SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

You’ll learn about competitive products that exist or are being built. You’ll refine your sales and investor pitch. He left out capital sources, but it's still a pretty succinct list of the types of people / communication you should be having early stage. You’ll discover flaws and hopefully correct them. What is Stealth?

Startup 198

Startup IP Ideas Patents 198

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

To capitalize on strengths and opportunities. You must take advantage of those special team talents and product capabilities that make your startup superior to your competition, and do things that your competition cannot duplicate in the short term. Intellectual property (IP). To form a basis for making better decisions.

Startup 92

Startup Competition IP Patents 92

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

This episode of This Week in Venture Capital featured Michael Montgomery, president of Montgomery & Co. You have to be selected to present and it is typically reserved for companies that have already raised early-stage capital and are well into revenue growth. Should you use investment banks to raise venture capital?

Venture Capital 242

Venture Capital Mission Ventures Capital Help 242

socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2009

It seems that every week, a new, Voice-over-IP provider firm surfaces in the market, either providing PBX services, voicemail, or other similar services. What is your VoIP service all about, and how is this different from what seems to be lots of Voice over IP service providers? Cliff Rees: We're a software as a solutions company.

IP 165

IP Pasadena Angels Pasadena Los Angeles 165

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 4, 2015

Your capital needs — how much you plan to spend, on what assets, for what expected impact. The industry’s competitive dynamics. Recent equity sales i.e., comparables. Oh, and one other thing; if you plan on selling your business or raising capital, most potential investors and all savvy acquirers will request an audit.

IP 40

IP Equity Examples Guide 40

Xconomy

JULY 19, 2016

Symantec Forces the Industry to Stay Competitive. No matter what the industry view on Symantec, the other larger established security vendors, to remain competitive and grow in the enterprise market, will absolutely need to acquire other startups to provide best-in-class products.

Symantec 40

Symantec IBM IBM Acquisition 40

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

They also talked about their outlook on the venture capital market, and how likely they are to be investing this year, given the worried economy. In any sale--and raising money is a sale--establishing credibility early on is important. Defensibility is also big--we're not interested in the me-too's without some unique IP.

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Ideas Entrepreneur Invest 100

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

It quickly became impossible to raise venture capital. It isn’t even a story about raising venture capital or M&A. VC, sales, biz dev, M&A or otherwise. Don’t over shop – If the deal you’re involved with involves raising venture capital or selling your company you naturally want some competition.

Venture Capital 301

Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Technical Advisors 301

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Today, innovation is happening at an increasingly faster rate and , that being true, Thomas thought it was more efficient to match capital to ideas than execute the ideas himself. Don’t obsess over your competition because most times competition will implode on their own, pivot in a different direction, or you’ll learn to coexist.

Angel 302

Angel Startup Ideas .Net 302