InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 24, 2011

As Guy Kawasaki pointed out in our recent conversation , “…it is cheaper than ever to start a company. If there was ever a time to start a company, this is it.”. Determining the perfect moment to enter the startup market, whether by creating a company or joining an ongoing venture, is akin to timing the financial markets. “You

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Most entrepreneurs are not born with the knowledge to run a successful business, so the right place to start is some business training in school, or some practical work experience in a business of your interest, prior to starting your own company. Every company has competitors, or there is no market for what you offer.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Why are you so strongly sold on royalty licensing as the most effective way to finance a tech-based early stage company? So here goes: How would I find companies willing to license my intellectual property or to invest in a royalty stream from licenses? I asked him five important questions, which he answered, and I’ve summarized below.

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Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Unfortunately, health systems—and the education of people who work within health systems—are not designed to capitalize on the insights of their employees, she said. To get the program off the ground, Monti applied for and received a $20,000 grant from Maine Medical Center’s Division of Education.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Why are you so strongly sold on royalty licensing as the most effective way to finance a tech-based early stage company? So here goes: How would I find companies willing to license my intellectual property or to invest in a royalty stream from licenses? I asked him five important questions, which he answered, and I’ve summarized below.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 26, 2022

Working for a well-funded existing company, or pursuing your dream as a hobby, may be more satisfying and productive. You need intellectual property , such as a patent, trade secret, or process expertise that will be a barrier that you can defend. You can’t really succeed in life if you are not happy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2020

Today’s customer is especially attracted to companies like TOMS , who donates a pair of shoes for every pair they sell, or Patagonia, with its support for grassroots environmental groups. Include marketing initiatives to educate and help customers. Let your highly motivated customers be your best marketing advocates for new customers.

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Xconomy

JULY 5, 2016

The impact on in-state residents is huge, too: More than 56,500 people work at nearly 1,700 companies throughout Indiana in the sectors of medical care, drugs and pharmaceuticals, medical devices and equipment, research and testing laboratories, and the like.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

I’ve been working with early stage companies and their intellectual property protection plans for years. But only recently did I read a clear document on the risks and rewards of patent strategy. What is the true cost of patenting an idea? What is the true cost of patenting an idea? The two requirements of a patent.

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 4, 2012

Music Prodigy is changing Music Education through its patent-pending technology and proprietary teaching method that enables any aspiring musician to learn any instrument, at any level of expertise, anywhere an iOS device can reach. Basic lessons come with the app, with more advanced lesson available for a small fee.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 18, 2019

It turned out, that was definitely the case, and that's how the company was created. We haven't done any paid marketing or advertising, but more and more companies are finding us, and our business has started developing. Any big lessons you've learned creating a startup after being at a big company? It's very exciting to me.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 10, 2019

Most entrepreneurs are not born with the knowledge to run a successful business, so the right place to start is some business training in school, or some practical work experience in a business of your interest, prior to starting your own company. Every company has competitors, or there is no market for what you offer.

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socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2011

One of the firms which has been active in that area is Los Angeles-based CauseCast (www.causecast.com), run by Ryan Scott , who talked us about the company's relationship with the Huffington Post, its new efforts to provide its technology to companies interested in corporate social responsibility, and other initiatives.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 4, 2019

Although she had little formal education, the doctor indulged her curiosity, opened his library to her and taught her basic chemistry. Martha quickly realized that a key aspect of her value proposition was providing a safe and comfortable space for women to gather and share their thoughts, outside the company of men. Creating Luck.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 1, 2013

In fact, our education and training to logically associate related concepts reduces our ability to add the creative side, even though we were all born without that bias. In business, this may be as simple as replacing a product line that is still profitable, or a recent startup making a takeover bid for a large company.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

In fact, our education and training to logically associate related concepts reduces our ability to add the creative side, even though we were all born without that bias. In business, this may be as simple as replacing a product line that is still profitable, or a recent startup making a takeover bid for a large company.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 18, 2019

It turned out, that was definitely the case, and that's how the company was created. We haven't done any paid marketing or advertising, but more and more companies are finding us, and our business has started developing. Any big lessons you've learned creating a startup after being at a big company? It's very exciting to me.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 12, 2015

In my experience, finding real innovation in existing company environments is even tougher. Creating intellectual property, including patents, is the key to long-term value and a sustainable competitive advantage. But these still need coaching on the unknowns, and ongoing education to keep up with the industry and the technology.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

How did you come up with the idea for the company? Our goal is to announce the Series A, and give a quick preview of the company and what is all about, and we will be coming out of stealth for the first time. Nikhil Jain: My co-founder and I met at Idealab. We were exploring different ideas on what we wanted to do next.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2015

Don’t let your passion and ego overcome good business sense and common courtesy as you educate people on other alternatives in the marketplace. Taking action to file even a provisional patent shows you have the conviction and skill to execute while others have no barrier to entry. Dig deeper than Wikipedia for facts on key competitors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Start early by registering your company, and reserving the name as your website domain name. The patent process is far from perfect, but it’s a huge step ahead of no proprietary content. Make every effort to do things “in house”, rather than rely on outside services, accountants, and law firms. Create intellectual property.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2017

Most entrepreneurs are not born with the knowledge to run a successful business, so the right place to start is some business training in school, or some practical work experience in a business of your interest, prior to starting your own company. Every company has competitors, or there is no market for what you offer.

