Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 27, 2014
These days, you can find existing patents and trademarks through Google and the US Patent Office online site without spending thousands of dollars with your favorite patent attorney. Of course, existing patents don’t stop you from innovating, but charging ahead into a wall is no fun. Minimize infrastructure dependencies.
Both Sides of the Table
OCTOBER 8, 2014
” I hear it when I visit LPs (the people who invest in VCs) all across the country, “Yeah, I haven’t been out there for a few years but I keep hearing that something is going on there.” billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. acquired Overture for $1.63
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Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 30, 2014
You need to address these concerns early by highlighting patents, encryption capability or other features that mitigate these risks and costs. Payback on investment. Every business executive wants to understand how each new investment in technology relates to their bottom line. Skip the acronyms and implementation details.
Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 6, 2014
Registered patents and other intellectual property. Since your product or technology may still be in the early stages of development, the investor in actually investing in you, and your previous achievements, as much as your current startup. Marty Zwilling First published on Entrepreneur.com on 11/28/2014.
Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 5, 2014
In fact, the headline of one read, “How Putting $10m into uBeam illustrates everything that is wrong with tech investing today.” We checked patents. But “what is wrong with tech investing today?” What about competing patents. Mark Suster (@msuster) November 1, 2014. We checked safety.
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?
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 5, 2014
In this case, the primary cash outflow would be for product development and operating expenses, with potentially enough runway to build the initial product, get a patent, attract some early adopters, and build the initial revenue stream. It’s why most investors proclaim that they invest in people, more than the idea.
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