Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

You don’t need to invent an innovative product to be a real entrepreneur. Many of these new entrepreneurs were regular employees a few years ago, focused on a skill specialty. We are becoming a society of entrepreneurs. specialist entrepreneur startup freelance business' Information specialists. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2021

When I started mentoring entrepreneurs and startups a few years ago, I anticipated that I would get mostly tough technical questions, but instead I more often hear things like “Where do I start?” Marketing and advertising are business realties. Assets include the obvious equipment, accounts receivable, and cash.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2020

Many experts are certain that successful entrepreneurs are the ones with the most inspiration (passion and dream), while others will assert that it’s about more perspiration (working harder). Overcoming obstacles and learning is one of the biggest inspiration for most entrepreneurs. Note the growth of your team and your own leadership.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

In my role as advisor and mentor to many new entrepreneurs, I often find myself suggesting that they think bigger. We all are excited to hear real innovation, and struggle daily to increase every potential entrepreneur’s scope of thinking. For example, smart entrepreneurs look for recognizable patterns in disconnected domains.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2019

How an entrepreneur answers this question speaks volumes about their knowledge of business realities, customers, confidence, and their ability to handle investor funding. Perhaps you intend to collect money from advertisers, but this requires a large investment to get the audience you need before monetization can work.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2012

When I started mentoring entrepreneurs and startups a few years ago, I anticipated that I would get mostly tough technical questions, but instead I more often hear things like “Where do I start?” Marketing and advertising are business realties. Assets include the obvious equipment, accounts receivable, and cash.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2012

Aspiring entrepreneurs ask me why their great idea hasn’t sold; they talk about it endlessly, and they expect others to do the development, finance, and marketing work for them. Incorporate, register your domain name, trademarks, and copyrights, then patent if possible. Success is the right balance of both for fun and profit.

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OCTOBER 7, 2020

Every entrepreneur and startup loves you, but too many forget that every potential customer is not like you. If you are a technical entrepreneur, you can count on early adopters to be first in line for your product, and they are quick to provide feedback on quality, and suggest even more features.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 24, 2010

For example, my personal interest is entrepreneurs, and MySpace is for tweens. Here is my characterization of the social networking scene, as it relates to business networking for entrepreneurs and startups: Twitter. Believe it or not, this is my favorite for entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs can find like-minded people here.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

You don’t need to invent an innovative product to be a real entrepreneur. Self-employed services specialists are just as important, and are a growing part of this new “ age of the entrepreneur ” that I discussed last week. Many of these new entrepreneurs were regular employees a few years ago, focused on a skill specialty.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2012

It also makes legal sense to never disclose the details of your patent application, before the product is ready to ship. Openness is part of the business culture of entrepreneurs and technology centers around the world. This takes time, and is more valuable than any advertising you can buy. Get concept feedback early.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2010

In reality, he is also a serial entrepreneur, inventor, and international speaker. Lon is the founder of 14 companies, 19 inventions, and he holds three patents. Marty: Tell us a little bit about your entrée into the world of entrepreneurs and some of your companies. Lon: Being an entrepreneur is my real passion.

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OCTOBER 30, 2009

As we go into Halloween this weekend, we want to thank all of our sponsors, advertisers, and members, who make it possible for us to exist. Helping entrepreneurs succeed. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. Advertisers. and international patent and trademark procurement - IP. Thanks in particular to: Sponsors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2015

How an entrepreneur answers this question speaks volumes about their knowledge of business realities, customers, confidence, and their ability to handle investor funding. Perhaps you intend to collect money from advertisers, but this requires a large investment to get the audience you need before monetization can work.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Establishing the legal structure for your business, registering trademarks, filing copyrights and patents, and drafting partnership agreements used to require extensive attorney fees and ongoing consultation. Use the Internet and social networking instead of public relations companies and advertising agencies. Marty Zwilling.

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MARCH 28, 2014

Los Angeles-based mobile advertising company Airpush has quietly grown to around $100M in annual revenues, according to a recent ranking from Forbes--a big surprise, as the company was completely bootstrapped by founder Asher Delug , who eschewed the usual use of venture capital and private equity to build a company to those revenue levels.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 10, 2019

When I started mentoring entrepreneurs and startups a few years ago, I anticipated that I would get mostly tough technical questions, but instead I more often hear things like “Where do I start?” Marketing and advertising are business realties. Assets include the obvious equipment, accounts receivable, and cash.

