Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 26, 2012

The elevator pitch should be the first few paragraphs of your business plan, your executive summary, your investor presentation, and the first page of your web site. For example, “I just patented a new cell-phone technology that will double battery life for half the cost. Present a sustainable competitive advantage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

I recommend a ten-slide pitch to start, reviewed by friends and advisors, to be expanded to a ten-to-twenty-page business plan with opportunity sizing, cost and price details, competitors, marketing and sales strategy, financial projections, and resources required. Make sure your solution is defensible and unique.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 10, 2011

As a member of the local Angel group selection committee, I’ve seen a lot of startup presentations to investors, and I’ve never seen one that was too short - maybe short on content, but not short on pages! Every startup needs both a business plan and an investor presentation, completed before you formally approach any investors.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

—Oral arguments in the landmark patent fight over ownership of the gene editing technology CRISPR-Cas9 were set for Dec. Patent and Trademark Office. —Despite the patent fight, CRISPR work continues apace. —Despite the patent fight, CRISPR work continues apace. billion in yearly sales.

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InfoChachkie

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

Most sophisticated investors ignore them, focusing their attention on an entrepreneur's pitch and presentation materials, financial forecast and executive summary. Distribution and Sales. Patents and Trademarks. Business Plans are dead. How do you profitably get the pain reliever to the consumers experiencing the pain?

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2016

This is also the place to first mention patents and any other differentiators that put you ahead of competition. Name the three top ones, and present your sustainable advantage as well as barriers to entry for new startups. What are your specific marketing and sales plans? Highlight elements of traction you already have.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 31, 2015

Skip the sales pitch and avoid preaching. For example, “I have patented a new LCD with double the intensity at half the cost, already proven locally, and I just need resources to scale for this market.” For example, “Unlike all the other LCD providers, our patented high intensity light has no blue tint or glare that looks unnatural.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2015

File at least a provisional patent and one or more trademarks. Pitching” is the insider term for presenting your product idea to people who could conceivably buy it or fund your efforts. Relevant questions include the type of business entity (LLC or C-Corp), licensing or manufacturing, sales and marketing, and staffing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2014

File at least a provisional patent and one or more trademarks. Pitching” is the insider term for presenting your product idea to people who could conceivably buy it or fund your efforts. Relevant questions include the type of business entity (LLC or C-corp), licensing or manufacturing, sales and marketing, and staffing.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Barry Lieberman: My backgruond is about 35 years in technology, business development, and sales and marketing. 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. All are separate.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

File at least a provisional patent and one or more trademarks. Pitching” is the insider term for presenting your product idea to people who could conceivably buy it or fund your efforts. Relevant questions include the type of business entity (LLC or C-Corp), licensing or manufacturing, sales and marketing, and staffing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 18, 2014

It allows all members of your team, including marketing, support, and sales, to size and build the business plan processes they need to find customers, deliver, and maintain grow the business. The customer pain point must be defined before the solution is presented, so it doesn’t look like you have a solution looking for a problem.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 22, 2020

I believe the Alliance for SoCal Innovation ran some numbers, and we were tied in terms of university patents generated with Massachusetts, blowing out San Francisco and the Bay Area. Tickets are already on sale for that one, and we'll also be hosting some holiday parties. Thanks, and congrats on the new role! READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

The elevator pitch should be the first few paragraphs of your business plan, your executive summary, your investor presentation, and the first page of your web site. Do you want their business card, to schedule a full presentation, to ask for a referral? Use it in every networking situation and business conference introduction.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 8, 2016

It allows all members of your team, including marketing, support, and sales, to size and build the business plan processes they need to find customers, deliver, and maintain grow the business. The customer pain point must be defined before the solution is presented, so it doesn’t look like you have a solution looking for a problem.

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Product Startup Summary Entrepreneur 55

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 3, 2013

Scan the Internet for existing patents and some “credible unbiased third party” data that confirms there is really a market for a solution resulting from your idea. Rather than starting with a full business plan, I recommend that you start with an executive summary of a couple of pages, or an executive level presentation of maybe ten charts.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 2, 2015

It freed up Ophir to grow out our sales organization, to work more closely with agencies, to innovate on product and to raise capital. I know you want to live in a world in which you can just present your great ideas to a board, you’ll have great value-added discussions and the right answer will emerge. That’s fantasy.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Developing their business directly through partnerships with sports teams, Crowd Seats has the ability to get larger discounts on potentially unused ticket sales to provide value for the fans, teams, and venues. Our next company to present was Danger Room Gaming and their Rapid Fire Trivia games.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2012

Scan the Internet for existing patents and some “credible unbiased third party” data that confirms there is really a market for a solution resulting from your idea. Rather than starting with a full business plan, I recommend that you start with an executive summary of a couple of pages, or an executive level presentation of maybe ten charts.

