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Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 30, 2020
It starts with documenting and communicating a real purpose and mission in terms everyone can get excited about. Intellectual property is required for a competitive edge. Although Elon Musk doesn’t talk about it very much, he owns over 350 patents through Tesla, just one of his many companies. Neither is good.
Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 29, 2023
The critical success factors for a product business are well known, starting with selling every unit with a gross margin of 50 percent or more, building a patent and other intellectual property, and continuous product improvement. You have no shelf life, so you can’t make money while you sleep.
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Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 3, 2020
The critical success factors for a product business are well known, starting with selling every unit with a gross margin of 50 percent or more, building a patent and other intellectual property, and continuous product improvement. You have no shelf life, so you can’t make money while you sleep.
Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 18, 2022
The first page of the business plan better be an executive summary which gives the investor a taste of the financials, as well as opportunity, competition, and key executives. “I They only want a quick overview of the product, not detailed features and patent secrets. Look how many social media ‘likes’ my site has generated.”
Startup Professionals Musings
MARCH 21, 2020
The first page of the business plan better be an executive summary which gives the investor a taste of the financials, as well as opportunity, competition, and key executives. “I They only want a quick overview of the product, not detailed features and patent secrets. Look how many social media ‘likes’ my site has generated.”
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 2, 2018
The critical success factors for a product business are well known, starting with selling every unit with a gross margin of 50 percent or more, building a patent and other intellectual property, and continuous product improvement. You have no shelf life, so you can’t make money while you sleep.
Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 8, 2015
The first page of the business plan better be an executive summary which gives the investor a taste of the financials, as well as opportunity, competition, and key executives. “I They only want a quick overview of the product, not detailed features and patent secrets. Look how many social media ‘likes’ my site has generated.”
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