Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2021

File at least a provisional patent and one or more trademarks. Be wary of crafty shysters who will flood your mailbox with official-looking mail offering to help for a fee, or demanding fees you forgot to pay. Investors learned this a long time ago, so most will tell you that they invest in people, not ideas.

Ideas 136

Ideas Entrepreneur Mentor Resource 136

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 30, 2014

Was there consumer demand? 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. No brainer. We hired OSHA regulatory lawyers. We hired IP specialists to review prior art. It was impressive.

Technical Review 418

Technical Review Software Review CTO Hire IP 418

Berkonomics

MARCH 15, 2012

Professional investors will probe these five risk areas and make the decision to invest based upon comfort with each. Another is to gain the support of a core vendor who is willing to offer special extended terms to the company as its investment in creating the product in a finished state. And fifth: Competitive risk.

Outsource Development 200

Outsource Development Ideas Resource Patents 200

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

I suggest you use social media, blogging, crowdfunding, or documented research to quantify a real demand from people who can afford it, and don’t have a better alternative already out there. Any startup with no patents, trade secrets, or other secret sauce is very high risk today. Make the product or service come alive.

Ideas 94

Ideas Slides Technical Review Patents 94

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 10, 2012

Later, when your venture is trying to close on financing, or even going public, that forgotten partner surfaces, demanding their original share. Disclosing inventions before the patent application is filed. Entrepreneurs often put off the hassle and the cost of filing a patent until first funding.

Startup 99

Startup Patents Legalzoom Invest 99

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2020

Most technical entrepreneurs I know demand the discipline of a product specification or plan, and then assume that their great product will drive a great business. List key competitors and alternatives, highlighting your sustainable competitive advantages, such as patents and trademarks. That means they invest first in a set of plans.

Entrepreneur 124

Entrepreneur Startup Summary Product 124

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 10, 2020

As a business investor, I look for investments where I see founders really holding their people accountable for their actions. It’s easy for you to blame someone else in the organization, economic conditions outside, or even overly demanding customers, when things are not going well.

Startup 113

Startup Examples Coach Metrics 113

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 2, 2011

Later, when your venture is trying to close on financing, or even going public, that forgotten partner surfaces, demanding their original share. Disclosing inventions before the patent application is filed. Entrepreneurs often put off the hassle and the cost of filing a patent until first funding.

Entrepreneur 98

Entrepreneur Patents Invest Startup 98

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2009

We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. 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. Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com).

Southern California 133

Southern California IP Orange County Glendale 133

socalTECH

AUGUST 4, 2015

Santa Barbara-based Ice Energy (www.ice-energy.com) has quietly been working away at developing energy storage systems to help smooth out the demand for energy on the nation's power grid. We have thirteen patents associated with the Ice bear. The reason they do that, is we solve the peak demand problem they have on the grid.

Southern California 100

Southern California Technical Review Demand Outsource Development 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. 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. Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com).

Southern California 113

Southern California Tech Coast Angels IP Orange County 113

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. 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. Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com).

Orange County 113

Orange County Southern California IP Glendale 113

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

Maneesh works with Miramar portfolio companies to identify growth drivers, potential business partners and evaluate prospective investment opportunities. Maneesh’s prior investing experience includes an associate position at El Dorado Ventures. Managing Director of Miramar Venture Partners. He joined Miramar in 2006.

Orange County 106

Orange County Miramar Startup Tech Coast Angels 106

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 19, 2010

Later, when your venture is trying to close on financing, or even going public, that forgotten partner surfaces, demanding equity. Disclosing inventions before the patent application is filed. Entrepreneurs often put off the hassle and the cost of filing a patent until first funding.

Startup 50

Startup Patents Entrepreneur Invest 50

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2015

File at least a provisional patent and one or more trademarks. Be wary of crafty shysters who will flood your mailbox with official-looking mail offering to help for a fee, or demanding fees you forgot to pay. Investors learned this a long time ago, so most will tell you that they invest in people, not ideas.

Ideas 104

Ideas Mentor Resource Entrepreneur 104

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2016

The best differentiation is a patent or other intellectual property that also provides a barrier to entry. Investors look for sales at full price, to people you don’t know, to validate demand, price, and margin. This is why investors invest in the team, rather than the idea. Show an aggressive marketing and sales plan.

Entrepreneur 58

Entrepreneur Ideas Pricing Custom 58

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 18, 2014

Most technical entrepreneurs I know demand the discipline of a product specification or plan, and then assume that their great product will drive a great business. List key competitors and alternatives, highlighting your sustainable competitive advantages, such as patents and trademarks. That means they invest first in a set of plans.

Product 101

Product Entrepreneur Summary Activity 101

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2014

File at least a provisional patent and one or more trademarks. Be wary of crafty shysters who will flood your mailbox with official-looking mail offering to help for a fee, or demanding fees you forgot to pay. Investors learned this a long time ago, so most will tell you that they invest in people, not ideas.

Ideas 107

Ideas Mentor Entrepreneur Resource 107

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 2, 2016

I’m not suggesting that any startup needs to demand perfection, but I do recommend that all learn and follow common business practices from the beginning. Filing a provisional patent costs very little if you do it yourself, and it holds your place in line for a year. The path to true success does not allow for shortcuts.

Startup 62

Startup Patents Entrepreneur Writing 62

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

File at least a provisional patent and one or more trademarks. Be wary of crafty shysters who will flood your mailbox with official-looking mail offering to help for a fee, or demanding fees you forgot to pay. Investors learned this a long time ago, so most will tell you that they invest in people, not ideas.

