socalTECH

MAY 14, 2014

Goleta-based Transphorm , which is developing Gallium Nitride-based power conversion devices, said Tuesday that it has inked a licensing deal with Japanese company Furukawa Electric Co., along with a related investment. patents and another 110 Japanese patents, covering Furukawa''s Gallium Nitride (GaN) power device portfolio.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JULY 7, 2017

A well-developed patent portfolio (along with an intellectual property portfolio, generally) conveys a high degree of technical and commercial sophistication to potential investors, customers, competitors, and licensees. and abroad.

TCVN 100

TCVN Patents Research Invest 100

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2016

Entrepreneurs who are looking to attract investors need to develop and pitch a plan -- preferably written -- that answers every potential investor question about your startup before it is asked. This is also the place to first mention patents and any other differentiators that put you ahead of competition.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 30, 2020

You alone will never find enough hours in a day to keep with all the challenges of sales, support, and scaling the business, in addition to developing and delivering your solution. Your leadership skills do not develop without effort. Strategic planning is a required ongoing investment.

Entrepreneur 173

Entrepreneur Patents Startup Technical Review 173

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 31, 2020

I was chairman of a company that, for twelve years never took a dollar of outside investment. If you can finance your enterprise through grants rather than equity or debt, you retain control and when it is time to sell your interest in the business, a lower sales price will create a higher return on your personal investment.

Equity 156

Equity Writing Education Research 156

Berkonomics

APRIL 13, 2017

Is it the advantage of time – years of development ahead of any competitor? A core patent or “thicket” of patents protecting your offering? Do anything you can to develop compelling products or early prototypes as proof of ability to reduce technology risk. What can you prove as a barrier to entry for competitors?

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Patents Pricing Ideas Marketing 291

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2022

My first suggestion is that entrepreneurs need to forget the old myth that all they need to do is sketch an idea on a napkin, and investors will line up to invest. The most investable ventures stem from painful needs by customers who have money to spend. Investors invest in people, often more so than in the product.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 30, 2020

    We became the largest accelerator in Southern California with 80 investments in over 30 countries globally. We now invest in more companies, include better trainers and involve 3 times more investors in the demo days. it's hard to describe just how good our investment, growth, operations and outreach team is.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 19, 2010

The round came despite some legal troubles for Complete Genomics from San Diego's Illumina , which Complete Genomics said has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against the firm. Illumina and Solexa, the firm Illumina acquired on August 3rd, have sued Complete Genomics on patent infringement of three patents.

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Enterprise Partners Patents San Diego Venture Capital 154

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

The founders now need a $1M Angel investment to do the marketing for a national NewCo rollout, build a team to manage the rollout, and maybe even pay themselves a salary. The value of patents and trademarks is not certifiable, especially if you are only at the provisional stage.

Startup 108

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Berkonomics

MARCH 5, 2020

Professional investors will probe these five risk areas and make the decision to invest based upon comfort with each. Another is to gain the support of a core vendor who is willing to offer special extended terms to the company as its investment in creating the product in a finished state. And fifth: Competitive risk. .

Outsource Development 156

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Xconomy

MARCH 22, 2018

For the first 50 years of its existence, Bose Corporation invested primarily in in-house research and development to produce its lineup of high-end headphones, speakers, and other audio technologies. The privately held company made its first investment in a startup in late 2015, and last year it officially launched a corporate venture.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2011

San Diego-based Qualcomm has made another investment in femtocell and picocell technology developer ip.access , as part of a new round of funding. Ip.access is using Qualcomm's technology, including its Femtocell Station Modem (FSM) chipsets and femtocell patents. READ MORE>>.

San Diego 145

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socalTECH

JUNE 4, 2012

San Diego-based Awarepoint , which develops real-time, location systems used for tracking patents and assets in a healthcare environment, said today that it has raised $14M in an additional financing round. HHIF contributed $7.5M

Avalon 140

Avalon San Diego Patents Invest 140

Berkonomics

AUGUST 10, 2017

Since this number is budgeted and pre-authorized, managers tend to focus upon other things such as sales, marketing and product development issues. There is an art to efficient management of a process, whether that is the process of bringing a product to market from R&D to production or developing a new product’s launch program.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

An excellent example is the initiative by Elon Musk and Tesla Motors a few years ago to give away their battery patents, to infrastructure and competitive car providers, without transactional agreements. Another partnering model example is the IBM Watson Group $1 billion investment to share cloud-based development and super-computing tools.

IBM 131

IBM IBM Startup Examples 131

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2020

My first suggestion is that entrepreneurs need to forget the old myth that all they need to do is sketch an idea on a napkin, and investors will line up to invest. The most investable ventures stem from painful needs by customers who have money to spend. Investors invest in people, often more so than in the product.

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Funding Startup Entrepreneur Invest 123

Berkonomics

MAY 8, 2014

I am chairman of a company that, as I write this, is twelve years old and has not yet taken a dollar of outside investment. The company has been funded entirely by grants from the National Institute of Health, amounting to millions of non-dilutive dollars in all. Grant writing takes skill and immense amounts of time.

Company 166

Company Companies Writing Education 166

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

I’m not suggesting that a startup should ever disclose patent details to others before filing, but I can’t imagine why a startup would not seek visibility and feedback for their idea and solution while they could still make changes with minimal cost. Evaluate customer response prior to development.

