Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 29, 2017

Get an NDA before detailed patent disclosures. Entrepreneurs should never disclose the details of a planned or current patent application to any outsiders, until after a non-disclosure or other contract has been signed. Some entrepreneurs avoid the patent process, since patent details become public once a patent is issued.

Technical Review 61

Technical Review Patents Ideas Social Media 61

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2021

File at least a provisional patent and one or more trademarks. Be wary of crafty shysters who will flood your mailbox with official-looking mail offering to help for a fee, or demanding fees you forgot to pay. Limit your disclosures to people you trust, and learn the use of non-disclosure agreements (NDA).

Ideas 136

Ideas Entrepreneur Mentor Resource 136

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 30, 2014

Was there consumer demand? Did anybody hold patents that would prevent us from using this technology? I seldom hire patent attorneys during due diligence but this was too important. No brainer. We hired OSHA regulatory lawyers. We hired IP specialists to review prior art.

Technical Review 418

Technical Review Software Review CTO Hire IP 418

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

The number is much higher for those who choose to go it alone, without help. I suggest you use social media, blogging, crowdfunding, or documented research to quantify a real demand from people who can afford it, and don’t have a better alternative already out there.

Ideas 94

Ideas Slides Technical Review Patents 94

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2020

Inventors follow a structured process to assemble and test solutions, file patents for intellectual property protection, and define production details. They need the reality check of good technologists to keep their interests bounded, and provide realistic risk assessments on new demands.

Startup 124

Startup Entrepreneur Customer Custom 124

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2009

Helping entrepreneurs succeed. We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. and international patent and trademark procurement - IP Litigation - IP Licenses and Agreements: distribution, development, joint venture - Intellectual property aspects of mergers and acquisitions. Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com).

Southern California 133

Southern California IP Orange County Glendale 133

socalTECH

JUNE 19, 2009

Helping entrepreneurs succeed. We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. and international patent and trademark procurement - IP. Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com). Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com). portfolio management - U.S.

SoCalTech 100

SoCalTech Southern California Rustic Canyon IP 100

socalTECH

JUNE 26, 2009

Helping entrepreneurs succeed. We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. and international patent and trademark procurement - IP. Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com). Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com). portfolio management - U.S.

SoCalTech 100

SoCalTech Southern California Rustic Canyon IP 100

socalTECH

JUNE 5, 2009

Helping entrepreneurs succeed. We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. and international patent and trademark procurement - IP. Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com). Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com). portfolio management - U.S.

SoCalTech 100

SoCalTech Southern California Rustic Canyon IP 100

socalTECH

AUGUST 18, 2017

Judges, juries, defense, and prosecuters are now expecting and demanding video be produced in the courtroom. In addition to the patents we have now on DAX in law enforcement, we also have two patents for a fully automated systems, which allows us to move into workplace safety. It's really a big problem out there.

Pasadena Angels 100

Pasadena Angels Pasadena Technical Review Southern California 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2009

Helping entrepreneurs succeed. We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. and international patent and trademark procurement - IP. Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com). Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com). The City of Glendale (www.thinkglendale.com).

Southern California 140

Southern California IP Orange County Glendale 140

socalTECH

MAY 22, 2009

Helping entrepreneurs succeed. We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. and international patent and trademark procurement - IP Litigation - IP Licenses and Agreements: distribution, development, joint venture - Intellectual property aspects of mergers and acquisitions. Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com).

SoCalTech 100

SoCalTech Southern California Rustic Canyon IP 100

socalTECH

AUGUST 4, 2015

Santa Barbara-based Ice Energy (www.ice-energy.com) has quietly been working away at developing energy storage systems to help smooth out the demand for energy on the nation's power grid. We have thirteen patents associated with the Ice bear. The reason they do that, is we solve the peak demand problem they have on the grid.

Southern California 100

Southern California Technical Review Demand Outsource Development 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Helping entrepreneurs succeed. We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. and international patent and trademark procurement - IP Litigation - IP Licenses and Agreements: distribution, development, joint venture - Intellectual property aspects of mergers and acquisitions. Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com).

