Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 30, 2014

The practical uses for uBeam technology is limitless. Did anybody hold patents that would prevent us from using this technology? We hired IP specialists to review prior art. We grilled their IP attorneys. This kicked off a frantic process of discovery for me personally. Did the physics actually work? Was it safe?

Technical Review 418

Technical Review Software Review CTO Hire IP 418

SoCal Tech Calendar

MAY 3, 2009

This is driving massive demand for new digital content distribution networks, in addition to an entirely new ecosystem of business and technology relationships. The competition is drawing players from diverse marketsincluding digital media, internet services, and Telecom/IP communications companies. See [link] (more).

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 31, 2018

In this age of constant market evolution and new technology, there is no such thing as a static business that is self-sustaining. For example, Facebook added WhatsApp as a cross-platform messaging and Voice over IP (VoIP) service to enhance the self-sustaining growth their social media platform before any downturn.

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Examples IP Acquisition Social Media 99

socalTECH

JULY 9, 2012

But we also have to make sure we're competitive in our existing markets. The other thing we do is continue to invest in products and build really new, innovative technology in the markets we already serve. I'll give you an example, when we did wireless, it was very important to get wireless technology into company.

Acquisition 173

Acquisition IP Networking Marketing 173

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

Of course it’s a competitive market so MCNs competing for top talent not only compete on rev share to talent but also to services that they provide talent. But we’re a technology company that produces great video not the other way around. Expect to hear a lot more about Maker technology in the next 18 months.

Networking 366

Networking Media Content Customer 366

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 30, 2012

All too many startups are founded simply on the basis of a new and exciting technology invented by an industrious technologist. Develop the solution with your technology, and develop a strategy to maximize your impact in the marketplace. Intellectual property (IP). Form a basis for making better decisions.

Startup 99

Startup Competition IP Patents 99

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2013

Don’t count on your IP to save you. Technology keeps improving at a rapid rate, so you fall behind in technology, driving costs up, and you become non-competitive. With decreased employee productivity and outdated technology, your costs go up, and income drops. Employees stop innovating. Your income drops.

Entrepreneur 105

Entrepreneur Slides IP Technology 105

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 9, 2010

All too many startups are founded simply on the basis of a new and exciting technology invented by an industrious technologist. Develop the solution with your technology, and develop a strategy to maximize your impact in the marketplace. Intellectual property (IP). To form a basis for making better decisions.

Startup 92

Startup Competition IP Patents 92

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 23, 2014

Don’t count on your IP to save you. Technology keeps improving at a rapid rate, so you fall behind in technology, driving costs up, and you become non-competitive. With decreased employee productivity and outdated technology, your costs go up, and income drops. Employees stop innovating. Your income drops.

Startup 100

Startup Slides Entrepreneur IP 100

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

When to get a lawyer - If you plan to be a venture or angel backed technology company (what I mostly write about) the best time to start meeting and getting to know lawyers is long before you ever start your company. Shame about not getting it in legal writing that you owned the original IP. But make it competitive.

Startup 318

Startup IP Southern California Entrepreneur 318

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

What we specialize in, is the way we deliver this content in a seamless way, in high quality, with the latest technology available. Inside that solution, we have technologies like artificial intelligence, data analytics ,and security for streaming machines, and so forth. By doing that, we are a turnkey business-in-a box.

Content 113

Content Startup Mobile Platform 113

Xconomy

JULY 19, 2016

Symantec Forces the Industry to Stay Competitive. But at the same time, these players may view the Blue Coat acquisition as a unique situation for Symantec, a company with a portfolio of lagging technology solutions with a need for new management talent.

Symantec 40

Symantec IBM IBM Acquisition 40

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2011

Don’t count on your IP to save you. Technology keeps improving at a rapid rate, so you fall behind in technology, driving costs up, and you become non-competitive. With decreased employee productivity and outdated technology, your costs go up, and income drops. Employees stop innovating. Your income drops.

