Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

As an investor, I always listen carefully to what an entrepreneur says, and does not say, about competition. Every business area has competition and every customer has alternatives, so a smart entrepreneur needs to acknowledge these as a positive in defining a big market, and position the features of a new solution in this context.

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Xconomy

JUNE 3, 2016

Merck also saw some expected fruits of its 2014 big-ticket acquisition of Cubist Pharmaceuticals wither away this week, as the Supreme Court wouldn’t reverse a decision that shaved years off the patent life of the top-selling antibiotic daptomyicin (Cubicin). —When Merck (NYSE: MRK ) bought Cubist Pharmaceuticals for $9.5

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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. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 6/20/2014. Are you ready to make it happen?

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2014

Registered patents and other intellectual property. From an investor perspective, understanding and acting early to establish a sustainable competitive advantage, and barrier to entry, is the best assurance of a financial return. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 11/28/2014.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Eli Aizenstat: I entered into the Design Accelerator, which is an accelerator run in conjunction with the Art Center College of Design and Caltech, in the summer of 2014. We worked on Beatshare at Chapman, where there was a business plan competition, which we won. That's what really started to get us interest from the angel community.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2014

On the other hand, if you have a new technology, with patent applied for, maybe you more time to get it right. There certainly isn’t anything wrong with a regular well-paid job and career, with health-care benefits, and a competitive retirement plan. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 10/10/2014.

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