Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

As an example of a good resource, I enjoyed a classic book, “ Idea To Invention ,” by Patricia Nolan-Brown, that does a great job on the key steps. File at least a provisional patent and one or more trademarks. Investors learned this a long time ago, so most will tell you that they invest in people, not ideas.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

” I hear it when I visit LPs (the people who invest in VCs) all across the country, “Yeah, I haven’t been out there for a few years but I keep hearing that something is going on there.” The patents Overture held became known in small circles as Google’s ’361 problem as outlined here.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 8, 2016

Most technical entrepreneurs I know demand the discipline of a product specification or plan, and then assume that their great product will drive a great business. List key competitors and alternatives, highlighting your sustainable competitive advantages, such as patents and trademarks. That means they invest first in a set of plans.

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SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Tech startup accelerators dot the landscape, feeding investments into the waiting arms of the nation’s most intelligent and driven entrepreneurs. is a good monthly investment? Richard Rosenblatt – Demand Media. You might know Demand Media better as the people behind Cracked, DailyPuppy, and GolfLink.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2020

For example, “We just patented a new battery technology that will cut your smartphone charge time and cost in half.” Call out your top competitors, highlighting your sustainable competitive advantage, including patents, trade secrets. Professional investors and even customers invest in people, rather than just a product.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 3, 2020

Good examples of initial focus by an entrepreneur would include Jeff Bezos when he started Amazon as an online marketplace for books only, and Elon Musk starting PayPal as an online bank. Every investor will tell you that they invest in the person, more than the product, because they have learned that people with focus find success.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 25, 2022

I remember a classic book by MJ Gottlieb, “ How To Ruin A Business ,” that highlights failures. If your product is really new and disruptive, make sure you have supply to meet the demand at rollout, and a patent to prevent others from jumping in quickly. Create a market you can’t supply and support.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 30, 2020

I remember a classic book by MJ Gottlieb, “ How To Ruin A Business ,” that highlights failures. If your product is really new and disruptive, make sure you have supply to meet the demand at rollout, and a patent to prevent others from jumping in quickly. Create a market you can’t supply and support.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

I just finished a new book by MJ Gottlieb, “ How To Ruin A Business ,” that highlights this approach. If your product is really new and disruptive, make sure you have supply to meet the demand at rollout, and a patent to prevent others from jumping in quickly. Never create a market you can’t supply and support.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2018

I remember a classic book by MJ Gottlieb, “ How To Ruin A Business ,” that highlights failures. If your product is really new and disruptive, make sure you have supply to meet the demand at rollout, and a patent to prevent others from jumping in quickly. Create a market you can’t supply and support.

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Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

► August (1) Invest in Transparency & Active Communication ► July (1) The Fear of Success ► May (2) Optimized for Speed = 30% Waste Happy 1st Birthday Rubicon Project! Whatever the biggest, most challenging, most demanding, most important job we had at L90, I always turned to Tim. ► October (1) New Video!

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2015

I remember a recent book by MJ Gottlieb, “ How To Ruin A Business ,” that highlights failures. If your product is really new and disruptive, make sure you have supply to meet the demand at rollout, and a patent to prevent others from jumping in quickly. Create a market you can’t supply and support.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2010

At the time, they had just come out with their new book " Rework " had downloaded a copy to my Kindle, but hadn't had a chance to read it yet. People tend to overvalue past investments when making forward-looking investment decisions. Now I have. The sunk costs trap. It sounds like Angel Boot Camp rocked.

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