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Getting A Software Patent Is Valuable But Frustrating

Startup Professionals Musings

For a software startup, a patent can be the intellectual property providing the key competitive advantage, or it can be an expensive non-defensible bureaucratic nightmare -- or both. Some argue to simply eliminate software patents, while others put their hopes in U.S. Patent offices can’t keep up with software technology.

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9 Innovative Startups To Watch For in 2024

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Source: hibobbie.com The company also raised an impressive $70 million in funding in June to acquire the legacy pediatric nutrition brand Nature’s One, bringing its total kitty up to $142 million and helping to secure its competitive advantage in the industry going forward. Brightwheel’s successes aren’t going on unnoticed, either.

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Reflections on 2018: Michael Jones, Science Inc.

socalTECH

PlayVS supports high school e-sport athletes and celebrates competitive e-sports, allowing any student enrolled in high school to join a team and compete online, with no limit to unique teams per high school and without having to tryout. Additionally, due to the fires in Malibu, we have been testing various air filtration system.

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7 Job Qualifications For Intrapreneurs In Any Company

Startup Professionals Musings

They are painfully aware that tenure on the list of S&P companies is shrinking – from thirty-three years back in 1964, down to twenty-four in 2016, and predicted to be just twelve by 2027. It starts with a mindset that disrupting your business regularly is necessary, before your competition and new startups do it to you.

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Fuel50: Helping Employees Figure Out Their Career Path, With Anne Fulton

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com) � backed by local investors Rincon Venture Partners and Bonfire Ventures�is helping to solve that problem, with its career pathing software designed for helping employees at large enterprises figure out what's next. Los Angeles-based Fuel50 (www.fuel50.com) What is Fuel50? versus New Zealand?

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How The IBM PC Made Me Appreciate Entrepreneurs

Startup Professionals Musings

Corporate entities operate under strict competitive and accounting rules. Internal legal reviews and required new processes were slow to finalize. Even with these extra challenges, the IBM PC was developed and delivered in eighteen months – at that time faster than any other mixed hardware and software product in IBM’s history.

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How Well Versed Are You In Startup Investor Jargon?

Startup Professionals Musings

After viewing your slide deck, if investors are still interested in your startup, they will ask for a deep-dive meeting to drill in on any hard questions before commencing due diligence. Growth hackers are the marketing equivalent of clever software hackers and are highly respected by investors. Sweat equity.

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