Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

Self-employed services specialists are just as important, and are a growing part of this new “ age of the entrepreneur ” that I discussed last week. As your business starts up, you need marketing programs, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Search Engine Marketing (SEM), a modern “pull” strategy based on social networks, and lead generation.

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Entrepreneur Services Product Search Engine Optimization 89

socalTECH

JULY 18, 2012

One way is to create your own, custom video clip which you can share via email, text message, or through a social networking site like Facebook. We spoke with Allison Dollar, Chief Strategy Officer at the company and member of the founding team, about what the company's service is all about. What is the SnapCuts service?

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 9, 2018

According to an MIT study a while back, only about 10% of patents granted in the United States have any meaningful commercial importance and less than one percent are of seminal importance. Look for customer-focused value creation. Seek innovation that begets invention. It doesn’t always work the other way around. Failure is an option.

Guide 95

Guide Startup Ideas Entrepreneur 95

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2013

alone, the target demographic for these services is 90 million singles that are between 19 and 45. The same Online Dating Magazine estimates that there are more than 2,500 online dating services online in the U.S. alone, with 1,000 new online dating services opening every year. Social networks. So are customers.

Sites 86

Sites Social Network Networking Patents 86

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2012

Experienced business people realize that unless you are dealing with a commodity, or customers are extremely unhappy, they won’t switch to a new alternative unless the savings are well above 20%. If your product or service looks like one-of-a-kind, with no planned follow-up, you have a weak position. Strong focus and differentiation.

Competition 97

Competition Patents Startup Social Network 97

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 5, 2016

According to an MIT study a while back, only about 10% of patents granted in the United States have any meaningful commercial importance and less than one percent are of seminal importance. Look for customer-focused value creation. Seek innovation that begets invention. It doesn’t always work the other way around. Failure is an option.

Startup 103

Startup Ideas Entrepreneur Competition 103

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2013

Truly satisfied customers are a joy to every business person. Working on that unique design, or completing the breakthrough for an innovative patent, are moments of inspiration that you will never forget, especially if they become your competitive edge. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs.

Startup 100

Startup Patents Competition Social Network 100

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2012

Truly satisfied customers are a joy to every business person. Working on that unique design, or completing the breakthrough for an innovative patent, are moments of inspiration that you will never forget, especially if they become your competitive edge. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs.

Entrepreneur 102

Entrepreneur Patents Startup Ideas 102

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2011

Experienced business people realize that unless you are dealing with a commodity, or customers are extremely unhappy, they won’t switch to a new alternative unless the savings are well above 20%. If your product or service looks like one-of-a-kind, with no planned follow-up, you have a weak position. Strong focus and differentiation.

Competition 102

Competition Patents Startup Social Network 102

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 26, 2011

alone, the target demographic for these services is 90 million singles that are between 19 and 45. The same Online Dating Magazine estimates that there are more than 2,500 online dating services online in the U.S. alone, with 1,000 new online dating services opening every year. Social networks. So are customers.

Sites 91

Sites Social Network Competition Patents 91

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 1, 2016

For a new startup, the best way to assure survival is to file patents or other intellectual property to keep future competitors from copying your success. In reality, dating is a form of social networking, so Facebook could easily enhance their services in this direction, if the market traction of others was evident.

Sites 51

Sites Ideas Statistics Google 51

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. Now, thanks to social media, you don't have to outspend. Putting customers first. Legendary customer support. They’re deep into Customer Development ,” he said. The Holy Grail of.

Startup 248

Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2013

According to a recent MIT study , only about 10% of patents granted in the United States have any meaningful commercial importance and less than one percent are of seminal importance. Look for customer-focused value creation. Seek innovation that begets invention. It doesn’t always work the other way around. Failure is an option.

Startup 105

Startup Ideas Entrepreneur Competition 105

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Truly satisfied customers are a joy to every business person. Working on that unique design, or completing the breakthrough for an innovative patent, are moments of inspiration that you will never forget, especially if they become your competitive edge. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs.

Startup 88

Startup Patents Competition Social Network 88

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 22, 2012

Barter services and use equity to get things done for minimum cash. Make every effort to do things “in house”, rather than rely on outside services, accountants, and law firms. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Do not delegate this task! Create intellectual property. Manage your time.

Entrepreneur 98

Entrepreneur Social Network Startup Patents 98

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2012

ZunguZ is a global social payment platform that integrates deeply into the social graph of Facebook and financial service providers. Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Integr8 Group – one of the largest private owned Information Communication and Telecommunication Managed Service providers in South Africa (Annex.13).

Software Review 92

Software Review Social Network Platform Technical Review 92

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Barter services and use equity to get things done for minimum cash. Make every effort to do things “in house”, rather than rely on outside services, accountants, and law firms. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Do not delegate this task! Create intellectual property. Manage your time.

Tips 102

Tips Help Startup Blogging 102

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

For a business, you must define the absolute minimum features you need to satisfy the customer problem, and test it in the market. By using a laser focused approach for the first iteration, you may actually produce something and get a customer without funding. Get a real customer and real revenue.

Funding 112

Funding Entrepreneur Startup CTO Hire 112

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

Barter services and use equity to get things done for minimum cash. Make every effort to do things “in house”, rather than rely on outside services, accountants, and law firms. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Do not delegate this task! Create intellectual property. Manage your time.

