Berkonomics

MARCH 15, 2012

Is the product or service possible to produce at all, let alone economically enough to compete in the marketplace? One way to mitigate this is by using early money to create a prototype, to perform market research, to complete the first generation of the product, or to deliver the service to a satisfied customer.

Outsource Development 200

Outsource Development Ideas Resource Patents 200

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 26, 2022

You need intellectual property , such as a patent, trade secret, or process expertise that will be a barrier that you can defend. Many of the business plans I see are built around a dream, with idealistic costs, margins, and customer demand. Assess your connections, both social media and financial. Every business is a work in progress.

Social Media 105

Social Media Writing Ideas Resource 105

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. This is the point where you work on the specifics of being able to deliver your product or service.

Ideas 136

Ideas Entrepreneur Mentor Resource 136

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

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2009

We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. and international patent and trademark procurement - IP Litigation - IP Licenses and Agreements: distribution, development, joint venture - Intellectual property aspects of mergers and acquisitions. We put the "Service" back into Internet Service Provider.

Southern California 133

Southern California IP Orange County Glendale 133

socalTECH

JUNE 19, 2009

We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. and international patent and trademark procurement - IP. We put the "Service" back into Internet Service Provider. Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com). Helping entrepreneurs succeed.

SoCalTech 100

SoCalTech Southern California Rustic Canyon IP 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2009

We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. companies, universities, and organizations will be sharing their latest technologies, products, and services in this unique Southern California event. and international patent and trademark procurement - IP. We put the "Service" back into Internet Service Provider.

Southern California 140

Southern California IP Orange County Glendale 140

socalTECH

JUNE 26, 2009

We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. and international patent and trademark procurement - IP. We put the "Service" back into Internet Service Provider. Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com). Helping entrepreneurs succeed.

SoCalTech 100

SoCalTech Southern California Rustic Canyon IP 100

socalTECH

JUNE 5, 2009

We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. and international patent and trademark procurement - IP. We put the "Service" back into Internet Service Provider. Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com). Helping entrepreneurs succeed.

SoCalTech 100

SoCalTech Southern California Rustic Canyon IP 100

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2013

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 94

Startup Patents Legalzoom Invest 94

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2020

That means taking calculated risks with new business models, new customer segments, as well as new products and services. Inventors follow a structured process to assemble and test solutions, file patents for intellectual property protection, and define production details. Dreaming and talking about potential solutions is not enough.

Startup 124

Startup Entrepreneur Customer Custom 124

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. and international patent and trademark procurement - IP Litigation - IP Licenses and Agreements: distribution, development, joint venture - Intellectual property aspects of mergers and acquisitions. We put the "Service" back into Internet Service Provider.

Southern California 113

Southern California Tech Coast Angels IP Orange County 113

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

socalTECH

DECEMBER 7, 2016

I built my own company around marketing services, and have been around business development, marketing, custom service, and sales, and also on the consumer side of technology, a little bit a mix of the two. We're both working with music industry insiders, as well as going and talking with services. How did you two connect?

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels CTO Coach Startup Pasadena Angels 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. Cadence, Intel, IBM, Freescale, Mentor Graphics, Synopsys, LSI, X-Fab, and many other leading-edge companies, universities, and organizations will be sharing their latest technologies, products, and services in this unique Southern California event. Helping entrepreneurs succeed.

Advertising 113

Advertising Southern California IP VentureNet 113

socalTECH

AUGUST 7, 2009

We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. and international patent and trademark procurement - IP Litigation - IP Licenses and Agreements: distribution, development, joint venture - Intellectual property aspects of mergers and acquisitions. We put the "Service" back into Internet Service Provider.

SoCalTech 100

SoCalTech Orange County Southern California IP 100

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

MAY 22, 2009

We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. and international patent and trademark procurement - IP Litigation - IP Licenses and Agreements: distribution, development, joint venture - Intellectual property aspects of mergers and acquisitions. We put the "Service" back into Internet Service Provider.

SoCalTech 100

SoCalTech Southern California Rustic Canyon IP 100

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

Tech.Co

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Hank: I am the CEO and founder of Seco Sys , which is a platform that allows water agencies, customers, and water related services to concurrently engage in water conservation at all water use endpoints. Hank: Seco Sys has developed a range of web services that are dedicated to managing all types of water.

