socalTECH

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Los Angeles-based OnGreen , the operator of an online marketplace for green technology and clean technology businesses and projects, said Thursday that it is in a marketing partnership with the University of Southern California's Stevens Institute for Innovation. OnGreen operates its own, patent exchange marketplace, OGPX.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 15, 2009

finds that the Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County metro is number two on the list of geographies with the most clean-tech job activity. Tags: angeles clean technology cleantech green jobs. A report released this week from analyst firm Clean Edge, Inc., San Diego ranked at number 11.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 22, 2019

With Naqzi on board, the company began filing patents for its unique process and the products it’s bringing to market, says Paiji. “E verything is proprietary everything is backed by patents,” she says. Blueland also wasn’t Paiji’s first choice for a new startup idea.

Design 161

Design Patents Los Angeles Ideas 161

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

Los Angeles-based Typo , the startup backed by Ryan Seacrest, has been ordered to pay $860,000 to BlackBerry Ltd , for selling its iPhone case, which had been found likely to infringe on BlackBerry''s patents. typo phone case patent infringement ryan seacrest blackberry electronics accessory' District court. READ MORE>>.

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Patents Los Angeles Product Marketing 100

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2014

Finally I realized that Venture Capital and Angel investors are actually humans, despite some views to the contrary. Registered patents and other intellectual property. A strategy of learning and willingness to pivot, based on market feedback, is a great survival skill and attitude, cherished by investors.

Entrepreneur 107

Entrepreneur Angel Social Media Patents 107

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

This raises a big red flag with potential investors, who conclude that no competitors means no market, or you haven’t looked, and the new startup is likely not investable. First to market, for example, is not normally a sustainable advantage for startups. Here are some of the key ones: Patent protection in place as a barrier to entry.

Competition 166

Competition Funding Startup Patents 166

socalTECH

AUGUST 22, 2013

A new, Los Angeles area startup launched this morning, hoping to use the power of the crowd to help take ideas to launch. The startup--headed by Dirk Ahlborn--has created a system which lets the crowd provide feedback, ideas, and even crowdfunding to take ideas and research to market. READ MORE>>.

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Research El Segundo Incubator Startup 193

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

These things outside your control do happen, but based on my years of experience as a startup advisor and angel investor, I still see too many strategies leading to failure that are inside the entrepreneur decision realm. Viral marketing costs real money, and your support staff and hosting systems cost even more.

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Startup Writing Entrepreneur Ideas 124

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 11, 2016

Angel investors are still the lifeblood of early-stage startups, despite the surge of activity in crowdfunding and an increasing early interest from venture capitalists. According to the Angel Capital Association , at least 300,000 people have made angel investments in the last two years, totaling $24 billion in the U.S.

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Angel Startup Technical Review Social Media 65

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

Donuts , the domain name registry companies targeting the emerging generic, top-level domain name (gTLD) market, has launched a new service aimed at protecting trademarks across its portfolio of gTLDs, the company announced today. legal patent trademark protection gtld domainer domain donuts' READ MORE>>.

Services 159

Services Patents Email Los Angeles 159

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2019

They are also seeking to find out how you handle one of the many tough questions that a new founder will get in today’s market. He or she will assume your comment means there is no market for your product or service, or you haven’t looked. Neither speaks well for you or your startup. Proclaim your solution as a paradigm shift.

Competition 120

Competition Patents Resource Invest 120

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 30, 2013

The average length of a funding pitch to Angel investors is ten minutes. Skip the generic marketing phrases like more user friendly, massive opportunity, and paradigm shifting. Investors don’t need to know the implementation details of your patent or customer support plan. Lead with facts, but skip the details. Marty Zwilling.

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Angel Funding Slides Technical Review 102

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2012

Every new startup I know dreams of being funded early by one of the 318,000 active Angel investors in the USA alone. Most of these investors are members of Angel groups that have a rigorous filtering and screening process, to select the top 3% and most fundable proposals. File a patent and trademarks to show real intellectual property.

