2020 Company Mentor Patents 
socalTECH
DECEMBER 30, 2020
You will be able to get to all of these posts on our 2020 reflections here. What was the biggest news for you/your company this year? It's been a tough year for many due to the pandemic; how have you or your company adapted to the business environment? They made 45 more investments in 2020.
Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 30, 2020
In my role as a mentor to aspiring entrepreneurs, I find that most have the technical challenges well understood, but many are a bit short on some basic street smarts , or basic business realities. Although Elon Musk doesn’t talk about it very much, he owns over 350 patents through Tesla, just one of his many companies.
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Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 23, 2020
Take advantage of free startup programs and mentors. They provide peer group organizations, usually called incubators, with free resources, practice environments, and outside mentoring that can help you learn and pivot with minimal cost. School mentors, professors, and peers will give you the critical feedback without passing judgment.
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 3, 2020
In my experience as a business mentor, one of the biggest challenges I see is a failure to focus. This culture is best maintained by every business leader at every stage of company maturity. It clearly takes focus to create and file a patent, but it will give you a tremendous advantage over “me too” competitors.
Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 11, 2020
As a mentor to aspiring entrepreneurs, I’m always surprised by the fact that some never seem to be able to that first startup going, while many others never seem to stop, starting their second or third initiative before the first one is fully hatched. Marty Zwilling First published on Inc.com on 06/27/2020.
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