Startup 119

Startup Technical Review Patents Services 119

Tech.Co

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Hank: I am the CEO and founder of Seco Sys, which is a platform that allows water agencies, customers, and water related services to concurrently engage in water conservation at all water use endpoints. Hank: Seco Sys has developed a range of web services that are dedicated to managing all types of water.

Startup 105

Startup Technical Review Patents Services 105

socalTECH

JULY 24, 2009

We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. and international patent and trademark procurement - IP. We put the "Service" back into Internet Service Provider. Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com). Helping entrepreneurs succeed.

SoCalTech 100

SoCalTech Orange County Southern California Westlake Village 100

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. and international patent and trademark procurement - IP Litigation - IP Licenses and Agreements: distribution, development, joint venture - Intellectual property aspects of mergers and acquisitions. We put the "Service" back into Internet Service Provider.

Orange County 113

Orange County Southern California IP Glendale 113

socalTECH

APRIL 24, 2009

We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. and international patent and trademark procurement - IP Litigation - IP Licenses and Agreements: distribution, development, joint venture - Intellectual property aspects of mergers and acquisitions. We put the "Service" back into Internet Service Provider.

SoCalTech 100

SoCalTech Southern California Rustic Canyon Technology Council 100

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. Just for clarification, I characterize a product plan as a formal description of your product or service, with a quick business description at the end for effect.

Product 101

Product Entrepreneur Summary Activity 101

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 23, 2013

Too many founders are convinced they “need” equity financing, for the wrong reasons, as outlined in the book and supplemented with a bit of my own experience: Need employees and professional services. Of course, every company needs these, in due time. On the other hand, there are clearly situations where your needs call for investors.

Startup 100

Startup Entrepreneur Technical Review Equity 100

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. Just for clarification, I characterize a product plan as a formal description of your product or service, with a quick business description at the end for effect.

Product 55

Product Startup Summary Entrepreneur 55

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. This is the point where you work on the specifics of being able to deliver your product or service.

Ideas 104

Ideas Mentor Resource Entrepreneur 104

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

He also has product strategy and business development experience in the areas of video-on-demand services and RF CMOS components. Amir is founder of Bayspring Group, an innovation think tank that specializes in defining market opportunities and the launch of new products and services to meet market needs. Sean Ellis.

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

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. This is the point where you work on the specifics of being able to deliver your product or service.

Ideas 107

Ideas Mentor Entrepreneur Resource 107

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

Too many founders are convinced they “need” equity financing, for the wrong reasons, as outlined in the book and supplemented with a bit of my own experience: Need employees and professional services. Of course, every company needs these, in due time. On the other hand, there are clearly situations where your needs call for investors.

Technical Review 95

Technical Review Startup Equity Entrepreneur 95

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. This is the point where you work on the specifics of being able to deliver your product or service.

Ideas 56

Ideas Mentor Resource Product 56

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

Too many founders are convinced they “need” equity financing, for the wrong reasons, as outlined in the book and supplemented with a bit of my own experience: Need employees and professional services. Of course, every company needs these, in due time. On the other hand, there are clearly situations where your needs call for investors.

Entrepreneur 102

Entrepreneur Technical Review Startup Equity 102

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2016

By profit, I simply mean offering a product or service to customers for a price that exceeds the total costs associated with the solution, thus providing some basis for recovering sunk costs and generating a return for stakeholders. The best differentiation is a patent or other intellectual property that also provides a barrier to entry.

Entrepreneur 58

Entrepreneur Ideas Pricing Customer 58

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2022

with demands for new products and services. An international brand will command higher prices and additional customer demand. As you begin to saturate the demand in domestic markets, let your brand take you international at low cost. And aging populations in Europe and Japan will join the retiring baby boomers in the U.S.

Patents 106

Patents Offshore Startup Demand 106

socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2009

It seems that every week, a new, Voice-over-IP provider firm surfaces in the market, either providing PBX services, voicemail, or other similar services. What is your VoIP service all about, and how is this different from what seems to be lots of Voice over IP service providers?

IP 165

IP Pasadena Angels Pasadena Los Angeles 165