SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

You’ll learn about competitive products that exist or are being built. What you will convey in your conversations What protections you will place on those communications For example, you might decide that portions of your concept will be controlled more closely (a secret algorithm). You’ll get suggestions for improvements.

Startup 198

Startup IP Ideas Patents 198

socalTECH

JULY 9, 2012

But we also have to make sure we're competitive in our existing markets. I'll give you an example, when we did wireless, it was very important to get wireless technology into company. They are IP acquisitions with some amount of channel and product, and are really meant as an IP acquisition into our core platform.

Acquisition 173

Acquisition IP Networking Marketing 173

socalTECH

JUNE 25, 2009

It seems that every week, a new, Voice-over-IP provider firm surfaces in the market, either providing PBX services, voicemail, or other similar services. What is your VoIP service all about, and how is this different from what seems to be lots of Voice over IP service providers? Cliff Rees: We're a software as a solutions company.

IP 165

IP Pasadena Angels Pasadena Los Angeles 165

Xconomy

OCTOBER 5, 2016

However, there is still room for competition. This is a good example of the importance of learning how to thrive in a digital ecosystem. In its first year, Amazon Business generated $1 billion in sales. Companies must learn to become ecosystem drivers – even if only for a subset of their customers – in order to survive.

Organization 91

Organization Customer Custom Study 91

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

If you spent the 3 years perfecting some hugely differentiated technology IP that may also be different. Fast early growth in a market is often eroded when competition gets fierce and prices are forced down due to competition. For example, look at the following graph. The example chart is not actually atypical.

Startup 418

Startup Venture Capital Sales Technical Review 418

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 4, 2015

For example, there are the private company valuation figures that get bandied about: think the numbers people reference for Uber and AirBnB for example. The industry’s competitive dynamics. In fact, there are several types of valuations and they come into play at different times in a company’s lifecycle. Strategic partnerships.

IP 40

IP Equity Examples Guide 40

socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2011

For example, if you see a TV spot for Toyota, and then Google it, or you see a display ad on CNN and then open up a tab in your browser, talk about it on Facebook, or even walk into the dealership, we're able to quantify, very specifically, what combination of what kinds of media drove that sale and how that activity interacted with each other.

Social Media 235

Social Media Demand Activity Marketing 235

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

He said that there remains a very healthy market for “data oriented&# software companies because the world is moving more toward measurability and software companies with differentiated IP often get a premium in the market. Founded by James Reinhart out of Harvard Business School (semi finalist in annual business plan competition).

Venture Capital 242

Venture Capital Mission Ventures Capital Help 242

InfoChachkie

MAY 16, 2011

Thus, follow the guidelines outlined in IP – Worthless To A Startup and only spend significant time and effort protecting your intellectual property when it is clear what you are trying to protect. Even benevolent BDCs lose interest in your solution once this competitive risk is eliminated. 3) Attempt To License An Idea.

Startup 242

Startup Outsource Development Outsource Sales 242

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

They help find talented film makers globally, enter them into competitions and advance the best of them toward winners that get to produce full-length films. An example of a great serialist was Charles Dickens in which Oliver Twist & Nicholas Nickleby and others were written and distributed serially. Think creatively.

Startup 380

Startup Media Content Platform 380

InfoChachkie

JUNE 25, 2009

Most corporate attorneys can give you general guidance with respect to securing your Intellectual Property (IP) rights, especially with respect to trademarks, copyrights and other non-patent-related items. You do not want your IP lawyer to learn the prior art associated with your technology on your dime. Your Lawyer is not a Doberman….

Technical Advisors 124

Technical Advisors Technical Review IP Patents 124

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

If you're an industry insider--for example, maybe you worked at Microsoft in its mobile division for eight years, before your mobile startup--the extent you can get that out in a meeting to establish credibility, makes the rest of your ideas more credible. Defensibility is also big--we're not interested in the me-too's without some unique IP.

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels Ideas Entrepreneur Invest 100

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

The iPhone is a great example of simplicity and clarity. Don’t obsess over your competition because most times competition will implode on their own, pivot in a different direction, or you’ll learn to coexist. A simple idea also allows for clarity. How do entrepreneurs contact angel investors they don’t know?

Angel 302

Angel Startup Ideas .Net 302