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7 Strategies To Create Your Own Market And Win Bigger

Startup Professionals Musings

New technology markets and paradigm shifts have traditionally been bad bets when seeking investors, since these were known to take decades to develop, and cost lots of money. For example, consider how many years it took for the market to move from radio to television, or fully accept personal computers on every desktop.

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Interview with Marcus Filipovich, Ocular Data Systems

socalTECH

They had earlier on, developed a version of this as a medical product to use for law enforcement, but it was not the right time and place, the technology was not quite there, and the drug recognition program wasn't yet accepted at a national basis. That's a bridge to our Series A, which we'll be using for scaling up sales and marketing.

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3 Things You (Probably) Don’t Know about Indiana Innovation

Xconomy

To continue to strengthen its life sciences reputation, the state launched BioCrossroads, a public-private collaboration to support research and corporate strengths while encouraging new business growth. These institutes of higher learning are encouraging innovators to develop work to impact the everyday lives of people around the world.

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ArmorWay: Applying Computer Game Theory To Real Life Problems

socalTECH

We''re now scaling it up, and we''ve also filed seven patents in that process. What''s drove your decision to take this to market as a stand alone company? Our current customers and users had a very high desire to make it available, and so we developed the company to deliver the product. You can''t do it in real time.

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Five Startup Tips From Bill Gates

InfoChachkie

Mark noted that even if an entrepreneur does not become a master developer, by simply understanding the software development process, they will be a more effective startup leader. In 1997, Bill finally purchased a private jet. Microsoft’s success is proof that the best technology is not required in order to dominate a market.

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Are you wasting money filing patents?

Berkonomics

But only recently did I read a clear document on the risks and rewards of patent strategy. Thanks to Russ Krajec, a patent attorney, for the quick improvement in my education, here are some important points to consider when thinking of your patent strategy. What is the true cost of patenting an idea? And private.

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Interview with Allison Dollar, SnapCuts

socalTECH

Allison Dollar: SnapCuts is a digital media marketing platform, which uses social video messaging. We have a mobile app, and a Facebook app, and all of that can be private labeled. Brands that have a fan base can use it as a marketing platform, and they can push things out to their list. What is the SnapCuts service?