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OCTOBER 30, 2014

It’s true the some VCs have started writing so many checks that they resemble stock pickers but the majority of us still have less than 10 board seats at any time and tend to go pretty deep so the result is that we care deeply about where we commit our time. Did anybody hold patents that would prevent us from using this technology?

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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. Capture your “secret sauce.” Start with a service you know and love.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 12, 2015

Most men in the 1940's and 50's did not know how to use a keyboard and thus could not write code. Despite men's inroads into software development, many women continued to make significant contributions in the field of software design until the early 1970's.

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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. Capture your “secret sauce.” Start with a service you know and love.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

It was a pleasure to write them myself. 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. His first “real&# business came in college where he designed audio speakers. Overture (Goto.com).

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socalTECH

APRIL 8, 2014

We''ve also had a pretty wide range of check writing in terms of amount. My background, is I''ve been designing and developing accessories for the top carriers in the country, companies like Sprint and Verizon, as well as others. How did you guys end up working together on investments? Pretty much the top four carriers here.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

We were contemplating one of the problems we had all faced, which was when we designed a project, the issue was that it usually never got done on time. Everyone wants to read a PDF, but few want to write or change them. Anders and I own a multitude of patents at Nokia--I have 11 at Nokia--and we were inventing technology all the time.

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socalTECH

JULY 29, 2009

Essentially, it guides the author through a four step process to design, build, test, and publish their creation. If you're an expert in a certain technology--say, business process design--and have thought about publishing a book, this is a quicker, faster, and more comprehensive way to share it with the world.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 1, 2018

That’s why Canecto developed a cutting-edge, AI framework designed to be a web analytics assistant and help provide owners relevant insights around their customer base and learn how visitors interact with their content. Canecto (Copenhaugen, Hovedenstad, Denmark). Culpability (Atlanta, GA). The Mentor Method (Washington, D.C.).

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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. And of course we have great public companies that have spanned content & communications like J2 Global whose market cap as of this writing is a cool $2.5 acquired Overture for $1.63 Stuff you may not know about LA?

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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

MAY 6, 2012

There are hundreds of entrepreneurs here in Los Angeles who are building awesome companies, writing awesome books, making awesome movies and are trying to solve important problems to help make this world a better place. Lisa and her team create media projects designed to move the social progress agenda forward. Designed by.

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SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

Please note that my design suggestions ain’t black nor white. I consider this pamphlet kinda draft of a concept, not a design pattern or tutorial. It was fun to write, so go get the best out of it. Designating antisocial geeks. You don’t want to make use of unholy crap, so you need to roll your own.

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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. You’re writing that book as you go along. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BIGGEST… … reason for success: Focus on the customer; thinking outside the box.

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