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Marketing Startup Search Engine Optimization Ideas 105

socalTECH

AUGUST 29, 2013

It''s a place where people can submit their ideas and patents, and we provide a platform for them to try to find entrepreneurs who would like to work on those patents together with us an the crowd. They can then join the team, and work with the crowd to further develop the idea. and NASA, as well as universities.

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Ideas Patents Funding Startup 178

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2023

For example, a software development startup raising $250,000 from angel investors better be able to operate on $25,000 per month. This could equate to two technical founders (with a minimal salary), funding two developers for a year. It’s why most investors proclaim that they invest in people, more than the idea.

Search Engine Optimization 103

Search Engine Optimization Outsource Development Social Media Equity 103

Berkonomics

MARCH 14, 2019

Professional investors will probe these five risk areas and make the decision to invest based upon their comfort with each. Another is to gain the support of a core vendor who is willing to offer special extended terms to the company as its investment in creating the product in a finished state. And fifth: Competitive risk. .

Outsource Development 120

Outsource Development Ideas Resource Patents 120

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 3, 2023

Development schedule and checkpoints. A product plan must include the timeline and milestones involved in product research and development. List key competitors and alternatives, highlighting your sustainable competitive advantages, such as patents and trademarks. That means they invest first in a set of plans.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2022

Registered patents and other intellectual property. Since your product or technology may still be in the early stages of development, the investor in actually investing in you, and your previous achievements, as much as your current startup.

Entrepreneur 111

Entrepreneur Social Media Patents Mentor 111

Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Maine Medical Center, Maine’s largest hospital, is investing in their employees and giving them a chance to act on their innovative ideas that could transform healthcare. They also partner with business development experts to help participants transition from idea to intellectual property into partnerships and startups.

IP 70

IP Patents Ideas Research 70

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2021

Apple pulled ahead of other mobile phones in its early days largely because it cultivated an ecosystem of software developers who created iPhone apps to meet every consumer niche and need. Amazon attracts third-party sellers with tools and processes that make then all winners in the marketplace. Find funders who seek long-term returns.

Competition 142

Competition Software Review Social Media Customer 142

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

What you really need is a VP of Marketing and Customer Development, who can help with lead generation and honing the message, rather than an executive to manage a sales team and existing customers. If your business is managing contracts and patents, it makes sense, but the CLO for most startups is LegalZoom on the Internet.

Startup 97

Startup Invest CTO Hire Cloud Computing 97

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

It wasn’t so many years ago that starting a new e-commerce business on the Internet was a complex custom development project, usually costing a million dollars or more. The same is true for filing patents, registering trademarks, and filing copyrights. Minimize investment in prototypes and tooling.

Entrepreneur 162

Entrepreneur Startup Social Media Outsource Development 162

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 30, 2014

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. He was doubling down on his investment and also gave me a great lay of the land on handicapping how all of the other seed investors saw the company.

Technical Review 418

Technical Review Software Review CTO Hire IP 418

socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2012

To learn a bit more, we sat down with Patrick O'Neill , the founder of olloclip (www.olloclip.com), the developer of a popular iPhone accessory, a lens which fits directly on your iPhone. I had probably spent eight months perfecting the product, and getting the design where it needed to be, and all patents filed. Patrick O'Neill.

Patents 191

Patents Ideas Design Startup 191

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

Any startup with no patents, trade secrets, or other secret sauce is very high risk today. Even a provisional patent will hold your position for a year, can be done by your team at low cost, and will at least incent big competitors to buy your idea rather than just steal it. Prepare your marketing story for customers and investors.

Ideas 94

Ideas Slides Technical Review Patents 94

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Every school recognizes the power of “hands-on” work to help you develop your own ideas into a business. Universities have the links you need to patent attorneys, prototyping companies, investment groups, as well as a wealth of peer talent to round out your team and share the work.

Entrepreneur 157

Entrepreneur Mentor Class Resource 157

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

An excellent example is the initiative by Elon Musk and Tesla Motors a few years ago to give away their battery patents, to infrastructure and competitive car providers, without transactional agreements. Another partnering model example is the IBM Watson Group $1 billion investment to share cloud-based development and super-computing tools.

Startup 124

Startup IBM IBM Examples 124

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2020

For example, a software development startup raising $250,000 from angel investors better be able to operate on $25,000 per month. This could equate to two technical founders (with a minimal salary), funding two developers for a year. It’s why most investors proclaim that they invest in people, more than the idea.

Search Engine Optimization 124

Search Engine Optimization Outsource Development Social Media Equity 124

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 28, 2013

Helping solicit new business ideas and patents from individuals, federal research labs, universities and other R&D organizations countrywide. It gives members access to the disruptive power of the crowd to vote, comment and refine, and impact ideas in development to help build viable companies. Social network for investors.

El Segundo 76

El Segundo Social Network Startup Patents 76

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2020

I’m not suggesting that a startup should ever disclose patent details to others before filing, but I can’t imagine why a startup would not seek visibility and feedback for their idea and solution while they could still make changes with minimal cost. Evaluate customer response prior to development.

Search Engine Optimization 174

Search Engine Optimization Ideas Startup Customer 174

Xconomy

JULY 5, 2016

When doctors implant devices to replace a patient’s missing bones or support damaged bones, those devices were probably designed, developed, and/or manufactured in Warsaw. These institutes of higher learning are encouraging innovators to develop work to impact the everyday lives of people around the world. The results?

Patents 67

Patents Research Anthem Education 67