Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2020

It may not be as sexy, but starting a new business which builds on an existing technology or business model is usually less risky than introducing that ultimate new disruptive technology. There are many levels of innovation that go beyond copying someone else’s idea, but stop short of pushing the leading edge (bleeding edge).

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 4, 2022

As a startup advisor and investor, I’ve met many aspiring entrepreneurs, and I often get asked the question, “I have a great idea for a startup – do you agree that it real potential?” Many techies and inventors I know hate the thought of running a business – their fun and challenge comes from creating the innovative solution.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 30, 2013

I’m sure you know, but Elon was the co-founder (and largest shareholder) of PayPal, the most important payment transfer technology of its era and still the most instrumental to date. I hope you’ll consider clicking that link and making even a small KickStarter contribution to support arts & innovation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 4, 2019

Most entrepreneurs I know are individually very innovative, but a successful startup can’t be a one-man show (for long). That means they need to build an innovative team, which is not a skill that most people are born with. Innovation is not all about coming up with new ideas. Develop the best solution. Implement plans.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 16, 2021

This is a statement that they are willing and able (and successful) at projecting market and technology turns, not just straight-line innovations. Most of you could suggest one more, but not many. The ultimate compliment that any entrepreneur can get is that they can “see around corners.” Practice learning as an action sport.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2021

All of these seem to display a common set of traits, which I believe should be high on the priority list of every entrepreneur and business professional: Use multi-cultural insights and unique experiences. I find that most new business innovations are ideas from one discipline or culture, applied to another.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 13, 2012

Successful Olympic athletes share a number of common qualities with entrepreneurs; including boundless energy, uncompromising tenacity and a willingness to innovate. Such innovations include new training routines, inventive diets, and novel gameplay tactics. Inventive Innovations. Not All Flops Are Failures.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 7, 2020

As a startup advisor and investor, I’ve met many aspiring entrepreneurs, and I often get asked the question, “I have a great idea for a startup – do you agree that it real potential?” Many techies and inventors I know hate the thought of running a business – their fun and challenge comes from creating the innovative solution.

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socalTECH

JULY 16, 2013

In the same way that the technology community is not the same when you''re talking San Francisco versus Palo Alto versus San Jose, Southern California''s technology communities have their own neighborhoods. What is Innovate Pasadena? We''re focused on being a catalyst for collaboration and innovation in this part of Los Angeles.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Most entrepreneurs I know are individually very innovative, but a successful startup can’t be a one-man show (for long). That means they need to build an innovative team, which is not a skill that most people are born with. Innovation is not all about coming up with new ideas. Develop the best solution. Implement plans.

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InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

In 1862, Charles Darwin predicted that an insect with an extraordinary tongue must exist by observing an orchid which stores its nectar at bottom of long stem. morganii praedicta, a moth with a freakishly long tongue which fed on the orchid’s pollen. 2. Innovations Spawn Unintended Uses. 1. The Hummingbird Effect.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

If you’re funding the same stuff as everybody else and if you started your activities when the clues were obvious you’re much less likely to drive enormous returns. When Fred Wilson funded Twitter I guarantee you it wasn’t obvious that it was a billion dollar idea. Venture Capital is a tricky industry.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 27, 2011

As such, the recruitment process revolves around applicants’ resumes, which highlight w hat they have previously done in their professional careers. If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for. As noted in Inventors vs. Innovators , early-stage hires do not have to be wide-eyed inventors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

It may not be as sexy, but starting a new business which builds on an existing technology or business model is usually less risky than introducing that ultimate new disruptive technology. There are many levels of innovation that go beyond copying someone else’s idea, but stop short of pushing the leading edge (bleeding edge).

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 30, 2014

There are many levels of innovation that go beyond copying someone else’s idea, but stop short of pushing the bleeding edge. Before Wal-Mart made the low-cost high-volume business model famous, there was Ben Franklin and Two Guys, which touted it way back following World War II. Many of the major business successes started this way.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2013

Most entrepreneurs I know are individually very innovative, but a successful startup can’t be a one-man show (for long). That means they need to build an innovative team, which is not a skill that most people are born with. Innovation is not all about coming up with new ideas. Develop the best solution. Implement plans.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2012

Most entrepreneurs I know are individually very innovative, but a successful startup can’t be a one-man show (for long). That means they need to build an innovative team, which is not a skill that most people are born with. Innovation is not all about coming up with new ideas. Develop the best solution. Implement plans.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2016

It may not be as sexy, but starting a new business which builds on an existing technology or business model is usually less risky than introducing that ultimate new disruptive technology. There are many levels of innovation that go beyond copying someone else’s idea, but stop short of pushing the leading edge (bleeding edge).

