Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 30, 2012

Look how the Japanese entered the auto industry, or how McDonalds imitated White Castle, or how Wal-Mart “perfected” the low-price high-volume approach. Of course, the first one gets the patent. But patent disclosure requirements often make imitation easier, and smart technologists can work around most patents anyway.

Patents 84

Patents Startup Statistics Course 84

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2013

You have figured out how to undercut your competitor’s price, and still hold your margin. Love that sustainable competitive advantage. Working on that unique design, or completing the breakthrough for an innovative patent, are moments of inspiration that you will never forget, especially if they become your competitive edge.

Startup 100

Startup Patents Competition Social Network 100

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2011

Look how the Japanese entered the auto industry, or how McDonalds imitated White Castle, or how Wal-Mart “perfected” the low-price high-volume approach. Of course, the first one gets the patent. But patent disclosure requirements often make imitation easier, and smart technologists can work around most patents anyway.

Startup 91

Startup Patents Statistics Course 91

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2012

You have figured out how to undercut your competitor’s price, and still hold your margin. Love that sustainable competitive advantage. Working on that unique design, or completing the breakthrough for an innovative patent, are moments of inspiration that you will never forget, especially if they become your competitive edge.

Entrepreneur 102

Entrepreneur Patents Startup Ideas 102

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 27, 2018

Of course, you wouldn’t include this data in your customer product pitch. Business model showing costs, pricing, and margins. Intellectual property and sustainable competitive advantage. Patents, trade secrets, and trademarks are very attractive to investors, since these are not easily overcome by competitors.

Product 58

Product Slides Entrepreneur Invest 58

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

You have figured out how to undercut your competitor’s price, and still hold your margin. Love that sustainable competitive advantage. Working on that unique design, or completing the breakthrough for an innovative patent, are moments of inspiration that you will never forget, especially if they become your competitive edge.

Startup 88

Startup Patents Competition Social Network 88

Berkonomics

AUGUST 31, 2023

Know your market and competition, or don’t spend a dime on anything else. The phone could be used for receiving incoming calls when in the restaurant, on the golf course or anywhere. There was even talk of some phone companies using the patented system for serving communities of guests, not just from a single hotel.

Competition 156

Competition Research Summary Pricing 156

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 18, 2016

It’s like trying to sell a home still being built at next year’s dream market price. Patents filed, even provisional, as well as trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets count as barriers to entry and sustainable competitive advantages. You look like a chump, and probably won’t like their low-ball response.

Startup 71

Startup Patents Invest Blogging 71

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

It doesn’t prove your business model of pricing, distribution, and support. File a provisional patent, register a trademark, and reserve your company domain names. It’s also the keystone to convincing investors that you have a “sustainable competitive advantage.” Get a real customer and real revenue.

Funding 112

Funding Entrepreneur Startup CTO Hire 112

Berkonomics

JULY 6, 2017

Know your market and competition, or don’t spend a dime on anything else. The phone could be used for receiving incoming calls when in the restaurant, on the golf course or anywhere. There was even talk of some phone companies using the patented system for serving communities of guests, not just from a single hotel.

Competition 266

Competition Research Summary Pricing 266

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2012

It doesn’t prove your business model of pricing, distribution, and support. File a provisional patent, register a trademark, and reserve your company domain names. It’s also the keystone to convincing investors that you have a “sustainable competitive advantage.” Get a real customer and real revenue.

Startup 104

Startup CTO Hire Press Customer 104

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

He said it was better than the Yellow Pages because he would provide pricing transparency. And now, of course, UberSocial, Bill’s latest project. We talked about patents. I brought up the fact that I find many larger companies abusing the patent system to slow down smaller competitors which is actually anti competitive.

Competition 350

Competition Idealab Product CitySearch 350

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2011

It doesn’t prove your business model of pricing, distribution, and support. File a provisional patent, register a trademark, and reserve your company domain names. It’s also the keystone to convincing investors that you have a “sustainable competitive advantage.” Get a real customer and real revenue.

Startup 101

Startup CTO Hire Press Customer 101

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2010

It doesn’t prove your business model of pricing, distribution, and support. File a provisional patent, register a trademark, and reserve your company domain names. It’s also the keystone to convincing investors that you have a “sustainable competitive advantage.” Get a real customer and real revenue.

Tips 88

Tips Startup CTO Hire Press 88

Berkonomics

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

Know your market and competition, or don’t spend a dime on anything else. I have stated previously that I love absolutes – statements with no wiggle room for gray-area responses. The phone could be used for receiving incoming calls when in the restaurant, on the golf course or anywhere. There is no competition.”

Marketing 247

Marketing Competition Research Summary 247

Frank Addante

MAY 15, 2006

Patent Lawsuit 6. The interesting thing is that we never looked at our competition, we never did any kind of competitive analysis on the products we wanted to be leaders, so we acted like leaders – we focused on our customers, not our competition. If so, buy them (at a reasonable price, of course).

Advertising 40

Advertising Startup Chief Technology Officer Technical Review 40