Angel 104

Angel Screening Summary Startup 104

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2022

Finally I realized that venture capital and angel investors are actually humans, despite some views to the contrary. Registered patents and other intellectual property. A strategy of learning and willingness to pivot, based on market feedback, is a great survival skill and attitude, cherished by investors. Marty Zwilling.

Entrepreneur 111

Entrepreneur Social Media Patents Mentor 111

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 12, 2022

In my experience as an angel investor to startups, goodwill disagreements are perhaps the most common reason that you will fail to close interested investors as an entrepreneur. They look at your track record, industry leadership, marketing energy, moral values, and peer relationships. Brand recognition and market influencer support.

Technical Review 147

Technical Review Social Media Entrepreneur Startup 147

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 17, 2020

These things outside your control do happen, but based on my years of experience as a startup advisor and angel investor, I still see too many strategies leading to failure that are inside the entrepreneur decision realm. Viral marketing costs real money, and your support staff and hosting systems cost even more.

Startup 174

Startup Writing Entrepreneur Ideas 174

Berkonomics

AUGUST 10, 2017

Since this number is budgeted and pre-authorized, managers tend to focus upon other things such as sales, marketing and product development issues. There is an art to efficient management of a process, whether that is the process of bringing a product to market from R&D to production or developing a new product’s launch program.

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Venture Capital Product Resource Marketing 243

socalTECH

OCTOBER 7, 2010

A new report released today by Next 10 , a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy group, says that Southern California--and California, as a whole--leads the green innovation, cleantech venture capital, and energy market. The report was compiled by research firm Colaborative Economics.

Southern California 165

Southern California Report Orange County Patents 165

socalTECH

AUGUST 29, 2013

A new, Los Angeles area startup, JumpStartFund (www.jumpstartfund.com) recently launched, offering up a combination of crowdfunding and crowd-advice for entrepreneurial ideas. It is one of the older incubators in Los Angeles, even though not a lot of people know about it. and NASA, as well as universities. You have a crowd of advisors.

Ideas 178

Ideas Patents Funding Startup 178

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Every new startup I know dreams of being funded by an angel investor. Over the past 10 years, I have had the opportunity to see how the process works, several times from the startup side, and more recently from the angel perspective (as a member of an angel group selection committee). Get your Internet domain name and website.

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Invest Angel Technical Review Summary 99

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2023

Of course, their answer is that the second intends to get to market faster, but every engine has limits regardless the fuel applied. Use social media for early marketing. For example, a software development startup raising $250,000 from angel investors better be able to operate on $25,000 per month.

Search Engine Optimization 103

Search Engine Optimization Outsource Development Social Media Equity 103

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 27, 2010

The reality is that angel investors are humans, and personal traits often make or break the relationship, even before the investment is considered. On the top line, angel investors look to invest in entrepreneurs that have an almost unwavering passion and sense of urgency. Values intellectual property.

Entrepreneur 96

Entrepreneur Angel Technical Review Course 96

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2022

After many years of working with angel investors seriously trying to find new ventures worthy of their hard-earned money, I find their frustration often exceeds that of entrepreneurs sincerely looking for financial help. Undefined business model or very low gross margins. Solution development undefined or incomplete.

Entrepreneur 108

Entrepreneur Invest Funding Patents 108

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2015

First of all, I will admit that there is some risk involved with talking to any potential investors, even with an agreement, just as there is risk in all the elements of your plan, product and market opportunity. Disclosures relative to patents. Product details in the public domain can never be patented. Sharing trade secrets.

Ideas 106

Ideas Technical Review Patents Entrepreneur 106

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Every new startup I know dreams of being funded by an angel investor. Over the past 10 years, I have had the opportunity to see how the process works, several times from the startup side, and more recently from the angel perspective (as a member of an angel group selection committee). Get your Internet domain name and website.

