Startup Professionals Musings
OCTOBER 27, 2014
I always advise software startups to file patents to protect their “secret sauce” from competitors, and to increase their valuation. This patent holding company has charged infringement and demanded royalties from every app developer for the iPhone and Android, for a feature most agree has been in apps for many years.
TechCrunch LA
APRIL 12, 2018
Battery isn’t the only marquee investor to find value in ServiceTitan’s business developing software managing day labor. And as Battery Ventures investor Sanjiv Kalevar noted in a blog post last year , the opportunity for software companies serving blue-collar workers is huge.
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TechCrunch LA
MARCH 31, 2021
The vast majority of those are nowhere up to modern codes. “From the invention of the semiconductor to the creation of the Internet, new engines of economic growth have emerged due to public investments that support research, commercialization, and strong supply chains,” the White House wrote.
SoCal CTO
NOVEMBER 1, 2010
Most of the great software startups that I’ve been involved in have at least one technical co-founder (and many have more than one.) It is important to realize that most people who are willing to work for sweat equity are not a) the best, b) in demand, and c) going to put their heart and soul into your project.
SoCal Delicious
OCTOBER 8, 2012
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Tech Zulu Event
NOVEMBER 6, 2013
Check out a sample demo of their Google Glass product, due to arrive in 2014 (well, it was due to arrive then). I’ve used the word unsettling three times in this article already and we’re barely a couple minutes in. People+ , developed by 3-person startup (Pro Populi, Inc.)
Both Sides of the Table
DECEMBER 27, 2011
I find it amusing when a journalist writes an article about a prominent startup (either privately held or preparing for an IPO) and decries that, “They’re not even profitable!” Fast early growth in a market is often eroded when competition gets fierce and prices are forced down due to competition. Not necessarily.
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