Mentor 100

Mentor Startup Social Network Patents 100

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

plus a large settlement on patent disputes paid from Google) so Bill did well on it. I think the best solution for the social networking era is “in-stream&# advertising. I know you could argue that YouTube was much broader but it was really popularized in the social networks. Overture sold for $1.6

Venture Capital 271

Venture Capital Capital Google Platform 271

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2012

According to a recent MIT study , only about 10% of patents granted in the United States have any meaningful commercial importance and less than one percent are of seminal importance. Look for customer-focused value creation. Seek innovation that begets invention. It doesn’t always work the other way around. Failure is an option.

Entrepreneur 94

Entrepreneur Startup Ideas Competition 94

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2012

Reserve the company name on social networks to protect it. File a patent and trademarks to show real intellectual property. Remember to aim the content of both of these at investors, not customers. Close at least one initial customer. Network to the maximum with investor connections.

Angel 104

Angel Screening Summary Startup 104

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 25, 2010

In the USA alone, the target demographic for these services is the 90 million singles that are between 19 and 45 (not counting the fact that 40% of frequent users are married already). Out of all these services, it estimates that more than 90% will fail or never turn a profit. Social networks and search engines.

Sites 49

Sites Social Network Statistics Patents 49

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2012

For a business, you must define the absolute minimum features you need to satisfy the customer problem, and test it in the market. By using a laser focused approach for the first iteration, you may actually produce something and get a customer without funding. Get a real customer and real revenue.

Startup 104

Startup CTO Hire Press Custom 104

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 29, 2010

Barter services and use equity to get things done for minimum cash. Make every effort to do things “in house”, rather than rely on outside services, accountants, and law firms. Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. Do not delegate this task! Create intellectual property. Manage your time.

Guide 92

Guide Startup Social Network Patents 92

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 28, 2010

Experienced business people realize that unless you are dealing with a commodity, or customers are extremely unhappy, they won’t switch to a new alternative unless the savings is well above 20%. If your product or service looks like one-of-a-kind, with no planned follow-up, you have a weak position. Lock on the market or customer base.

Competition 49

Competition Tips Patents Startup 49

socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2010

We also assumed over 50 pending patents, from ten different patent families. We feel that we can be an enabler of productive, secure, and intuitive use of the web for commercial purposes, whether that's for a social networking site, for communications, medical records, or financial services.

Technology 124

Technology Web Sites Orange County 124

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Reserve the company name on social networks to protect it. File a patent and trademarks to show real intellectual property. Remember to aim the content of both of these at investors, not customers. Close at least one initial customer. Network to the maximum with investor connections.

Invest 99

Invest Angel Technical Review Summary 99

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2011

For a business, you must define the absolute minimum features you need to satisfy the customer problem, and test it in the market. By using a laser focused approach for the first iteration, you may actually produce something and get a customer without funding. Get a real customer and real revenue.

Startup 101

Startup CTO Hire Press Custom 101

socalTECH

JULY 15, 2009

Don Patterson, the co-founders of Irvine-based Quub (www.quub.com), which has taken research which Dr. Patterson was working on at UC Irvine and applied it to the world of Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, and other social networking sites. Back to the service--how do people use Quub? George Ruan: I did four startups before Quub.

Startup 100

Startup Research UCI Social Network 100

Jason Nazar

MAY 2, 2016

If you are inventing or creating a product, understand patents and register for one at the USPTO. For a corporation and LCC, you must register a service agent. Ensure your business name is available on a wide variety of social networking websites in order to develop consistent branding ( KnowEm ). Recommended.

Outsource Development 40

Outsource Development Startup Google Mentor 40

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Reserve the company name on social networks to protect it. File a patent and trademarks to show real intellectual property. Remember to aim the content of both of these at investors, not customers. Close at least one initial customer. Network to the maximum with investor connections.

Angel 89

Angel Funding Technical Review Startup 89

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2010

For a business, you must define the absolute minimum features you need to satisfy the customer problem, and test it in the market. By using a laser focused approach for the first iteration, you may actually produce something and get a customer without funding. Get a real customer and real revenue.

Tips 88

Tips Startup CTO Hire Press 88

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

As your business starts up, you need marketing programs, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Search Engine Marketing (SEM), a modern “pull” strategy based on social networks, and lead generation. Tomorrow, a similar change is likely to happen to sales personnel, customer service, even manufacturing and construction jobs.

Entrepreneur 48

Entrepreneur Search Engine Optimization Startup SEM 48

Tech.Co

MARCH 1, 2018

This biotech company developed Xplore-PATHO as a service to test samples for the presence of pathogens – everything from bacteria and DNA virus to parasites and fungus – in a single test. In collaboration with Marshawn Lynch, the cofounders are planning on making cell phone service free. Targeted mobile advertising.

Startup 79

Startup Mentor Platform Help 79

socalTECH

JULY 29, 2009

You could create a business process design Genie, and announce it through public relations or social networking efforts, and direct them to a login page. Milo Sindell: In terms of business model, it's a subscription service. We have patents filed on this process. a month for two Genies, and unlimited users or customers.

Geni 100

Geni Web Guide Platform 100

socalTECH

APRIL 28, 2010

Dave Waldman: While creating our email product, we'd done quite a bit of work on patenting the processes we were going through, and liked the concept of private messaging. We thought about where else we could apply it to, and thought about the various social networking services, and specifically, Twitter.

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Email Startup Mobile Ideas 185