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Nine Startup Tips From Michael Dell

InfoChachkie

Despite the relative dominance of product-oriented innovations, they seldom create sustainable competitive advantages. The freedom to pursue the answers to the questions that most intrigue us is one of the primary benefits of charting your own course and not working for a Big Dumb Company. " [Tweet this quote]. Look around.

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Productivity Hacks: Voicemail, Folders & To-Do’s

Both Sides of the Table

Of course if I’m not ensconced in deep, thoughtful work then by all means I answer the call. Getting Rid of Folders - A friend of mine, Dmitry Shapiro (founder of Veoh), teaches a course called WeekendU. People who go to this course end up feeling like they had a near religious experience. Unfortunately I was wrong.

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Taking Other People’s Money Changes Your Life

Startup Professionals Musings

When I get funded,” the entrepreneur thinks, “I can build a prototype, hire a development team, go to market, scale more quickly, and beat my competition.” Strange course corrections. She is a true angel investor, and has helped package and secure funding for many high-tech startup companies in the area.

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Intellectual Property – Worthless To A Startup, Priceless To A Big Dumb Company

InfoChachkie

Patents held by startups generally have a limited ability to reduce competition. Most US high-tech companies begin the utility patent process by filing a provisional patent application. He is a member of the University of California at Santa Barbara’s Faculty where he teaches several entrepreneurial courses. _. —

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Surveying SoCal's M&A Landscape, with David Siemer

socalTECH

One of the most frequent questions from high tech startups is: where''s my exit? I think, of course, that we''re miles behind the valley, and probably behind event New York, but there''s no question this will be a highly vibrant ecosystem, and already is. We don''t worry about that anymore. Now we have it.

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If You Don’t Define Your Personal Brand the Market Will

Both Sides of the Table

I, of course, knew nothing about business. I wanted to do business projects and I got in touch with a guy from the strategy consulting practice in the telecoms & high-tech practice in London. You’re a tech guy. Large swathes of people gathered in units to address business problems but that wouldn’t be me.

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INNOVATION - A Scientist's Perspective

AeA Los Angeles Council

One, the Executive Office of the President (EOP) has an office called the Office of Science and Technology Policy, or OSTP, which heads up the American Competitiveness Initiative (ACI) ( [link] ). academic scientists, which is necessary to a point, of course. Innovation is the heart of national competitiveness.