Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2020

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. Demonstrate a minimum viable product (MVP). Optimize your web history and presence.

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Search Engine Optimization Ideas Startup Customer 174

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 26, 2022

For an inventor , the product is everything, and managing cash flow in a business may be the least satisfying part. Working for a well-funded existing company, or pursuing your dream as a hobby, may be more satisfying and productive. Temper your passion with feedback on a minimum viable product before committing.

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Social Media Writing Ideas Resource 105

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. Make the product or service come alive.

Ideas 94

Ideas Slides Technical Review Patents 94

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2020

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. Tackling most of the support tasks yourself. Use social media for early marketing.

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Search Engine Optimization Outsource Development Social Media Equity 124

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Here are the specifics that I recommend to improve your odds of success: Sell the market concept before building a product. Today, with instant and pervasive Internet communication, you can sell your vision via blogging, crowdfunding, and videos before you spend big money building prototypes and pivoting as you learn.

Marketing 92

Marketing Demand Examples Social Media 92

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

The critical success factors for a product business are well known, starting with selling every unit with a gross margin of 50 percent or more, building a patent and other intellectual property, and continuous product improvement. Low cost and low margin products can be winners, if the volume is high enough.

Services 72

Services Startup Training Writing 72

Xconomy

APRIL 16, 2019

San Diego-based Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM )—which, among other products, makes sophisticated components that power many smartphones, including some of those made by Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL )—will get some money from Apple as part of the agreement. The payment amount wasn’t disclosed. Read more » Reprints | Share:

San Diego 46

San Diego Patents Product Company 46

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2013

Watching the orders come in, or the product moving off the shelf, is the feedback you have been looking for. Working on that unique design, or completing the breakthrough for an innovative patent, are moments of inspiration that you will never forget, especially if they become your competitive edge. A business model that works.

Startup 100

Startup Patents Competition Social Network 100

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2012

Watching the orders come in, or the product moving off the shelf, is the feedback you have been looking for. Working on that unique design, or completing the breakthrough for an innovative patent, are moments of inspiration that you will never forget, especially if they become your competitive edge. A business model that works.

Entrepreneur 102

Entrepreneur Patents Startup Ideas 102

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

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. Tackling most of the support tasks yourself. Use social media for early marketing.

Startup 89

Startup Search Engine Optimization Outsource Development Social Media 89

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2014

The critical success factors for a product business are well known, starting with selling every unit with a gross margin of 50 percent or more, building a patent and other intellectual property, and continuous product improvement. Low cost and low margin products can be winners, if the volume is high enough.

Services 105

Services Startup Training Writing 105

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

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. Tackling most of the support tasks yourself. Use social media for early marketing.

Startup 108

Startup Search Engine Optimization Outsource Development Social Media 108

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

” Juxtapose this: Larry Page telling us we need more ambitious projects and one person with a blog writing a very negative take-down piece on a company that is truly innovative and trying to change an industry and free us from having to crouch in airport corners to get 18% more juice on our phones before catching out flights.

Technical Review 417

Technical Review Startup Software Review Course 417

socalTECH

JUNE 19, 2014

I saw that there were a few solutions out there people were blogging about out there, mostly about taping polarized filters on the cameras. How did you go from those prototypes to a real product and manufacturing? Now, what we''re trying to do is not only create products for the GoPro, but branch into other cameras.

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Startup Van Nuys Patents Santa Barbara 196

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2017

I read commentary or Twitter or blogs and realize that there are also strongly held convictions that there are these evil VCs who do terrible things to mostly altruistic founders. There’s a lot of mystique about what happens at board meetings and a lot of imagined board-room drama.

Startup 217

Startup Technical Review Equity Report 217

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2016

The critical success factors for a product business are well known, starting with selling every unit with a gross margin of 50 percent or more, building a patent and other intellectual property, and continuous product improvement. Low cost and low margin products can be winners, if the volume is high enough.

Services 61

Services Startup Training Writing 61

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. Demonstrate a minimum viable product (MVP). Optimize your web history and presence.

Startup 101

Startup Search Engine Optimization Ideas Customer 101

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Watching the orders come in, or the product moving off the shelf, is the feedback you have been looking for. Working on that unique design, or completing the breakthrough for an innovative patent, are moments of inspiration that you will never forget, especially if they become your competitive edge. A business model that works.

Startup 88

Startup Patents Competition Social Network 88

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2014

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. Tackling most of the support tasks yourself. Use social media for early marketing.

Entrepreneur 105

Entrepreneur Search Engine Optimization Outsource Development Social Media 105

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. The patent process is far from perfect, but it’s a huge step ahead of no proprietary content. Every new startup needs to fight the urge to get the product out, and then start selling it. Also don’t forget trademarks and copyrights.

Tips 102

Tips Help Startup Blogging 102

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2012

I believe stealth makes sense for large companies who can be sued for “pre-announcing” a new product to stall the market or kill a competitor. It also makes legal sense to never disclose the details of your patent application, before the product is ready to ship. Deliver minimum product and iterate.

