Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 13, 2020

Registered patents and other intellectual property. Many key insights to success in any business can’t be learned from books or the Internet. In this context, investors are attracted to thought-leaders visible on social media, and people with strong technical credentials. Expert in your chosen domain.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

This point was illustrated well in the classic book, “ The Power of Positive Destruction: How to Turn a Business Idea Into a Revolution ,” by Seth Merrin. Professional investors normally like to invest only in billion dollar opportunities, with double-digit growth rates. Make it ready to play in all media.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

An excellent example is the initiative by Elon Musk and Tesla Motors a few years ago to give away their battery patents, to infrastructure and competitive car providers, without transactional agreements. Another partnering model example is the IBM Watson Group $1 billion investment to share cloud-based development and super-computing tools.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 27, 2014

With the appearance of do-it-yourself services on the Internet, entrepreneur curriculums at every university, and a wealth of new books on the subject, the need for expensive consultants and business advisors has also been mitigated. The same is true for filing patents, registering trademarks, and filing copyrights. Martin Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 21, 2020

They only want a quick overview of the product, not detailed features and patent secrets. Investors invest in the jockey, more than the horse. Business plans the size of a small book are a big turnoff to investors, and will only serve to make your business seem more complex and more risky.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2017

Amazon offers a multitude of books with free ideas, such as “ Small Business Ideas ,” and “ Business Ideas: 100 Starting Points to Make Money.” A good social cause doesn’t always imply a viable business. With interactive social media and blogging, you have every opportunity to test and tune your idea before spending any real money.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 11, 2016

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. It takes more than one person, no matter how passionate, to grow an investible business. Highlight existing presence on the Internet and social media.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2014

Registered patents and other intellectual property. Many key insights to success in any business can’t be learned from books or the Internet. In this context, investors are attracted to thought-leaders visible on social media, and people with strong technical credentials. Expert in your chosen domain.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2014

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. Here are some of the key ones: Patent protection in place as a barrier to entry. Clear product differentiation and a singular focus.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2015

An excellent example is the initiative by Elon Musk and Tesla Motors to give away all their patents, to infrastructure providers and even competitive car makers, without transactional agreements. Another new partnering model is the IBM Watson Group $1 billion investment to share cloud-based development and super-computing tools.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2010

A couple of weeks ago I was privileged to meet Lon Safko, probably most recognized as the author of his best-selling book " The Social Media Bible.” Lon is the founder of 14 companies, 19 inventions, and he holds three patents. I just got my most recent patent about a week ago, on three-dimensional Internet advertising!

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

An excellent example is the initiative by Elon Musk and Tesla Motors a few years ago to give away their battery patents, to infrastructure and competitive car providers, without transactional agreements. Another partnering model example is the IBM Watson Group $1 billion investment to share cloud-based development and super-computing tools.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2014

An excellent example is the initiative by Elon Musk and Tesla Motors to give away all their patents, to infrastructure providers and even competitive car makers, without transactional agreements. Another new partnering model is the IBM Watson Group $1 billion investment to share cloud-based development and super-computing tools.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2015

They only want a quick overview of the product, not detailed features and patent secrets. Investors invest in the jockey, more than the horse. Business plans the size of a small book are a big turnoff to investors, and will only serve to make your business seem more complex and more risky.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

They only want a quick overview of the product, not detailed features and patent secrets. Investors invest in the jockey, more than the horse. Business plans the size of a small book are a big turnoff to investors, and will only serve to make your business seem more complex and more risky.

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Entrepreneur Technical Review Statistics Startup 119

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2016

Thus I was pleased and a bit surprised to see a new book, “ The Purpose Is Profit ,” by Ed “Skip” McLaughlin, an entrepreneur who has both succeeded and failed in starting multiple businesses. The same is true for solutions to some social problems, like feeding the hungry, who don’t have any money.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 5, 2018

They only want a quick overview of the product, not detailed features and patent secrets. Investors invest in the jockey, more than the horse. Business plans the size of a small book are a big turnoff to investors, and will only serve to make your business seem more complex and more risky.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 25, 2017

This point was illustrated well in a new book, “ The Power of Positive Destruction: How to Turn a Business Idea Into a Revolution ,” by Seth Merrin. Professional investors normally like to invest only in billion dollar opportunities, with double-digit growth rates. Make it ready to play in all media.

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Startup Education Ideas Customer 58

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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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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