Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2019

In many cases, customers would be delighted to be coached on upcoming needs, such as time to reorder medication or printer ink, before the crisis, with the option of getting the solution with a single click. Provide useful prompting to prevent future pain. This can save them grief, as well as reduce your own marketing and sales costs.

Customer

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 10, 2020

Kodak , as an example, had made so much money on film that they were reluctant to believe in the digital trend, even though they had one of the first digital camera patents. A lack of openness to outside guidance and coaching. No company leader wanted to be accountable for a change of the magnitude required.

Startup

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

In addition, he currently consults extensively with startup companies on matters related to strategy, financing, operations, and executive coaching. He also has product strategy and business development experience in the areas of video-on-demand services and RF CMOS components.

Orange County

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 30, 2013

For an entrepreneur, this is often evident in the willingness to be coached, by outside experts or by your own team. Dean Kamen, while still struggling with the Segway Human Transporter, holds 440 other device patents. I have just found ten thousand ways that won''t work." " Check your ego at the door (and keep it there).

Entrepreneur

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2012

For an entrepreneur, this is often evident in the willingness to be coached, by outside experts or by your own team. Dean Kamen, while still struggling with the Segway Human Transporter, holds 440 other device patents. I have just found ten thousand ways that won't work." " Check your ego at the door (and keep it there).

Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2016

Creating intellectual property, including patents, is the kay to long-term value and a sustainable competitive advantage. Training and coaching. Ongoing coaching from the top is essential to maintain the attitude and spirit. Business risks are not just development risks. Value creation. Accountability. Idea management.

Coach

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 18, 2018

Creating intellectual property, including patents, is the kay to long-term value and a sustainable competitive advantage. Training and coaching. Ongoing coaching from the top is essential to maintain the attitude and spirit. Business risks are not just development risks. Value creation. Accountability. Idea management.

Entrepreneur

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

Sometimes we draft business plans and coach the entrepreneurs on their pitch, and sometimes we even help develop a business model. It also helps if there is a reason that other people can’t compete with you, either because of some trade secret or patent. Los Angeles is a great place for startups. and online business networking ?

Startup

Tech.Co

DECEMBER 13, 2017

E-Teams receive grants of up to $25,000 and get training through an early-stage innovator training program that provides peer networking, expert coaching, national recognition, and hands-on workshops to move innovations forward. “It The funding comes from VentureWell’s E-Team Student Grant Program.

Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2016

For leaders, this is often evident in the willingness to be coached, by outside experts or by your own team. Dean Kamen, while still struggling with the Segway Human Transporter, holds 440 other device patents. Challenged by his contemporaries, Edison soberly responded: “I have not failed. Promote resilience.

Examples

socalTECH

JULY 29, 2009

More recently, we licensed our platform to leadership guru Marshall Goldsmith, so that he could transform his $200,000 coaching engagements into a virtual program, so that a much wider audience could benefit from Marshall's process and work. We have patents filed on this process.

Geni

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

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. Peter Cowen: One thing that the contestants and applicants get are coaching sessions, to prepare them to give a two minute pitch to these venture capitalists and investors.

Tech Coast Angels

SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

Dropped Calls, Students Protest AT&T Network Coverage Facebook Patents News Feed, Social Net Confusion Ensues Trying to Work from Home More Efficiently? Hipstamatic iPhone App to Spawn a Million Terry Richardsons "Feisty" Steve Jobs Ponders a $40B Shopping Spree at Apple Shareholder Meeting ); We Shall Overcome.

Los Angeles

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 24, 2011

If we had stayed on the sidelines, waiting for less market uncertainty, we would have lost the opportunity to file the landmark medical robotic patents that eventually motivated Intuitive Surgical to purchase Computer Motion for approximately $150 million. John Wooden, US basketball coach. Measure Thrice, Cut Once.

Company