Angel 89

Angel Funding Technical Review Startup 89

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

If you want the full SlideShare deck with many slides not in either post it’s in this link –> The LA Tech Market. Has it begun to mature or is it just better marketed than in was say 5 years ago? Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly.

Entrepreneur 376

Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Google 376

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 21, 2023

The average length of a funding pitch to angel investors is ten minutes. Skip the generic marketing phrases like more user friendly, massive opportunity, and paradigm shifting. Investors don’t need to know the implementation details of your patent or customer support plan. Lead with facts, but skip the details.

Slides 147

Slides Funding Technical Review Startup 147

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 13, 2020

Finally I realized that venture capital and angel investors are actually humans, despite some views to the contrary. Registered patents and other intellectual property. A strategy of learning and willingness to pivot, based on market feedback, is a great survival skill and attitude, cherished by investors. Marty Zwilling.

Entrepreneur 126

Entrepreneur Social Media Patents Mentor 126

socalTECH

AUGUST 18, 2017

Last week, Pasadena-based Ocular Data Systems (www.oculardatasystems.com) announced a funding round from the Pasadena Angels, for its camera-based systems used by law enforcement to capture evidence in drunk or drugged driving cases. A member of the Pasadena Angels, Don Hall, who is the company's chairman, funded the start of the company.

Pasadena Angels 100

Pasadena Angels Pasadena Technical Review Southern California 100

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2015

They are also seeking to find out how you handle one of the many tough questions that a new founder will get in today’s market. He or she will assume your comment means there is no market for your product or service, or you haven’t looked. Neither speaks well for you or your startup. Proclaim your solution as a paradigm shift.

Startup 118

Startup Competition Patents Resource 118

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 30, 2014

I think this is a combination of being realists as venture capitalists that outsized returns in our funds must come from taking on bigger, more impactful projects that can move markets. Did anybody hold patents that would prevent us from using this technology? Did anybody hold patents that would prevent us from using this technology?

Technical Review 418

Technical Review Software Review CTO Hire IP 418

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 28, 2013

Helping solicit new business ideas and patents from individuals, federal research labs, universities and other R&D organizations countrywide. Members submit ideas and patents, the JumpStartFund community members and the JumpStartFund team vets them. Those with market potential are selected and moved into a “work in progress” state.

El Segundo 76

El Segundo Social Network Startup Patents 76

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2015

As a model, think high-quality marketing collateral, with text and graphics in columns and sidebars, but focused on the value of your business, rather than selling your product. Skip the fuzzy marketing terms, such as "easier to use," "lower cost" and "disruptive technology."

Summary 101

Summary Patents Technical Review Competition 101

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Get an NDA before detailed patent disclosures. Entrepreneurs should never disclose the details of a planned or current patent application to any outsiders, until after a non-disclosure or other contract has been signed. Some entrepreneurs avoid the patent process, since patent details become public once a patent is issued.

Technical Review 61

Technical Review Patents Ideas Social Media 61

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2020

Of course, their answer is that the second intends to get to market faster, but every engine has limits regardless the fuel applied. Use social media for early marketing. For example, a software development startup raising $250,000 from angel investors better be able to operate on $25,000 per month.

Search Engine Optimization 124

Search Engine Optimization Outsource Development Social Media Equity 124

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2014

They are also seeking to find out how you handle one of the many tough questions that a new founder will get in today’s market. He or she will assume your comment means there is no market for your product or service, or you haven’t looked. Neither speaks well for you or your startup. Proclaim your solution as a paradigm shift.

Entrepreneur 110

Entrepreneur Competition Patents Resource 110

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of By mario on May 2, 2012 in Features , grid. Features like this, as well as our daily interviews wouldn’t be possible without the amazing support of our sponsor eMinutes – a law firm here in Los Angeles that focuses on helping entrepreneurs structure their companies. Subscribe to RSS.

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Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78