Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Trademarks, copyrights and even patents can be completed online by anyone through the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office site for a few hundred dollars. Take advantage of social media and free websites for marketing. Site marketing is easily extended through blogs, Twitter, Facebook and social media.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

I suggest you use social media, blogging, crowdfunding, or documented research to quantify a real demand from people who can afford it, and don’t have a better alternative already out there. Any startup with no patents, trade secrets, or other secret sauce is very high risk today.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Use social media for early marketing. Hire a professional marketing and public relations agency once you have a good revenue stream but you don’t need them to start a free blog, establish Facebook and Twitter accounts with initial content and complete the basics of search engine optimization. Social media is not rocket science.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2018

New technology markets and paradigm shifts have traditionally been bad bets when seeking investors, since these were known to take decades to develop, and cost lots of money. Use social media and the media to build demand for change. The leading edge was too often the bleeding edge.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2014

Use social media for early marketing. Hire a professional marketing and public relations agency once you have a good revenue stream but you don’t need them to start a free blog, establish Facebook and Twitter accounts with initial content and complete the basics of search engine optimization. Social media is not rocket science.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Kathy Sierra at Business of Software 2009 - Business of Software Blog , May 4, 2010 "In the old days, getting customers was easy. Now, thanks to social media, you don't have to outspend. Why Lawyers Don’t Run Startups - Steve Blank , May 27, 2010 Startups need to have a great lawyer, accountant, patent attorney, etc.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2014

I’m not suggesting that a startup should ever disclose patent details to others before filing, but I can’t imagine why a startup would not seek visibility and feedback for their idea and solution while they could still make changes with minimal cost. Most people agree that even negative media attention is better than none.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 17, 2016

Use your blogs, use social media, use the TV media. This was patently racist and an outrageous lie. He has questioned why the US would develop weapons unless we were prepared to use them preemptively. Your moment is now, not after the equivalent of a BREXIT protest vote. There are no other words for it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2016

I’m not suggesting that a startup should ever disclose patent details to others before filing, but I can’t imagine why a startup would not seek visibility and feedback for their idea and solution while they could still make changes with minimal cost. Most people agree that even negative media attention is better than none.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

As lawyers in the social media and Internet law space, this duo brings to the table practical experience counseling clients in real time and explaining breaking legal news in plain English. Gagnier consults technology firms on policy issues ranging from patent law reform to communications issues, such as Network Neutrality.

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SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

Shortcut: sebastian-x.com Blog About Blogroll Links How to cleverly integrate your own URI shortener Posted on 30 December, 2009 This pamphlet is somewhat geeky. Standalone URI shorteners work fine when you want to shorten mostly foreign URIs, but that’s a crappy approach when you want to submit your own stuff to social media.

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Team Rubicon unites the unique skills America’s returning veterans offer with the expertise of medical professionals; all while interactively engaging donors through social media. He previously led business development for Affiliate Fuel, leading to its acquisition by Experian in 2005. Laura Brashier – Founder of 2date4love.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2010

" 8 Questions to Ask When Interviewing at a Startup - Instigator Blog , June 18, 2010 Job interviews are meant to be conversations. Just because a product has a patent, deep complexity and an obvious competitive advantage does not mean that it can fly by itself into the market. Your remote control has two buttons.

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