Entrepreneur 64

Entrepreneur Activity Guide Patents 64

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 23, 2013

Most entrepreneurs are not born with the knowledge to run a successful business, so the right place to start is some business training in school, or some practical work experience in a business of your interest, prior to starting your own company. Every company has competitors, or there is no market for what you offer.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Most entrepreneurs are not born with the knowledge to run a successful business, so the right place to start is some business training in school, or some practical work experience in a business of your interest, prior to starting your own company. Every company has competitors, or there is no market for what you offer.

Entrepreneur 110

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 22, 2012

Start early by registering your company, and reserving the name as your website domain name. The patent process is far from perfect, but it’s a huge step ahead of no proprietary content. Make every effort to do things “in house”, rather than rely on outside services, accountants, and law firms. Create intellectual property.

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Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2012

CallFire simplifies telephony, making sophisticated, expensive carrier-class telecom capabilities available through an easy-to-use GUI and API platform, which the company pioneered in 2007. Company founders, led by Ravishanker, made the strategic choice early on to bypass venture capital.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

A while back, I wrote about the importance of a “ sustainable competitive advantage ,” and outlined the business plan value and limitations of patents and competitor feature comparisons. Many companies have an ongoing product innovation focus, but rarely think about customer service innovations. Continuous customer service innovation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 4, 2016

If the market is new and competition is minimal, then the time and costs of educating potential customers probably exceeds your survival time and budget. They forget that big companies with many more resources do wake up when they see your traction and can easily overrun your efforts. Build the company at the expense of employees.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

Start early by registering your company, and reserving the name as your website domain name. The patent process is far from perfect, but it’s a huge step ahead of no proprietary content. Make every effort to do things “in house”, rather than rely on outside services, accountants, and law firms. Create intellectual property.

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socalTECH

MAY 14, 2010

A lot of people had asked me why I was taking the job, since I was a commercial guy, had been a commercial general manager, and had been running companies for my whole career. Last year, we did fifty different educational programs, talking to on the order of 10,000 people in those fifty programs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2010

Lon is the founder of 14 companies, 19 inventions, and he holds three patents. Lon: I'm just getting ready to release my updated book " The Social Media Bible Second Edition ” and I just started a new company last week called Extreme Digital Marketing. I've built 14 companies. That was a company that I ran the longest.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 29, 2010

Start early by registering your company, and reserving the name as your website domain name. The patent process is far from perfect, but it’s a huge step ahead of no proprietary content. Make every effort to do things “in house”, rather than rely on outside services, accountants, and law firms. Create intellectual property.

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Xconomy

MAY 30, 2016

Nelsen is now a consultant on tech transfer and entrepreneurship issues, and she is also serving on the boards of companies and nonprofits, according to her LinkedIn profile. Lita Nelsen: It’s gone from incidental to purposeful, in the sense that companies were spinning out of MIT forever, but certainly going back to the ’50s.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

Bill Gross founded Idealab in March 1996 and serves as the company’s Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer. A lifelong entrepreneur, Bill started several companies prior to Idealab. In college at the California Institute of Technology, he patented a new loudspeaker design and formed GNP Loudspeakers, Inc.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 1, 2018

What you’ll also find is that of the 25 companies, our founders represent an inclusive group with 40 percent female, 52 percent minority and 12 percent veteran founders from 14 states and 5 countries. Once uploaded, the company safeguards the data in their secure cloud. AdWallet (Albuquerque, NM). That’s the concept behind AdWallet.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 3, 2015

Hire professionals to handle the details of company formation paperwork when you first start up. Whether it’s something as extensive as filing patents, more simple trademark registrations, and or putting appropriate documentation in place, don’t ignore this and don’t rely on boilerplate online templates. Banking Relationship.

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Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 18, 2013

The large gathering of top investors spilled out of the office into the surrounding sidewalk and swelled with buzz and speculation of what the 10 newly formed companies had to offer. Okuno has been investing in Los Angeles startups for the past three years after selling his own company E-Z Data. Or maybe a goldmine. Founded by L.A.’s

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