Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Mark Zuckerberg, while still in school, tested the viability of his “ FaceMash ” technology as a business by rolling it out to other students at Harvard as customers. He learned quickly that several pivots were required for business, legal, and customer acceptance reasons. Write a business plan and pitch deck for learning.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 10, 2010

Patents held by startups generally have a limited ability to reduce competition. The average time required to obtain a patent is 36-to-40 months, during which there is no guarantee your adVenture will ultimately receive patent protection. Even if you are granted a patent, the scope of your claims may be significantly denuded.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2020

Despite some recent advances, there are still some cultures which have less regard for patents and other intellectual property. For example, it is no secret that software pirating is still very common in China, Vietnam, and other cultures. Customer-facing services, like call centers, should rarely be outsourced.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

The critical success factors for a product business are well known, starting with selling every unit with a gross margin of 50 percent or more, building a patent and other intellectual property, and continuous product improvement. If you don’t have a high level of commitment and passion, you customers won’t seek you out.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Since this document is outward facing, it is important to keep the terminology and tone consistent with that of your customer set, investors, and business partners. For example, “I just patented a new cell-phone technology that will double battery life for half the cost. Marketing, sales, and customer experience.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2016

In my experience, there is no magic gene involved, just simple good habits executed consistently and convincingly until everyone around you wants to follow your example. This leading by example is easy to say, but not so easy to put into action. Get in the habit of asking questions but do not expect easy answers. Drive innovation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2014

The critical success factors for a product business are well known, starting with selling every unit with a gross margin of 50 percent or more, building a patent and other intellectual property, and continuous product improvement. If you don’t have a high level of commitment and passion, you customers won’t seek you out.

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Services Startup Training Writing 105

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2016

The critical success factors for a product business are well known, starting with selling every unit with a gross margin of 50 percent or more, building a patent and other intellectual property, and continuous product improvement. If you don’t have a high level of commitment and passion, you customers won’t seek you out.

Services 61

Services Startup Training Writing 61

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2012

In my experience, there is no magic gene involved, just simple good habits executed consistently and convincingly until everyone around you in a startup wants to follow your example. This leading by example is easy to say, but not so easy to put into action. Get in the habit of asking questions but do not expect easy answers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

Here are a few examples: Marketing specialists. Writing specialists. Whether you are in manufacturing or software, you need experienced writers who can document your latest technology, write patents, and efficiently manage the multitude of data formats required by printing companies and advertisers.

Entrepreneur 106

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 30, 2013

In my experience, there is no magic gene involved, just simple good habits executed consistently and convincingly until everyone around you in a startup wants to follow your example. This leading by example is easy to say, but not so easy to put into action. Get in the habit of asking questions but do not expect easy answers.

Entrepreneur 104

Entrepreneur Startup Examples Ideas 104

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. For example, it is no secret that software pirating is still very common in China, Vietnam, and other cultures. Customer-facing services, like call centers, should rarely be outsourced. Marty Zwilling.

Outsource Development 95

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socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2011

One, is with cause marketing, engaging your customers around causes; second, is employee engagement around causes, and the last is corporate social responsibility, companies working with vendors or other folks they work with, and the public in general. That's on the cause marketing side of things. You need a third profile.

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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. That means skip the jargon and include explanations and examples. For a business, you must define the absolute minimum features you need to satisfy the customer problem, and test it in the market.

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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. For example, it is no secret that software pirating is still very common in China, Vietnam, and other cultures. Customer-facing services, like call centers, should rarely be outsourced.

Outsource Development 53

Outsource Development Outsource Software Review Technical Review 53

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

Here are a few examples: Marketing specialists. Writing specialists. Whether you are in manufacturing or software, you need experienced writers who can document your latest technology, write patents, and efficiently manage the multitude of data formats required by printing companies and advertisers.

Entrepreneur 89

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 23, 2012

If you are recognized as an expert in the business area of your startup, with a good reputation, and you know all the key vendors and customers, your value is huge. Ideas are not intellectual property, until they have been converted into patents, trade secrets, trademarks, or copyrights. Pre-existing intellectual property.

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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. That means skip the jargon and include explanations and examples. For a business, you must define the absolute minimum features you need to satisfy the customer problem, and test it in the market.

Startup 104

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socalTECH

APRIL 8, 2014

We''ve also had a pretty wide range of check writing in terms of amount. We need to see a company which has already verified their use cases, has customers, has some form of revenue, or something that shows us that they can differentiate themselves, plus have the right team.

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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. That means skip the jargon and include explanations and examples. For a business, you must define the absolute minimum features you need to satisfy the customer problem, and test it in the market.

Startup 101

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 2, 2016

Here are a few examples of situations and results I’ve seen that occurred due to ignorance, poor communication, lack of a paper trail, or procrastination: Count a discussion between friends as a firm agreement. Filing a provisional patent costs very little if you do it yourself, and it holds your place in line for a year.

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Startup Patents Entrepreneur Writing 62

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

If you are recognized as an expert in the business area of your startup, with a good reputation, and you know all the key vendors and customers, your value is huge. Ideas are not intellectual property, until they have been converted into patents, trade secrets, trademarks, or copyrights. Pre-existing intellectual property.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

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. You may have the solution to the world hunger problem, but if your customers have no money, your business won’t last long. Don’t believe the old urban legend that a business plan isn’t worth the effort.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 1, 2012

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. You may have the solution to the world hunger problem, but if your customers have no money, your business won’t last long. Don’t believe the old urban legend that a business plan isn’t worth the effort.

Entrepreneur 109

Entrepreneur Ideas Resource Statistics 109

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. That means skip the jargon and include explanations and examples. For a business, you must define the absolute minimum features you need to satisfy the customer problem, and test it in the market.

Tips 88

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 1, 2012

Some of the examples are patently obvious (e.g., (i) When the group was formed, George’s role was supportive with John and Paul writing and singing most of the group’s hits. Your startup should strive to offer as much value to its customers as possible.

Tips 259

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Here are a few examples: Marketing specialists. Writing specialists. Whether you are in manufacturing or software, you need experienced writers who can document your latest technology, write patents, and efficiently manage the multitude of data formats required by printing companies and advertisers.

Entrepreneur 48

Entrepreneur Search Engine Optimization Startup SEM 48

socalTECH

JULY 29, 2009

If you want it to be private, for example if you're a consultant or teacher, you can share it with a pre-identified audience for that knowledge by publishing it privately and inviting others to log into Knowledge Genie to share that knowledge. The second example, is you can publish it in public. We have patents filed on this process.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 25, 2009

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. Save money on your office furniture, not on your IP lawyer.

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SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

For example, you can transform your longish and ugly dynamic URIs into short (but keyword rich) URIs, and more. For example when you operate a WordPress blog, you could code nearly everthing below in your 404 page (consider alternatives ). For example Yahoo truncates the trailing slash.

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Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

We provide turnkey digital messaging appliances for enterprises, service providers and software developers to send marketing, e-commerce, CRM and customer service email. StrongMail’s software ensures reliable and timely delivery of their critical customer communications. SMS, MMS, Instant Messaging, etc.)

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