Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 25, 2017

Will the solution give you an “unfair competitive advantage,” meaning no competitor already has it, or can replicate your solution without your skills or intellectual property. Highly saturated domains (more than 10 existing players), such as niche social media sites, are highly risky. Make it ready to play in all media.

Startup 58

Startup Education Ideas Customer 58

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2019

A large portion of your competitive advantage and your potential value to investors is the size of your intellectual property portfolio. When someone says Intellectual Property (IP), most entrepreneurs think only of patents. In reality, patents are only one of at least eight items that should be in your IP portfolio. Copyrights.

IP 93

IP Invest Patents Social Media 93

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 4, 2017

A large portion of your competitive advantage and your potential value to investors is the size of your intellectual property portfolio. When someone says Intellectual Property (IP), most entrepreneurs think only of patents. In reality, patents are only one of at least eight items that should be in your IP portfolio. Copyrights.

Startup 69

Startup Patents IP Social Media 69

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

It’s amazing how many proposals I see that are “me too” with only slight or abstract differentiation from other social media sites, ride sharing, or collaboration tools. Look at competition for the numbers to beat, but in the consumer space, it usually takes millions to be the dominant player.

Netflix 54

Netflix Social Media Competition Customer 54