Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 29, 2013

On the other hand, if you intend to patent an idea, you need a signed confidentiality agreement from everyone knowing details, or you will legally lose patent rights. Prior to patent application. As I mentioned earlier, you should never disclose details of a potential patent to anyone without getting a signed and dated NDA.

Ideas 92

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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 11, 2018

“With its patented app demo technology and tools, users will now be able to experience their apps and games on-demand and without an install across various platforms, starting with Google.”. Zweig says that the service is the first from a third party to be directly integrated into a platform like Google’s Play store.

Google 213

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Berkonomics

MARCH 5, 2020

If there are high barriers to entry with such protections as patents, long development time already spent or contracts with the major potential customers, then the risk of a competitor with more resources jumping into the frothy pool and taking advantage of the demand created by the company is minimized. And fifth: Competitive risk. .

Outsource Development 156

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Steve Jobs proved it with the iPhone, and Elon Musk can’t produce his electric cars fast enough to keep up with demand. However, such changes don’t yet happen automatically, so it still takes proactive strategies and key actions to create new demand where none exists. Use social media and the media to build demand for change.

Marketing 92

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 3, 2023

Most technical entrepreneurs I know demand the discipline of a product specification or plan, and then assume that their great product will drive a great business. List key competitors and alternatives, highlighting your sustainable competitive advantages, such as patents and trademarks. Provide details on the business model.

Product 112

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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

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Berkonomics

MARCH 14, 2019

If there are high barriers to entry with such protections as patents, long development time already spent or contracts with the major potential customers, then the risk of a competitor with more resources jumping into the frothy pool and taking advantage of the demand created by the company is minimized. And fifth: Competitive risk. .

Outsource Development 120

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 26, 2022

You need intellectual property , such as a patent, trade secret, or process expertise that will be a barrier that you can defend. Many of the business plans I see are built around a dream, with idealistic costs, margins, and customer demand. Assess your connections, both social media and financial.

Social Media 105

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 24, 2010

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Yahoo 73

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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

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 7, 2013

Later, when your venture is trying to close on financing, or even going public, that forgotten partner surfaces, demanding their original share. Disclosing inventions before the patent application is filed. Entrepreneurs often put off the hassle and the cost of filing a patent until first funding.

Startup 94

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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

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

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. Any startup with no patents, trade secrets, or other secret sauce is very high risk today.

Ideas 94

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 10, 2012

Later, when your venture is trying to close on financing, or even going public, that forgotten partner surfaces, demanding their original share. Disclosing inventions before the patent application is filed. Entrepreneurs often put off the hassle and the cost of filing a patent until first funding.

Startup 99

Startup Patents Legalzoom Invest 99

Berkonomics

MARCH 15, 2012

If there are high barriers to entry with such protections as patents, long development time already spent or contracts with the major potential customers, then the risk of a competitor with more resources jumping into the frothy pool and taking advantage of the demand created by the company is minimized. And fifth: Competitive risk.

Outsource Development 200

Outsource Development Ideas Resource Patents 200

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2020

Most technical entrepreneurs I know demand the discipline of a product specification or plan, and then assume that their great product will drive a great business. List key competitors and alternatives, highlighting your sustainable competitive advantages, such as patents and trademarks. Provide details on the business model.

Entrepreneur 124

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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

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 10, 2020

It’s easy for you to blame someone else in the organization, economic conditions outside, or even overly demanding customers, when things are not going well. Kodak , as an example, had made so much money on film that they were reluctant to believe in the digital trend, even though they had one of the first digital camera patents.

Startup 113

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2009

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. Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Think Glendale.

Southern California 133

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socalTECH

JUNE 19, 2009

We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. and international patent and trademark procurement - IP. Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com). Helping entrepreneurs succeed. Binary Pulse Technology Marketing (www.binarypulse.com). GetItStarted (www.getitstarted.com).

SoCalTech 100

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 2, 2011

Later, when your venture is trying to close on financing, or even going public, that forgotten partner surfaces, demanding their original share. Disclosing inventions before the patent application is filed. Entrepreneurs often put off the hassle and the cost of filing a patent until first funding.

Entrepreneur 98

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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

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socalTECH

JUNE 26, 2009

We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. and international patent and trademark procurement - IP. Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com). Helping entrepreneurs succeed. Binary Pulse Technology Marketing (www.binarypulse.com). GetItStarted (www.getitstarted.com).

SoCalTech 100

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socalTECH

JUNE 5, 2009

We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. and international patent and trademark procurement - IP. Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com). Helping entrepreneurs succeed. Binary Pulse Technology Marketing (www.binarypulse.com). GetItStarted (www.getitstarted.com).

SoCalTech 100

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2009

We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. and international patent and trademark procurement - IP. Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com). Helping entrepreneurs succeed. Binary Pulse Technology Marketing (www.binarypulse.com). Need office or Tech Space?

Southern California 140

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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

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

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. Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Think Glendale.

Southern California 113

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socalTECH

AUGUST 7, 2009

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. Think Glendale. GetItStarted (www.getitstarted.com). Startups Made Simple.

SoCalTech 100

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. and international patent and trademark procurement - IP. Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com). Helping entrepreneurs succeed. Binary Pulse Technology Marketing (www.binarypulse.com). GetItStarted (www.getitstarted.com).

Advertising 113

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socalTECH

MAY 22, 2009

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. Backing Southern California's next great technology companies.

SoCalTech 100

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Tech Zulu Event

MAY 17, 2015

The company has 23 patents granted and pending for VR technology that cover content, delivery, transmission, and playback. NASCAR joins the NHL, NBA and the band Coldplay in creating live and on-demand 3D experiences using the NextVR technology. “It’s a game changer for live sports, festivals, concerts, shopping, and travel.”.

Entertainment 40

Entertainment Content Patents Media 40

socalTECH

JULY 24, 2009

We Create Demand for California's Technology Companies. and international patent and trademark procurement - IP. Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com). Helping entrepreneurs succeed. Binary Pulse Technology Marketing (www.binarypulse.com). GetItStarted (www.getitstarted.com).

SoCalTech 100

SoCalTech Orange County Southern California Westlake Village 100

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

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. Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Think Glendale.

Orange County 113

Orange County Southern California IP Glendale 113

socalTECH

APRIL 24, 2009

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. Backing Southern California's next great technology companies.

SoCalTech 100

SoCalTech Southern California Rustic Canyon Technology Council 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 7, 2016

We have a massive music catalog, because we've enabled users to access their own, on-demand streaming services. Barry Lieberman: That's our patent pending, proprietary secret sauce which we've built, which is the back end of the Beatshare's technology. Without going into technical details, we match songs across multiple services.

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels CTO Coach Startup Pasadena Angels 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

APRIL 19, 2010

Later, when your venture is trying to close on financing, or even going public, that forgotten partner surfaces, demanding equity. Disclosing inventions before the patent application is filed. Entrepreneurs often put off the hassle and the cost of filing a patent until first funding.

Startup 50

Startup Patents Entrepreneur Invest 50