Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 27, 2016
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. Every business is global, but patent rules differ around the world.
socalTECH
AUGUST 18, 2017
Marcus Filipovich: I joined as Chief Executive Officer in January of 2016, however, our founders are really the pioneers in the area of using eye signs for drug enforcement. That's a bridge to our Series A, which we'll be using for scaling up sales and marketing. How did the company and its technology come about?
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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. What are your specific marketing and sales plans? You need to identify pricing details, sales channels, strategic partners and a customized marketing plan consistent with your industry and target segment.
Xconomy
AUGUST 19, 2016
All those years of hard work to reach the promised land, then just as a drug owner is ready to spike it home and take a victory lap, the FDA’s hands rise over the net… OK, it’s not a perfect analogy, but it’s better than comparing the patent fight over the gene editing system CRISPR-Cas9 to table tennis. (Be
Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 14, 2016
Patents and other intellectual property are a necessary initial “barrier to entry,” but these are just the beginning. The smartest ventures are always courting a multi-billion dollar sale or merger with giants in the industry, including Google (YouTube), Microsoft (Skype), and Facebook (WhatsApp).
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 8, 2016
The best differentiation is a patent or other intellectual property that also provides a barrier to entry. Investors look for sales at full price, to people you don’t know, to validate demand, price, and margin. Show an aggressive marketing and sales plan. Marty Zwilling First published on Forbes on 08/02/2016.
Startup Professionals Musings
MARCH 18, 2016
If you have a proven business model with some sales, it’s credible to apply a multiplier of five to 10 times this number for the first element of valuation. Patents filed, even provisional, as well as trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets count as barriers to entry and sustainable competitive advantages.
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