Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2020

The critical success factors for a product business are well known, starting with selling every unit with a gross margin of 50 percent or more, building a patent and other intellectual property, and continuous product improvement. Thus you need to highlight how your service is more innovative and higher value to your target customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2020

Use technology and tools, but don’t let them sink you. There are complex processes, like filing a patent, and financial tools that may be new to you, including Excel and Quickbooks. Don’t forget the wealth of “gig” experts for outsourcing at a low cost. As a result, he missed opportunities, and the whole organization suffered.

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Product Startup Tips Entrepreneur 123

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 27, 2014

The same is true for filing patents, registering trademarks, and filing copyrights. You can now skip the mandatory office space rental, with secretary and bookkeeping staff, or outsourcing. Use the cloud and subscriptions for computing technology. Work out of your home, and keep your own books.

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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. 3D printing has been around for the past 30 years, however patents prevented others from advancing such technology. Now, those patents have finally dissolved and allowed a new wave of innovators to take advantage of the technology.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

The critical success factors for a product business are well known, starting with selling every unit with a gross margin of 50 percent or more, building a patent and other intellectual property, and continuous product improvement. Thus you need to highlight how your service is more innovative and higher value to your target customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2014

The critical success factors for a product business are well known, starting with selling every unit with a gross margin of 50 percent or more, building a patent and other intellectual property, and continuous product improvement. Thus you need to highlight how your service is more innovative and higher value to your target customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2016

The critical success factors for a product business are well known, starting with selling every unit with a gross margin of 50 percent or more, building a patent and other intellectual property, and continuous product improvement. Thus you need to highlight how your service is more innovative and higher value to your target customers.

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Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

While it is impossible to know what the future holds, startup business owners can bank on the fact that potential future buyers will be evaluating their financial statements in addition to the value of their corporate team, working partnerships, marketing efforts, patents, and reputation. Key functions should not be outsourced.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 4, 2010

I’ve worked with 30+ early-stage companies in all sorts of capacities (and spoken to many, many more), so I thought it might be worthwhile trying to classify the various ways that I’ve engaged in different technology roles in startups. It depends on the business, people, technologies, etc. Each situation is just a bit different.

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Frank Addante

MARCH 26, 2007

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Wireless & Voice Application Software) Exit: technology acquired Lesson: Timing is critical. FounderBlog’s 1 Year Anniversary!

Outsource Development 40

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Frank Addante

AUGUST 14, 2006

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Wireless & Voice Application Software) Exit: technology acquired Lesson: Timing is critical. FounderBlog’s 1 Year Anniversary!

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Frank Addante

OCTOBER 19, 2006

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Wireless & Voice Application Software) Exit: technology acquired Lesson: Timing is critical. particularly with international patent laws.

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

After the acquisition, MyMiniLife became the common technology platform at Zynga and powers 150M monthly users including games like Cityville, Farmville, and Frontierville. Dan Gould is the another founder of Chill and leads the technology team. Previously, he co-created Farmville, and was the CEO/co-founder of MyMiniLife, Inc.

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Frank Addante

MAY 15, 2006

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Wireless & Voice Application Software) Exit: technology acquired Lesson: Timing is critical. Patent Lawsuit 6. A BIG THANK YOU.

Advertising 40

Advertising Startup Chief Technology Officer Technical Review 40

Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Wireless & Voice Application Software) Exit: technology acquired Lesson: Timing is critical. FounderBlog’s 1 Year Anniversary!

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