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 30, 2014

The reality is that as VCs we have limited allocations of where we can spend our time so we want to attach ourselves to projects in which we, too, can be passionate. I had back-to-backs all week and that’s what it’s like when you squeeze in a last-minute meeting. But it seemed to work. I spent one hour with them.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 11, 2016

In the interest of getting you off on the right foot, here is my priority list of recommended preparation activities. Angels are most interested to help you scale the business, once you have real customer traction and ready to break out. These are all accredited investors who risk their own money.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 6, 2018

You’re The Average Of The Five People You Spend The Most Time With” Jim Rohn, Motivational Speaker. He describes his Junto Club in his biography, as follows: “…I had form’d most of my ingenious acquaintance into a club of mutual improvement, which we called the Junto; we met on Friday evenings.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Helpers do what you say, while people smarter than you in their domain do what you need, without any attention from you. Helpers do what you say, while people smarter than you in their domain do what you need, without any attention from you. That’s a win-win for both partners.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Innovation is at the heart of wealth creation. Innovation is at the heart of job creation. Innovation is at the heart of building better lives for everyone. And innovation can be increased by conscious support. A lot of people don’t think innovation is important. People may need to learn new skills.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2016

Most experts agree that the software patent process is in disarray, and you can find a long Wikipedia article on the debate, as well as many strong views from key industry players. Even if you start with the U.S. The standard issue patent duration is 20 years, which is far too long in the software business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2016

As a startup advisor and investor, I’ve met many aspiring entrepreneurs, and I often get asked the question, “I have a great idea for a startup – do you agree that it real potential?” Many techies and inventors I know hate the thought of running a business – their fun and challenge comes from creating the innovative solution.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 12, 2014

New and innovative designers are popping up everywhere, thanks to new technology like 3D printing. SYNCFAB , (Synchronized Fabrication) is a platform to bring hybrid 3D printing and connect inventors and designers with manufacturers and material specialists to bring back local manufacturing. I wouldn’t think so.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 8, 2018

One of the key myths that he destroys is that of the lone inventor who experiences a Eureka moment. In isolation, a particular hunch may be worthless, but when combined with other ideas, at the right time, the result can be a game-changing innovation. The more you play around with ideas and you write them down, the better.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

In 1798, at the age of 55, a frustrated, destitute Fitch scrimped together enough money to purchase a handful of opium pills, which he used to end his life. If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for. Thus, it often pays to develop points of differentiation which are not based on product features.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 14, 2009

You are forty, out of a job, a newlywed, your wife is expecting a baby, you don’t own your own home, you have no specialized qualifications, the only company you ever launched went bankrupt and you have just been sentenced to one year in jail.”. If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 16, 2013

This is a statement that they are willing and able (and successful) at projecting market and technology turns, not just straight-line innovations. Most of you could suggest one more, but not many. The ultimate compliment that any entrepreneur can get is that they can “see around corners.” Practice learning as an action sport.

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Frank Addante

JUNE 25, 2015

How can we return to that mindset of innovation? My next thought jumped to other famous inventors and whether they had the same excitement, passion and energy when they created their innovations. This step required some research, so I decided to study some of history’s greatest innovators. Innovators must: 1.

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Frank Addante

JUNE 25, 2015

How can we return to that mindset of innovation? My next thought jumped to other famous inventors and whether they had the same excitement, passion and energy when they created their innovations. This step required some research, so I decided to study some of history’s greatest innovators. Risk aversion kills innovation.”Be

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 20, 2012

This is a statement that they are willing and able (and successful) at projecting market and technology turns, not just straight-line innovations. Most of you could suggest one more, but not many. The ultimate compliment that any entrepreneur can get is that they can “see around corners.” Practice learning as an action sport.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2012

Count on spending $10K to $20K per patent just for a USA application today, unless you do most of the work. Then you need to repeat the process for every country of interest. Patents have become a tax on innovation. Patents currently last 20 years, which is way too long in the software business. We need a global solution.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 26, 2020

Do you have an invention that you believe is worth a million dollars? In fact, it could be worth much more than that, if you are able to use it to kickstart a successful business. Unfortunately, many inventors I know are stuck at this stage, being great technologists, but not so great as entrepreneurs. billion net worth.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 7, 2011

Count on spending $10K to $20K per patent just for a USA application today, unless you do most of the work. Then you need to repeat the process for every country of interest. Patents have become a tax on innovation. Patents currently last 20 years, which is way too long in the software business. We need a global solution.

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SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

If a person from outside Los Angeles is a fan of the city, dig a little and you’ll probably find that they like it for the celebrities, Hollywood not LA. You might not want to believe it, but eSports are here to stay. You might not want to believe it, but eSports are here to stay. You betcha. Post navigation.

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