Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 4, 2017

A large portion of your competitive advantage and your potential value to investors is the size of your intellectual property portfolio. Social media accounts. Immediately go to relevant social media sites and grab the same name, even if you never plan to use the accounts. Trade secrets with employment agreement.

Startup 69

Startup Patents IP Social Media 69

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2013

A large portion of your competitive advantage and your potential value to investors is the size of your intellectual property portfolio. Social media accounts. Immediately go to relevant social media sites and grab the same name, even if you never plan to use the accounts. Trade secrets with employment agreement.

Startup 103

Startup Patents IP Social Media 103

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Of course you need to discount any investor competitive positioning, but local investment group leaders will quickly tell you the strengths and terms of active investors in your area. A sample of three views is adequate. Do research on investor visibility via Google and social media.

Technical Review 103

Technical Review Innocal Offshore Entrepreneur 103

SoCal CTO

APRIL 8, 2010

Death By Competitive Analysis - Steve Blank , March 1, 2010 Trading emails with a startup CEO building an iPhone app, I asked him why potential customers would buy his product. In response he sent me a competitive analysis. It looked like every competitive analysis I had done for 20 years, (ok maybe better.) And it made me sad.

Startup 150

Startup Software Review Competition SoCal 150

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2011

These are variations on a “crowd-funding” theme to raise money for a startup through social networks and voting at public events. Crowd-sourcing tools, usually Internet applications, use the social media to poll for interest, feedback, and ultimately some funding for the startup. Marty Zwilling.

Funding 92

Funding Startup Social Media Sample 92

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

This is true whether it’s physical products or media products. Think about the tension between media companies and cable operators like last year when Viacom threatened to pull Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, MTV, BET, etc. This is an age-old marketplace tension where leverage often determines the value captured.

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Product Course Customer Custom 296

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

Crowd sample size and makeup not representative of market. Even online, the type of people who may respond to social media requests may bear very little relationship to the intended market. No one contemplates including a business plan, investor presentation, or even the equivalent of an executive summary.

Funding 101

Funding Equity Entrepreneur Invest 101

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 27, 2016

Of course you need to discount any investor competitive positioning, but local investment group leaders will quickly tell you the strengths and terms of active investors in your area. A sample of three views is adequate. Do research on investor visibility via Google and social media.

Technical Review 63

Technical Review Innocal Offshore Entrepreneur 63

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 17, 2013

Crowd sample size and makeup not representative of market. Even online, the type of people who may respond to social media requests may bear very little relationship to the intended market. No one contemplates including a business plan, investor presentation, or even the equivalent of an executive summary.

Funding 106

Funding Equity Entrepreneur Sample 106

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 21, 2010

These are variations on a “crowd-funding” theme to raise money for a startup through social networks and voting at public events. Crowd-sourcing tools, usually Internet applications, use the social media to poll for interest, feedback, and ultimately some funding for the startup. Marty Zwilling.

Funding 59

Funding Startup Social Media Sample 59

Tech.Co

MARCH 1, 2018

If the user shares the add on social media, they earn an extra $.25. This biotech company developed Xplore-PATHO as a service to test samples for the presence of pathogens – everything from bacteria and DNA virus to parasites and fungus – in a single test. Quirktastic Media (Durham, NC). Price: $1.99

Startup 79

Startup Mentor Platform Help 79