Ideas 56

Ideas Mentor Resource Product 56

Tech.Co

DECEMBER 6, 2017

What is most exciting is the number of business opportunities that the cannabis industry creates a demand for like water control, commercial real estate, fertilizer development and distribution, wavelength specific LED lighting, and packaging. Most of the equity investments in iHub companies are coming from outside the region.

Startup 105

Startup Technical Review Patents Services 105

Tech.Co

DECEMBER 6, 2017

What is most exciting is the number of business opportunities that the cannabis industry creates a demand for like water control, commercial real estate, fertilizer development and distribution, wavelength specific LED lighting, and packaging. Most of the equity investments in iHub companies are coming from outside the region.

Startup 119

Startup Technical Review Patents Services 119

socalTECH

MAY 14, 2010

That was primarily driven by the economy; when the economy is down, investments are down, and it is increasingly difficult to d a startup. The demand for our products and services is really high, unemployment is high, the need for new technology is high, as is the need to increase efficiency from businesses. It's been kind of lean.

OCTANE 174

OCTANE Orange County Technical Review Southern California 174

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

” I hear it when I visit LPs (the people who invest in VCs) all across the country, “Yeah, I haven’t been out there for a few years but I keep hearing that something is going on there.” The patents Overture held became known in small circles as Google’s ’361 problem as outlined here.

Entrepreneur 376

Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Google 376

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

We've also had great advances in engaging the trust of the commercial community, with patented advances like automatic scoring of our algorithms, which predicts the quality of translations based on a one-through-five scale. Since our financials have been so attractive, there's no stress on them, and it's been an easy investment to support.

Software Review 145

Software Review USC Content Tech Coast Angels 145

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 8, 2016

Most technical entrepreneurs I know demand the discipline of a product specification or plan, and then assume that their great product will drive a great business. List key competitors and alternatives, highlighting your sustainable competitive advantages, such as patents and trademarks. That means they invest first in a set of plans.

Product 55

Product Startup Summary Entrepreneur 55

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Their patented multi-purpose cleaning formula was recently approved by Boeing to replace toxic solvents. EnvoyNow is innovating in the on-demand food delivery space, targeting the underserved college market. Categories: mobile consumer, on-demand, chat. Greg has led Series A investments in tech-based enterprises.

Fractional VPE 40

Fractional VPE Entertainment SaaS Social Media 40

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. Just as you would not ask your family physician to perform a coronary bypass, do not ask your corporate lawyer to help you write your patent application. Your Lawyer is not a Doberman….

Technical Advisors 124

Technical Advisors Technical Review IP Patents 124

socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2009

We started with some fundamental assumptions -- it shouldn't demand a Sun Sparc CPU, it should be able to run on an off-the-shelf server, it needed to be scalable, and it should have no inherent gotchas that would limit it in any way to less than millions of users and tens of millions of calls per day.

IP 165

IP Pasadena Angels Pasadena Los Angeles 165

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Tech startup accelerators dot the landscape, feeding investments into the waiting arms of the nation’s most intelligent and driven entrepreneurs. is a good monthly investment? Richard Rosenblatt – Demand Media. You might know Demand Media better as the people behind Cracked, DailyPuppy, and GolfLink. The iPad mini?

Technical Review 75

Technical Review Entrepreneur Riot Games Southern California 75

InfoChachkie

MAY 9, 2011

Thus, demand “Powered By” branding status to ensure that end-users will be exposed to your brand and alerted to the fact that your technology is a significant component of the BDC’s solution. If there is not a valid business reason for granting one-sided terms, reject the language on the grounds that it is patently unfair.

Outsource Development 170

Outsource Development Entrepreneur Press Technical Review 170

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.” Call out your top competitors, highlighting your sustainable competitive advantage, including patents, trade secrets. Professional investors and even customers invest in people, rather than just a product.

Product 169

Product Summary Startup Examples 169

InfoChachkie

MAY 9, 2011

Thus, demand “Powered By” branding status to ensure that end-users will be exposed to your brand and alerted to the fact that your technology is a significant component of the BDC’s solution. If there is not a valid business reason for granting one-sided terms, reject the language on the grounds that it is patently unfair.

Outsource Development 124

Outsource Development Entrepreneur Press Technical Review 124

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2020

In addition to personal focus, I find that the best entrepreneurs build and demand a culture of focus and excellence in their team, their investors, and even their advisors. Every investor will tell you that they invest in the person, more than the product, because they have learned that people with focus find success.

Entrepreneur 126

Entrepreneur Startup Patents Resource 126

socalTECH

AUGUST 18, 2009

In the recent surge in interest in the clean technology and energy investment area, we're constantly surprised by the number of startups in the area focused on some aspect of the industry. About a year later, we recognized that it was very important to also have the patent, and Dina joined us.

UCLA 159

UCLA Technical Review El Monte Startup 159

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 25, 2022

If your product is really new and disruptive, make sure you have supply to meet the demand at rollout, and a patent to prevent others from jumping in quickly. It takes a huge investment to build large orders, and large customers are the slowest to pay. Create a market you can’t supply and support.

Startup 100

Startup Technical Review Entrepreneur Custom 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 30, 2020

If your product is really new and disruptive, make sure you have supply to meet the demand at rollout, and a patent to prevent others from jumping in quickly. It takes a huge investment to build large orders, and large customers are the slowest to pay. Create a market you can’t supply and support.

Startup 125

Startup Technical Review Entrepreneur Custom 125