Southern California 113

Southern California Tech Coast Angels IP Orange County 113

socalTECH

AUGUST 7, 2009

Helping entrepreneurs succeed. We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. and international patent and trademark procurement - IP Litigation - IP Licenses and Agreements: distribution, development, joint venture - Intellectual property aspects of mergers and acquisitions. They include: Sponsors. Think Glendale.

SoCalTech 100

SoCalTech Orange County Southern California IP 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

Helping entrepreneurs succeed. We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. and international patent and trademark procurement - IP. Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com). Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com). portfolio management - U.S.

Advertising 113

Advertising Southern California IP VentureNet 113

socalTECH

JULY 24, 2009

Helping entrepreneurs succeed. We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. and international patent and trademark procurement - IP. Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com). Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com). portfolio management - U.S.

SoCalTech 100

SoCalTech Orange County Southern California Westlake Village 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Los Angeles-based Tilofy (www.tilofy.com)--out of USC''s Viterbi Startup Garage--is doing just that, helping to highlight what is going on around you, by absorbing all of that location data out there at any particular time and place. We spoke with Ali Khoshgozaran , founder and CEO of the company, to learn more about the startup.

USC 236

USC Southern California Organization UCLA 236

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Helping entrepreneurs succeed. We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. and international patent and trademark procurement - IP Litigation - IP Licenses and Agreements: distribution, development, joint venture - Intellectual property aspects of mergers and acquisitions. Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com).

Orange County 113

Orange County Southern California IP Glendale 113

socalTECH

APRIL 24, 2009

Helping entrepreneurs succeed. We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. and international patent and trademark procurement - IP Litigation - IP Licenses and Agreements: distribution, development, joint venture - Intellectual property aspects of mergers and acquisitions. Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com).

SoCalTech 100

SoCalTech Southern California Rustic Canyon Technology Council 100

InfoChachkie

MARCH 21, 2019

In 1917, Mary Phelps Jacobs was granted patent 1,115,674 , which states, “This invention relates to improvements in brassieres.” (sic). The company’s “I dreamed…” campaign caused demand to outstrip production. Ida wasn’t even the first modern-day entrepreneur to offer women brassieres. Innovate Beyond Product Features.

Entrepreneur 100

Entrepreneur Design Customer Custom 100

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 23, 2013

In today’s Internet world, enterprising entrepreneurs have found that they can find out and do almost anything they need, from incorporating the company to filing patents, without expensive consultants, or the cost to hiring and firing employees. Of course, every company needs these, in due time. Need expensive resources up front.

Startup 100

Startup Entrepreneur Technical Review Equity 100

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2015

File at least a provisional patent and one or more trademarks. Be wary of crafty shysters who will flood your mailbox with official-looking mail offering to help for a fee, or demanding fees you forgot to pay. Limit your disclosures to people you trust, and learn the use of non-disclosure agreements (NDA).

Ideas 104

Ideas Mentor Resource Entrepreneur 104

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2014

File at least a provisional patent and one or more trademarks. Be wary of crafty shysters who will flood your mailbox with official-looking mail offering to help for a fee, or demanding fees you forgot to pay. Limit your disclosures to people you trust, and learn the use of non-disclosure agreements (NDA).

Ideas 107

Ideas Mentor Entrepreneur Resource 107

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

In today’s Internet world, enterprising entrepreneurs have found that they can find out and do almost anything they need, from incorporating the company to filing patents, without expensive consultants, or the cost to hiring and firing employees. Of course, every company needs these, in due time. Need expensive resources up front.

Technical Review 95

Technical Review Startup Equity Entrepreneur 95

Tech.Co

DECEMBER 6, 2017

What is most exciting is the number of business opportunities that the cannabis industry creates a demand for like water control, commercial real estate, fertilizer development and distribution, wavelength specific LED lighting, and packaging. What is the biggest challenge you face in the Coachella Valley?

