Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 1, 2015

I believe the old adage that you don’t know what you don’t know until you try to write it down. The discipline of writing down your plan is the best way to make sure you understand how to transform your idea into a business, and how to communicate it. A business plan is for you first, not investors.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 1, 2012

Despite the book’s shortcomings, it contains a number of insightful lessons for budding entrepreneurs. Of the 100 business “lessons” articulated in the book, I highlight a few below that I feel are the most relevant and impactful for entrepreneurs. Some of the examples are patently obvious (e.g., (i) Book Verdict.

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Tips Startup Entrepreneur Product 259

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2014

Some entrepreneurs love to talk and produce videos, but hate to write anything down. Registered patents and other intellectual property. Many key insights to success in any business can’t be learned from books or the Internet. Others send investors email and business plans in all uppercase or no punctuation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 3, 2016

I believe the old adage that you don’t know what you don’t know until you try to write it down. The discipline of writing down your plan is the best way to make sure you understand how to transform your idea into a business, and how to communicate it. A business plan is for you first, not investors.

Startup 57

Startup Entrepreneur Writing Ideas 57

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2016

Most leadership gurus, including John Baldoni, have provided recipes, like his classic book, “ Lead By Example: 50 Ways Great Leaders Inspire Results.” Dean Kamen, while still struggling with the Segway Human Transporter, holds 440 other device patents. This leading by example is easy to say, but not so easy to put into action.

Examples 76

Examples Startup Coach Patents 76

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 30, 2013

Most leadership gurus, including John Baldoni, have provided generic recipes, like his book from a while back, “ Lead By Example: 50 Ways Great Leaders Inspire Results.” Dean Kamen, while still struggling with the Segway Human Transporter, holds 440 other device patents. Great entrepreneurs are mentors to everyone on their team.

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Entrepreneur Startup Examples Ideas 104

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

The discipline of writing down a plan is the best way to make sure you actually understand how to transform your idea into a business. If you expect to seek investors, or you expect to have a sustainable competitive advantage against sleeping giants, you need to register all your patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets early.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2012

Most leadership gurus, including John Baldoni, have provided generic recipes, like his book from a while back, “ Lead By Example: 50 Ways Great Leaders Inspire Results.” Dean Kamen, while still struggling with the Segway Human Transporter, holds 440 other device patents. Great entrepreneurs are mentors to everyone on their team.

Startup 104

Startup Examples Entrepreneur Ideas 104

socalTECH

JULY 29, 2009

If you're an expert in a certain technology--say, business process design--and have thought about publishing a book, this is a quicker, faster, and more comprehensive way to share it with the world. Instead of writing a book, we wanted to develop a platform to bring our methods to life, and scale our knowledge.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 1, 2012

The discipline of writing down a plan is the best way to make sure you actually understand how to transform your idea into a business. If you expect to seek investors, or you expect to have a sustainable competitive advantage against sleeping giants, you need to register all your patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets early.

Entrepreneur 109

Entrepreneur Ideas Resource Statistics 109

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

So much so that if you read Ken Auletta’s wonderful book “ Googled ” you’ll see that Larry and Sergey had for years stated they would never do paid search results. The patents Overture held became known in small circles as Google’s ’361 problem as outlined here. Stuff you may not know about LA?

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Xconomy

JUNE 29, 2016

For those who follow IP law, this is the tension behind the “abstraction test” in copyright and the recent Supreme Court software patent decision in Alice Corp. Normally, Western composers write in keys or scales that alternate whole steps and half steps between notes.

Tool 55

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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. Use non-fuzzy terms to quantify customer value. Highlight your advantages over three top competitors.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 1, 2018

Their platform helps couples improve their communication and interactions through their “LoveTips,” and will help support planning and executing activities such as ordering flowers and writing love notes. This modular, stand-alone hotel room is a private, soundproof, box with a bed that can be booked right through one’s smartphone.

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

There are hundreds of entrepreneurs here in Los Angeles who are building awesome companies, writing awesome books, making awesome movies and are trying to solve important problems to help make this world a better place. million members who have added over 270 million books, completely by word of mouth. MUST be on this list!!

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SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

It was fun to write, so go get the best out of it. Get your problems solved Become a Wealthy Ninja Internet Marketer Read the book on SEO Monetize your Web site Get a 100% spam-free inbox See your ad here Charity Links Please click to help! I consider this pamphlet kinda draft of a concept, not a design pattern or tutorial.

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Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

of the product, file patents, hire a small sales team and launch a marketing program to take StrongMail to market. So, I tried to do everything “by the book.&# There is no “how-to&# book for your company. Now, finally, we would see advancements in the way people use email! … mistake: Pushing too hard too early.

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