in the marketplace for someone to be a true insider, understand the subtleties of the competitive landscape, recognize the people who are true assets (independent of titles), and look through the propaganda of technical collateral and PR campaigns. A sales fanatic on the founder team helps to contain that risk.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2014

It takes a long immersion in the marketplace for someone to be a true insider, understand the subtleties of the competitive landscape, recognize the people who are true assets (independent of titles), and look through the propaganda of technical collateral and PR campaigns. A sales fanatic on the founder team helps to contain that risk.

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socalTECH

JULY 27, 2020

We caught up with Nick--who is a veteran of the area's high tech industry, most recently serving as CEO of Velocify--to get the latest on MomentFeed, which provides services to multi-brand, location businesses. We're basically about helping multi location businesses get discovered, locally. COVID has shown that is possible.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Microsoft was one of the first successful high-tech companies to not distribute its profits to shareholders. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you find yourself." In 1997, Bill finally purchased a private jet. " [Tweet this quote].

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 23, 2012

These individuals would have undoubtedly helped the company avoid some of its intellectual property and employee compensation lawsuits. " When asked about the competition he feared most, Bill Gates is alleged to have said, "the two guys inventing away in a garage somewhere."

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Xconomy

JUNE 3, 2016

The only remaining daptomycin patent will expire in June, clearing the way for generic competition years earlier than expected. StemCells of Newark, CA, said this week it would wind down operations after a Phase 2 trial of its lead product, a spinal cord injury therapy, didn’t do enough to help patients. Reprints | Share:

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 30, 2012

Despite the relative dominance of product-oriented innovations, they seldom create sustainable competitive advantages. You may have overlooked an otherwise highly qualified Advisor, who can help you avoid rookie startup mistakes. Such innovations are often focused on making products stronger, faster, smaller, lighter and cheaper.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Hunt – who at the time, had no real regional competitive advantage. The better we are at telling our story and doing away with old stereotypes, the easier other challenges like attracting tech talent or investment dollars will be to overcome. What are some of the inputs that have helped your ecosystem grow?

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2013

I wanted to do business projects and I got in touch with a guy from the strategy consulting practice in the telecoms & high-tech practice in London. I asked him if I could join his practice as the guy who could help him bridge technology & business. You’re a tech guy. I had had enough. We take MBAs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 9, 2010

Costs for entry and for modernization are high. Competition is high, profitability is low, especially low when compared with some of the new, hot industries such as those burgeoning in the high-tech arenas. Productivity is high - even pilots have helped with luggage and turnaround if needed.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2010

When I get funded,” the entrepreneur thinks, “I can build a prototype, hire a development team, go to market, scale more quickly, and beat my competition.” She is a true angel investor, and has helped package and secure funding for many high-tech startup companies in the area. All problems will go away.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2010

Dmitry walks the audience through the basic techniques that most high-tech savvy professionals use to streamline our digital lives. This product seems to be dead-ended the way that Microsoft products become when they have no competition. People who go to this course end up feeling like they had a near religious experience.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 10, 2010

Yet, it does nothing to help you execute your business model. Patents held by startups generally have a limited ability to reduce competition. Most US high-tech companies begin the utility patent process by filing a provisional patent application. Intellectual Property (IP) is an ugly thing at a startup.

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AeA Los Angeles Council

JULY 22, 2008

Eysenback for the Journal of Medical Internet Research ) “The high tech industry is a strong supporter of eHealth initiatives such as ePrescribing that lower healthcare costs and improve the safety and delivery of care,” said Matthew Kazmierczak, Vice President, Research and Industry Analysis, AeA. We’ve already seen how Web 2.0

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AeA Los Angeles Council

JULY 7, 2008

One, the Executive Office of the President (EOP) has an office called the Office of Science and Technology Policy, or OSTP, which heads up the American Competitiveness Initiative (ACI) ( [link] ). But the point is that these are the kinds of bills that would greatly benefit folks like you who work in the high-tech industry.

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