Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 30, 2014

Take electricity as an input and through a process called ultrasonic transduction to convert it to a soundwave that can be beamed from a transmitter to a sleeve on your mobile phone that would use and ultrasound receiver to convert it back to electricity and charge your phone. .” The approach was clever and novel.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 7, 2021

For example, after Yvon Chouinard founded Patagonia , he wisely recognized a growing interest in helping the environment, and capitalized on it by dedicating a percent of sales to environmental needs. Elon Musk offered his battery patents free to all takers in order to expand the electric car market, and provide a common infrastructure.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2021

Apple pulled ahead of other mobile phones in its early days largely because it cultivated an ecosystem of software developers who created iPhone apps to meet every consumer niche and need. Simple metrics and your personal knowledge of the industry can’t keep up with all the relevant competitive forces. Find funders who seek long-term returns.

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socalTECH

JULY 31, 2013

In the world of mobile app and Internet startups, it''s not that often that you see companies who touch the hardware side of the world get funding nowadays. As you probably know, with your own mobile phone, those batteries don''t last nearly as long. This last round is a significant amount of capital, why the new funding?

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

For instance, one of our targets are those who have large audiences, like mobile carriers. These large mobile carriers have audiences, but something they dont have content services to attract and retain subscribers to a mobile network. We build products and services tied to mobile carriers. Who are your core customers?

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socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2012

I've been focused only on mobile for the last twelve years. I had probably spent eight months perfecting the product, and getting the design where it needed to be, and all patents filed. I never had any experience with venture capital and all of that, and never would have known what to do. Patrick O'Neill.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

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. "We are doing something in mobile advertising." Some resources on this: Intellectual Property is More Than Patents Does My Startup Have Intellectual Property? What is Stealth?

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socalTECH

APRIL 28, 2010

Dave told us about how and why he and his co-founders--both previously executives at Twistbox--decided to start their own startup, specifically outside of the mobile industry, and a bit about the product. We've been steeped in mobile content development and publishing. How long has Bccthis been around?

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

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. "We are doing something in mobile advertising." Some resources on this: Intellectual Property is More Than Patents Does My Startup Have Intellectual Property? What is Stealth?

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Startup IP Ideas Patents 198

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Draw Your Ideas - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , May 16, 2010 I saw Jack Dorsey give this talk at The 99% Conference last month. Why Lawyers Don’t Run Startups - Steve Blank , May 27, 2010 Startups need to have a great lawyer, accountant, patent attorney, etc. Tesla is not. It's a great talk. It's a great talk. Prerequisites.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly. billion in venture capital to LA’s technology startups and 2014 will shatter that figure. The patents Overture held became known in small circles as Google’s ’361 problem as outlined here.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

If you''re familiar with Shszam, the mobile app which scans and tells you who an artist is, we''ve created something like Shazam for the real world. Those three organizations have very strong networks inventure capital, entertainment, and academia, and put together the incubator. What drove your interest in this area?

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 22, 2013

According to Quipa, using a patented approach that’s more agile and secure than traditional VPN technologies, its QuipaLoop software segments a network into “loops” of trusted devices. The QuipaLoop can operate across one or many physical networks and is easily deployed on mobile devices as well as traditional laptop or desktop computers.

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Yammer Journal Networking Software 72

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2012

CallFire technology likewise offers a powerful, cost-effective solution for emergency response and disaster preparedness, enabling authorities to mobilize field communications at a moment’s notice. Company founders, led by Ravishanker, made the strategic choice early on to bypass venture capital.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

million dollars from some of the biggest funds (First Round Capital, NEA and GRP), is precisely because they solved such a huge problem. They have built proprietary ad serving, video serving and image recognition technology, complete with patents, and invented in-image advertising. Mobile accounts for 25% of their traffic.

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Advertising Santa Monica Startup Content 98

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 4, 2014

“Sustainability is about developing an investment focus around social economic benefits that occur from capital solutions. Sustainability is comprised of the many facets of everyday industry: energy, water, advanced materials, advanced manufacturing methods, mobility, etc. 2050 full utilization of local water.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

Bill founded Idealab to create and build successful businesses that capitalize on innovations in areas with significant growth opportunities, including the Internet. In college at the California Institute of Technology, he patented a new loudspeaker design and formed GNP Loudspeakers, Inc. Still Time to Submit Your Company!

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SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2010

10 Ways To Be Your Own Boss - A VC : Venture Capital and Technology , June 18, 2010 The folks at Behance and Cool Hunting asked me to talk at their 99% Conference a couple months ago. Just because a product has a patent, deep complexity and an obvious competitive advantage does not mean that it can fly by itself into the market.

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Jason Nazar

MAY 2, 2016

If you are inventing or creating a product, understand patents and register for one at the USPTO. Find sources of capital— friends & family, business bank loans , angel investment , venture capital or even crowdfunding ( Crowdfunder , Fundable ). Go mobile and consider app development. Recommended.

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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. At GRP, we don't care about patents--they're nice to have, but not required--but we're looking for defensible IP in an area with an interesting, and big, idea.

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Michael Schneider – CEO of Mobile Roadie. Michael Schneider is the CEO of Mobile Roadie , the leading self-service mobile app engagement platform. In just a few minutes, anyone (no programming knowledge required) can create a mobile app. ThinkNear helps you target mobile ads to consumers at precise locations.

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