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JUNE 19, 2009

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JANUARY 18, 2019

We haven't done any paid marketing or advertising, but more and more companies are finding us, and our business has started developing. My background has always been inventing products, and have several patents, and I have a passion for bringing new things to life, making partnerships, like the one with Sumitomo.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

A few years ago, before the Internet was pervasive, before everyone carried a smartphone and before do-it-yourself software tools were available for free, it was difficult to reach a critical mass of new customers without spending a million dollars on a website, custom software and television advertising. Both are wrong.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

A good answer might be “We have several patents on the base technology, which is so robust that we expect to roll out new products every year for the next ten years, always staying a step ahead of our competitors.” We plan to offer it for free, and live off advertising revenue.” Our patent will protect us.” Marty Zwilling.

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JUNE 26, 2009

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JUNE 5, 2009

Thanks to all of the sponsors and advertisers, who allow us to keep you updated on Southern California's high tech news and companies. Helping entrepreneurs succeed. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. Advertisers. and international patent and trademark procurement - IP. They include: Sponsors. Technology.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 29, 2010

A good answer might be “We have several patents on the base technology, which is so robust that we expect to roll out new products every year for the next ten years, always staying a step ahead of our competitors.” We plan to offer it for free, and live off advertising revenue.” Our patent will protect us.” Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2018

How an entrepreneur answers this question speaks volumes about their knowledge of business realities, customers, confidence, and their ability to handle investor funding. Perhaps you intend to collect money from advertisers, but this requires a large investment to get the audience you need before monetization can work.

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DECEMBER 11, 2009

Helping entrepreneurs succeed. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. Advertisers. and international patent and trademark procurement - IP Litigation - IP Licenses and Agreements: distribution, development, joint venture - Intellectual property aspects of mergers and acquisitions. Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com).

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Entrepreneurs who run startups have to be generalists to survive. Yet I’m seeing another critical group of entrepreneurs, self-employed specialists, who are a growing part of this new “ entrepreneurial revolution ” that I discussed a couple of weeks ago. Many of these new entrepreneurs were regular employees a few years ago.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2009

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AUGUST 7, 2009

Thanks to all of the sponsors and advertisers, who allow us to keep you updated on Southern California's high tech news and companies. Helping entrepreneurs succeed. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. Advertisers. They include: Sponsors. Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com). Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com).

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

In that same post Why you shouldn’t keep your startup idea secret where he argues to make things open, he defines only one group of people that you may want to avoid having a conversation with: The handful of people in the world who might copy your idea are entrepreneurs just starting up with a very similar idea. " Ummm.

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JULY 24, 2009

Thanks to all of the sponsors and advertisers, who allow us to keep you updated on. Helping entrepreneurs succeed. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. Advertisers. and international patent and trademark procurement - IP. inspired with entrepreneur Aaron Ross at our next meeting, on July 28th in.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

In that same post Why you shouldn’t keep your startup idea secret where he argues to make things open, he defines only one group of people that you may want to avoid having a conversation with: The handful of people in the world who might copy your idea are entrepreneurs just starting up with a very similar idea. " Ummm.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2013

Aspiring entrepreneurs ask me why their great idea hasn’t sold; they talk about it endlessly, and they expect others to do the development, finance, and marketing work for them. Incorporate, register your domain name, trademarks, and copyrights, then patent if possible. entrepreneur startup perspiration inspiration business'

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2015

Many experts are certain that successful entrepreneurs are the ones with the most inspiration (passion and dream), while others will assert that it’s about more perspiration (working harder). Overcoming obstacles and learning is one of the biggest inspiration for most entrepreneurs. Note the growth of your team and your own leadership.

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MAY 22, 2009

Thanks to all of the sponsors and advertisers, who allow us to keep you updated on Southern California's high tech news and companies. Helping entrepreneurs succeed. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. Advertisers. They include: Sponsors. Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com). Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com).

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 23, 2013

When I started mentoring entrepreneurs and startups a few years ago, I anticipated that I would get mostly tough technical questions, but instead I more often hear things like “Where do I start?” Marketing and advertising are business realties. Assets include the obvious equipment, accounts receivable, and cash.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Helping entrepreneurs succeed. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. Advertisers. and international patent and trademark procurement - IP Litigation - IP Licenses and Agreements: distribution, development, joint venture - Intellectual property aspects of mergers and acquisitions. Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com).

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