Demand Media Patents Technical Review 
Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 29, 2017
They seem shocked to learn that most professional investors and advisors, myself included, routinely decline such requests, due to costly litigation and administrative nightmares. Get an NDA before detailed patent disclosures. Some entrepreneurs avoid the patent process, since patent details become public once a patent is issued.
Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 4, 2019
Thus, I’m more impressed with entrepreneurs who ask me to review their implementation plan, rather than listen again to their idea. 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.
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SoCal Delicious
SEPTEMBER 19, 2012
Ten Tech Entrepreneurs Who Are Putting LA on the Map. ” Residents of Northern California (everyone north of Bakersfield) don’t understand how we do it, constantly touting Palo Alto’s tech scene. Richard Rosenblatt – Demand Media. Follow PandoDaily: Search. Skip to primary content. Post navigation.
Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 30, 2015
A C-corporation is more complex and expensive, and is recommended only if you expect to pitch to professional investors who demand preferred stock, or to more than 100 potential shareholders. If your strength is technology, find a co-founder who has a comparable strength in business, finance or marketing.
InfoChachkie
MAY 9, 2011
BDCs often ask to “private label” or “white label” a smaller company’s technology. This generally involves the BDC selling the startup’s technology under the BDC’s brand. Do not allow your adVenture’s technology to be buried in the bowels of another company’s product, without reasonable attribution. Do Not Give up Branding.
InfoChachkie
MAY 9, 2011
BDCs often ask to “private label” or “white label” a smaller company’s technology. This generally involves the BDC selling the startup’s technology under the BDC’s brand. Do not allow your adVenture’s technology to be buried in the bowels of another company’s product, without reasonable attribution. Do Not Give up Branding.
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 6, 2023
Be customer focused, not technology focused. New ventures with major innovations, called “ disruptive ” solutions, such as the advent of electric vehicles, require changes in support technologies, more marketing for customer education, and new government policies. Elon Musk mitigated this by making his battery patents free to all.
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