Entrepreneur 101

Entrepreneur Search Engine Optimization Startup News 101

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2017

With interactive social media and blogging, you have every opportunity to test and tune your idea before spending any real money. The first is for people who might buy your product, and the second is for people who might buy a chunk of your business. A good social cause doesn’t always imply a viable business.

Ideas 74

Ideas Social Media Startup Customer 74

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. Why Lawyers Don’t Run Startups - Steve Blank , May 27, 2010 Startups need to have a great lawyer, accountant, patent attorney, etc. You could just outspend. It's a great talk. What should I do?’.

Startup 248

Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

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. Demonstrate a minimum viable product (MVP). Optimize your web history and presence.

Startup 60

Startup Search Engine Optimization Ideas Customer 60

InfoChachkie

MARCH 1, 2012

As any long-time reader of this humble blog knows, I am an ardent Beatles fan. Some of the examples are patently obvious (e.g., (i) They differentiated their product with subtle, unconventional techniques, such as the use of the B7 chord in I Want To Hold Your Hand. Unfortunately, I was a bit disappointed. What’s Your B7?

Tips 259

Tips Startup Entrepreneur Product 259

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2011

I believe stealth makes sense for large companies who can be sued for “pre-announcing” a new product to stall the market or kill a competitor. It also makes legal sense to never disclose the details of your patent application, before the product is ready to ship. Deliver minimum product and iterate.

Startup 101

Startup Search Engine Optimization Course Media 101

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

Maneesh has more than nine years of product development and operational experience in the high tech industry. He also has product strategy and business development experience in the areas of video-on-demand services and RF CMOS components. He blogs at startup-marketing.com. Sean Ellis. Dr. Richard Sudeck.

Orange County 106

Orange County Miramar Startup Tech Coast Angels 106

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 22, 2012

Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. The patent process is far from perfect, but it’s a huge step ahead of no proprietary content. Every new startup needs to fight the urge to get the product out, and then start selling it. Also don’t forget trademarks and copyrights.

Entrepreneur 98

Entrepreneur Social Network Startup Patents 98

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

If you have a product description, that’s necessary, but not sufficient. A CEO who has “been there and done that” is traction, especially if teamed with a financial lead (CFO) and a product lead (CTO). Ship a minimum product now. For a true scientist, the product is never good enough, so it’s never done.

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Funding Entrepreneur Startup CTO Hire 112

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 24, 2021

When someone says Intellectual Property (IP), most entrepreneurs think only of patents. In reality, patents are only one of at least eight items that should be in your IP portfolio. Select it well – marketers will tell you that you will be selling your name, more than your products. Trademarks. Copyrights.

Startup 145

Startup Patents IP Social Media 145

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2010

I believe stealth makes sense for large companies who can be sued for “pre-announcing” a new product to stall the market or kill a competitor. It also makes legal sense to never disclose the details of your patent application, before the product is ready to ship. Deliver minimum product and iterate.

Startup 91

Startup Search Engine Optimization Course Media 91

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. The patent process is far from perfect, but it’s a huge step ahead of no proprietary content. Every new startup needs to fight the urge to get the product out, and then start selling it. Also don’t forget trademarks and copyrights.

Mentor 100

Mentor Startup Social Network Patents 100

Xconomy

JUNE 3, 2016

Merck also saw some expected fruits of its 2014 big-ticket acquisition of Cubist Pharmaceuticals wither away this week, as the Supreme Court wouldn’t reverse a decision that shaved years off the patent life of the top-selling antibiotic daptomyicin (Cubicin). —When Merck (NYSE: MRK ) bought Cubist Pharmaceuticals for $9.5

San Diego 62

San Diego Patents Acquisition News 62

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2012

If you have a product description, that’s necessary, but not sufficient. A CEO who has “been there and done that” is traction, especially if teamed with a financial lead (CFO) and a product lead (CTO). Ship a minimum product now. For a true scientist, the product is never good enough, so it’s never done.

Startup 104

Startup CTO Hire Press Customer 104

Xconomy

AUGUST 2, 2019

Blockbuster drugs such as Viagra and Lipitor, which came via acquisitions, are currently sold by Upjohn, Pfizer’s off-patent drug division. The merger announcement came as Pfizer was finishing off another deal, the spinoff of its consumer product division, which was combined with a similar unit.

Patents 18

Patents Acquisition Product Develop 18

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Technology and IP law are at the forefront of the movie, and themes include common issues in startups regarding cash flow, IP rights, tech development, product design and distribution of equity. Gagnier consults technology firms on policy issues ranging from patent law reform to communications issues, such as Network Neutrality.

IP 81

IP Social Network Technical Review Networking 81

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 28, 2012

We’re fortunate that our primary investors are also very active Board Members who are working with us closely to build a great product that’s engaging for users. Our biggest challenge has been to quickly build a product for a very competitive space that includes formidable players. What is your business model? Foodies and #geeks rules.

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Organization Content Tool Blogging 90