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First Time Entrepreneur Workshop 6/22/19

SoCal Tech Calendar

Saturday, June 22, 2019 -- LAVA First Time Entrepreneur Workshop. The program is not open to service providers. LAVA is extremely pleased to announce its next First Time Entrepreneur training program. The program is open to entrepreneurs that are starting companies in areas that are likely to draw venture capital investment.

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6 Steps To Move From Inspiration To Business Reality

Startup Professionals Musings

Any startup with no patents, trade secrets, or other secret sauce is very high risk today. Even a provisional patent will hold your position for a year, can be done by your team at low cost, and will at least incent big competitors to buy your idea rather than just steal it. Make the product or service come alive.

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6 Hard Questions That Every Entrepreneur Must Answer

Startup Professionals Musings

As a mentor to many aspiring entrepreneurs, I challenge them to think beyond what I call linear extensions to a current trend, such as another “easier-to-use” app for smartphones, a new dating site for pets, or another niche social network. Why doesn’t this product or service already exist?

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Meet the 25 Startups Competing at SXSW Startup Night 2018

Tech.Co

The event is open to tech enthusiasts who want to join an event filled with some of the top leaders, investors and mentors from tech industry to network, find mentors and build their companies. In collaboration with Marshawn Lynch, the cofounders are planning on making cell phone service free. AdWallet (Albuquerque, NM). Price: $1.99

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