Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2017

And of course we help with business development introductions and with fund raising events. I have been meaning to write this for a while as I’ve noticed that much of my board time is involved in trying to be an independent referee for founders who themselves are trying to resolve their own conflicts. What prompted this post?

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2013

Of course, this has to be in concert with a variety of visible characteristics that indicate that you as the entrepreneur have the attitude and practical skills to make it happen. Here are some key ones they look for: Talks and writes well. If you don’t have it, you probably won’t succeed, even with funding.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

The patents Overture held became known in small circles as Google’s ’361 problem as outlined here. Of course that’s not disputable. To some extent – of course they are. acquired Overture for $1.63 billion (Upfront Ventures was an early Overture backer). Yes, Google won. It is different. More substantive.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 18, 2012

Of course, this has to be in concert with a variety of visible characteristics that indicate that you as the entrepreneur have the attitude and practical skills to make it happen. Here are some key ones they look for: Talks and writes well. If you don’t have it, you probably won’t succeed, even with funding.

Entrepreneur 117

Entrepreneur Technical Review Course Patents 117

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2014

Some entrepreneurs love to talk and produce videos, but hate to write anything down. Of course, previous successes provide more direct evidence of a network of the right people. Registered patents and other intellectual property. Others send investors email and business plans in all uppercase or no punctuation.

Entrepreneur 107

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 27, 2010

Of course, this has to be in concert with a variety of visible characteristics that indicate that you as the entrepreneur have the attitude and practical skills to make it happen. Here are some key ones they look for: Talks and writes well. If you don’t have it, you probably won’t succeed, even with funding.

Entrepreneur 96

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2014

Despite some recent advances, there are still some cultures which have less regard for patents and other intellectual property. Leading edge technology software and manufacturing require constant course corrections and iterative restarts. Dont count on contracts and non-disclosure agreements to save you.

Outsource Development 95

Outsource Development Outsource Offshore Software Review 95

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Forcing yourself to write down a plan is actually the only way to make sure you actually have a plan. File a provisional patent, register a trademark, and reserve your company domain names. Of course, a real contract or purchase order from a big customer is even better. Register some intellectual property.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2016

Despite some recent advances, there are still some cultures which have less regard for patents and other intellectual property. Leading edge technology software and manufacturing require constant course corrections and iterative restarts. Don’t count on contracts and non-disclosure agreements to save you.

Outsource Development 53

Outsource Development Outsource Software Review Technical Review 53

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Of course, a real entrepreneur always takes a failure as a milestone on the road to success. The discipline of writing down a plan is the best way to make sure you actually understand how to transform your idea into a business. Every young entrepreneur knows implicitly that startup success is a long hard road. No intellectual property.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 1, 2012

Of course, a real entrepreneur always takes a failure as a milestone on the road to success. The discipline of writing down a plan is the best way to make sure you actually understand how to transform your idea into a business. Every young entrepreneur knows implicitly that startup success is a long hard road. No intellectual property.

Entrepreneur 109

Entrepreneur Ideas Resource Statistics 109

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

I had seen many cycles and decided that since I was going to do it all over again I should write about it. I decided to write about my experience and to be blunt. It became a huge kerfuffle with many VC partners writing to thank me for the post, which exposed those that gave their industry a bad name. And covered we did.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2012

Forcing yourself to write down a plan is actually the only way to make sure you actually have a plan. File a provisional patent, register a trademark, and reserve your company domain names. Of course, a real contract or purchase order from a big customer is even better. Register some intellectual property.

Startup 104

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2011

Forcing yourself to write down a plan is actually the only way to make sure you actually have a plan. File a provisional patent, register a trademark, and reserve your company domain names. Of course, a real contract or purchase order from a big customer is even better. Register some intellectual property.

Startup 101

Startup CTO Hire Press Customer 101

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2010

Forcing yourself to write down a plan is actually the only way to make sure you actually have a plan. File a provisional patent, register a trademark, and reserve your company domain names. Of course, a real contract or purchase order from a big customer is even better. Register some intellectual property.

Tips 88

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 25, 2009

If taking part-time evening courses is not possible, seek out an online curriculum. Just as you would not ask your family physician to perform a coronary bypass, do not ask your corporate lawyer to help you write your patent application. However, you should seek a patent attorney when it is time to craft your patent application.

Technical Advisors 124

Technical Advisors Technical Review IP Patents 124

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

It was a pleasure to write them myself. And now, of course, UberSocial, Bill’s latest project. We talked about patents. I brought up the fact that I find many larger companies abusing the patent system to slow down smaller competitors which is actually anti competitive. Summary notes, as always, provide below.

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SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

Of course the sequence of steps is a generalization, so perhaps you’ll have to change it to fit your needs. Of course plain vanilla stuff like stripped www prefixes don’t need a log entry. Of course you need to modularize the request handler for this purpose. It was fun to write, so go get the best out of it.

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Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

of the product, file patents, hire a small sales team and launch a marketing program to take StrongMail to market. So, we decided to move the company to Silicon Valley (with a little encouragement from Sequoia, of course). Now, finally, we would see advancements in the way people use email! … mistake: Pushing too hard too early.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 23, 2012

Ideas are not intellectual property, until they have been converted into patents, trade secrets, trademarks, or copyrights. An important key is NOT to dodge the discussion up front, come to some agreement quickly, and write it down. If you are an inventor and have the key patent in hand, that doesn’t mean you should be CEO.

Startup 101

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Ideas are not intellectual property, until they have been converted into patents, trade secrets, trademarks, or copyrights. An important key is NOT to dodge the discussion up front, come to some agreement quickly, and write it down. If you are an inventor and have the key patent in hand, that doesn’t mean you should be CEO.

Equity 91

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