Entrepreneur 95

Entrepreneur Slides IP Technology 95

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2010

If you don’t know Montgomery & Co it is one of the premier technology & media focused investment banks in the country (and as Michael corrected me they also have a strong Healthcare / Med tech practice). The Montgomery Conference : one of the top technology events of the annual calendar in the United States and held every March.

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Venture Capital Mission Ventures Capital Help 242

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 11, 2011

And that has had me thinking about the tech sector and how dismissive both startup teams & VCs can be about both their competition and the “hot” companies in any sector. I use technology precisely to try and develop an intuitive feel about what will work and what won’t” The management team got it.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 10, 2010

Intellectual Property (IP) is an ugly thing at a startup. However, to a Big Dumb Company (BDC), a startup’s IP is a thing of beauty. How can IP be worthless to a startup yet very worthwhile to a BDC? Because IP has intrinsic value, but only in the right hands. Yet, it does nothing to help you execute your business model.

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IP Patents Company Companies 256

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 19, 2010

Don’t count on your IP to save you. Technology keeps improving at a rapid rate, so you fall behind in technology, driving costs up, and you become non-competitive. With decreased employee productivity and outdated technology, your costs go up, and income drops. Employees stop innovating. Your income drops.

Startup 57

Startup Slides Entrepreneur IP 57

socalTECH

JANUARY 14, 2011

Our analytics team is second to none, in our ability to leverage our IP and methods to isolate the effect of those activities, and look at them to figure out how to drive outcomes. Dominique Hanssens, who is a prominent UCLA professor and specialist in the area of market response models. READ MORE>>.

Social Media 235

Social Media Demand Activity Marketing 235

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. ” Harsh, but reality. Revenue is Not Revenue is Not Revenue.

Startup 418

Startup Venture Capital Sales Technical Review 418

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.

Technical Advisors 124

Technical Advisors Technical Review IP Patents 124

socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2018

We caught up with Catalog's co-founder and CEO Patrick Ip , along with co-founder Jacobo Lumbreras , to learn more about the startup. Patrick Ip: My background is I spent the last three years at Google, working on advertiser retention for small and medium businesses. Patrick Ip: I was in San Francisco for the last five years at Google.

Help 133

Help IP Content Google 133

socalTECH

DECEMBER 3, 2008

Pasadena-based BigStage (www.bigstage.com) is one of those rare companies that has taken technology developed from university research, and is now bringing that technology to the commercial market. For those not familiar with BigStage, tell us what the company is doing with your avatar technology? How has the experience for you?

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Entertainment Clearstone Venture Capital Media 100

Tech.Co

MAY 31, 2023

But while competition remains fierce, the advancement and accessibility of smart solutions are making it easy than ever for startups to find their feet. Best Communication Tools for Startups Communication tools refer to any type of technology that helps businesses stay connected. Here are a couple of our favorites. From its 4.3-inch

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Tool Startup Software Review Technical Review 128

InfoChachkie

MAY 19, 2011

Intellectual Property (IP) provisions should ensure that both parties maintain the IP rights that they respectively own at the outset of the relationship. A more complicated negotiating point involves IP that is created in the course of the parties’ collaboration. This is generally a straightforward and uncontested provision.

Outsource Development 193

Outsource Development IP Technical Review Entrepreneur 193

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

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

It really wouldn’t take much to turn a great technology ecosystem into a truly electric one. He listed all of the product releases that were up coming, the customers that were in the pipeline and where he saw his competition moving. As I gear up to give a keynote at the annual Seattle 2.0 Imagine Apple without Steve Jobs.

Venture Capital 317

Venture Capital Technical Review Startup Press 317

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

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2009

One thing I like to look for is some barrier to entry, whether that is technology, or partners, or great entrepreneurs who understand the space. Defensibility is also big--we're not interested in the me-too's without some unique IP. It's also good to talk somewhat about the competition, and why this ideas is different from the others.

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Tech Coast Angels Ideas Entrepreneur Invest 100

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

When I meet with Tom offline it’s obvious that he immediately is thinking about product issues, technology trends, funding rounds, etc. 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. Terms for less technical people.

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