Startup 105

Startup Technical Review Patents Services 105

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

He also has product strategy and business development experience in the areas of video-on-demand services and RF CMOS components. Before founding CatchFree, Sean ran marketing at LogMeIn and Uproar from launch to NASDAQ IPO filings & helped bring Dropbox, Lookout, and Xobni to market in interim marketing leadership roles.

Orange County 106

Orange County Miramar Startup Tech Coast Angels 106

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

File at least a provisional patent and one or more trademarks. Be wary of crafty shysters who will flood your mailbox with official-looking mail offering to help for a fee, or demanding fees you forgot to pay. Limit your disclosures to people you trust, and learn the use of non-disclosure agreements (NDA).

Ideas 56

Ideas Mentor Resource Product 56

Tech.Co

DECEMBER 6, 2017

What is most exciting is the number of business opportunities that the cannabis industry creates a demand for like water control, commercial real estate, fertilizer development and distribution, wavelength specific LED lighting, and packaging. What is the biggest challenge you face in the Coachella Valley?

Startup 119

Startup Technical Review Patents Services 119

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Their patented multi-purpose cleaning formula was recently approved by Boeing to replace toxic solvents. Recent alliances in both the emergency responder and warehouse space will allow us to deliver a best-in-class solution to help manage teams, workflow, and efficiency through our wide-screen, large battery, full OS, wearable.

Fractional VPE 40

Fractional VPE Entertainment SaaS Social Media 40

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

In today’s Internet world, enterprising entrepreneurs have found that they can find out and do almost anything they need, from incorporating the company to filing patents, without expensive consultants, or the cost to hiring and firing employees. Of course, every company needs these, in due time. Need expensive resources up front.

Entrepreneur 102

Entrepreneur Technical Review Startup Equity 102

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

We've also had great advances in engaging the trust of the commercial community, with patented advances like automatic scoring of our algorithms, which predicts the quality of translations based on a one-through-five scale. We help to eliminate the 98 percent of stuff that doesn't matter, so our customers can focus on things that do matter.

Software Review 145

Software Review USC Content Tech Coast Angels 145

InfoChachkie

JUNE 25, 2009

Working with startup lawyers also minimizes the risk of losing control of your adVenture, as they can help you avoid common fundraising and investor pitfalls. In addition, such an arrangement will further cement your lawyer’s incentive to help you succeed. This will allow you to defer a portion of your of up-front legal costs.

Technical Advisors 124

Technical Advisors Technical Review IP Patents 124

InfoChachkie

MAY 9, 2011

This brand exposure helped Google establish “www.google.com” as a leading destination site. Thus, demand “Powered By” branding status to ensure that end-users will be exposed to your brand and alerted to the fact that your technology is a significant component of the BDC’s solution. Do Not Surrender Arbitration.

Outsource Development 170

Outsource Development Entrepreneur Press Technical Review 170

socalTECH

MAY 14, 2010

The demand for our products and services is really high, unemployment is high, the need for new technology is high, as is the need to increase efficiency from businesses. There's also all of these technologies--such as GoToMeeting--which helps the flow of information between Norcal and Socal become better.

OCTANE 174

OCTANE Orange County Technical Review Southern California 174

socalTECH

AUGUST 18, 2009

Willis Hsieh: When I first met Dina, she was a technology transfer associate at UCLA, and she helped us get our license to the technology. About a year later, we recognized that it was very important to also have the patent, and Dina joined us. How did this go from technology in a lab at UCLA, to a company?

UCLA 159

UCLA Technical Review El Monte Startup 159

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2012

In particular, CallFire has answered unusually strong demand coming from political campaigns, the insurance sector and emergency notification. CallFire serves clients in a diverse array of industries, from automotive, education and entertainment, to finance, healthcare, marketing and real estate.

Venture Capital 89

Venture Capital Cloud Computing Class Education 89