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Ideas Summary Startup CalTech 97

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Jonathan Simkin: I was actually in high school when I decided I'd either start a company when I graduated, or go into patent law. This opportunity sort of just presented itself, because I knew every student hated buying books and there was no easy way to od it. I chose Harvey Mudd because they have a general engineering degree.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 7, 2011

Scan the Internet for existing patents and some “credible unbiased third party” data that confirms there is really a market for a solution resulting from your idea. Rather than starting with a full business plan, I recommend that you start with an executive summary of a couple of pages, or an executive level presentation of maybe ten charts.

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Ideas Entrepreneur Summary Startup 104

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Why Lawyers Don’t Run Startups - Steve Blank , May 27, 2010 Startups need to have a great lawyer, accountant, patent attorney, etc. Through advertising or direct sales, these sites harvest intent. Instead of making a few dollars per sale and hoping for thousands of sales, you sell to only a few customers, and charge much higher rates.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 18, 2013

The 10 startups presented a mix of innovation for consumers and enterprise with some sure to please twists. The Black Tux online tuxedo rental, which is reinventing the customer experience in the antiquated $10B+ tuxedo rental and sales industry. RocksBox , a new discovery and sales channel for designer fashion jewelry.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2022

At present, no world patents or international patent process really exists, so you need to apply in every relevant country. Trying to get patent protection worldwide at the beginning is prohibitively expensive, so pick your geographies and timing carefully and strategically.

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Jason Nazar

MAY 2, 2016

If you are inventing or creating a product, understand patents and register for one at the USPTO. Set up a collaboration method for business documents, spreadsheets and presentations ( GoogleApps ). Create a sales forecasts and financial projections regularly. Execute the 5 Step Sales Process. Recommended.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2012

ABSA Jewish Entrepreneur of the Year – WINNER (This award was actually presented by Gill Marcus) – (Annex.13). We are in the process of integrating into various point of sales and providing prefunded vouchers for the unbanked. A member of the Young Presidents Organization YPO – since 2003. So we bring business to banks.

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Software Review Social Network Platform Technical Review 92

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 15, 2010

Have you patented it? How will you generate awareness and close sales? Today's guest blog is by Akira Hirai, founder of Cayenne Consulting, a firm that helps entrepreneurs prepare for the fund raising process by developing strategies, business plans, financial forecasts, and presentation materials. His website is [link].

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socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2009

We will go to the cable MSO, and totally white label our technology so it looks and fells and smells to end users, customer service, technical support, and sales people, like their own brand. We've got patents on technology that helps save bandwidth utilized for VoIP calls and particularly for video.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2019

At present, no world patents or international patent process really exists, so you need to apply in every relevant country. Trying to get patent protection worldwide at the beginning is prohibitively expensive, so pick your geographies and timing carefully and strategically.

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Marketing Patents Offshore Startup 94

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2020

Thus I offer the following outline for how to organize and present your business plan, with specific examples: Start with outlining the customer problem, and your solution. For example, “We just patented a new battery technology that will cut your smartphone charge time and cost in half.” and trademarks.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 1, 2018

And while that cliché has been said about everything in the Lone Star state for years, it rings particularly true for the hottest startups showcasing their big innovations at SXSW Startup Night 2018 presented by the Kauffman Foundation and TechCo. Think of looking at a dot graph of your business sales in virtual reality.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

We have been holding off on this announcement for quite a bit and now we can officially announce Bill Gross of Idealab as our SuperDemo presenter. In college at the California Institute of Technology, he patented a new loudspeaker design and formed GNP Loudspeakers, Inc. which made a natural language product for Lotus 1-2-3 called HAL.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 18, 2015

At present, no world patents or international patent process exists, so you need to apply in every relevant country. Trying to get patent protection worldwide at the beginning is prohibitively expensive, so pick your geographies and timing carefully and strategically.

Patents 106

Patents Startup Offshore Demand 106

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2019

Traditionally, you just worried about the quality of the sales transaction (price, speed, service), but the “customer experience” now includes ease of pre-sale shopping, post-sale support, with a connected relationship throughout. This can save them grief, as well as reduce your own marketing and sales costs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

At present, no world patents or international patent process really exists, so you need to apply in every relevant country. Trying to get patent protection worldwide at the beginning is prohibitively expensive, so pick your geographies and timing carefully and strategically.

Marketing 54

Marketing Patents Offshore Startup 54

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

At present, no world patents or international patent process exists, so you need to apply in every relevant country. Trying to get patent protection worldwide at the beginning is prohibitively expensive, so pick your geographies and timing carefully and strategically.

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Entrepreneur Patents Startup Offshore 97

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2012

At present, no world patents or international patent process exists, so you need to apply in every relevant country. Trying to get patent protection worldwide at the beginning is prohibitively expensive, so pick your geographies and timing carefully and strategically.

Marketing 104

Marketing Startup Patents Offshore 104