Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2021

File at least a provisional patent and one or more trademarks. Pitching” is the insider term for presenting your product idea to people who could conceivably buy it or fund your efforts. Pitching” is the insider term for presenting your product idea to people who could conceivably buy it or fund your efforts.

Ideas 136

Ideas Entrepreneur Mentor Resource 136

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 15, 2020

Patents and trade secrets are more powerful advantages than missing competitive features, which might be quickly filled in as you gain traction. Build your credibility by presenting balanced competitor leadership and team histories. Develop a timeline showing continuous innovation. Become a thought leader on industry evolution.

Competition 125

Competition Entrepreneur Patents Customer 125

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2019

Software can be developed “offshore” for a low cost, manufacturing volumes are quickly available from China, and European designs have increased opportunities in every country. At present, no world patents or international patent process really exists, so you need to apply in every relevant country.

Marketing 94

Marketing Patents Offshore Startup 94

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. The customer pain point must be defined before the solution is presented, so it doesn’t look like you have a solution looking for a problem. Provide details on the business model.

Product 112

Product Summary Activity Customer 112

SoCal CTO

MAY 18, 2010

Continuing my series of posts that I’ve been collecting that live at the intersection of Startups, Startup Development and being a Startup CTO. Steve Blank , May 6, 2010 Great presentations from Xobni and Dropbox on how they have gone about building their business. Thanks Steve!

Startup 150

Startup SaaS Metrics Patents 150

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 18, 2015

Software can be developed “offshore” for a low cost, manufacturing volumes are quickly available from China, and European designs have increased opportunities in every country. At present, no world patents or international patent process exists, so you need to apply in every relevant country.

Patents 106

Patents Startup Offshore Demand 106

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 31, 2020

Development schedule and checkpoints. A product plan must include the timeline and milestones involved in product research and development. The customer pain point must be defined before the solution is presented, so it doesn’t look like you have a solution looking for a problem. Provide details on the business model.

Entrepreneur 124

Entrepreneur Startup Summary Product 124

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

JUNE 26, 2020

To be clear, I define a product specification as the technical definition of your product, to be used for development and testing purposes, with a quick business summary for context. For example, “We just patented a new battery technology that will cut your smartphone charge time and cost in half.” You need both to survive.

Product 169

Product Summary Startup Examples 169

socalTECH

JANUARY 18, 2019

We haven't done any paid marketing or advertising, but more and more companies are finding us, and our business has started developing. We were fortunate to be approached to provide mobile EV charging for Jaguar, and have developed that solution, and it's now a big part of our business. It's been an exciting two years.

Startup 243

Startup Customer Custom Entrepreneur 243

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Software can be developed “offshore” for a low cost, manufacturing volumes are quickly available from China, and European designs have increased opportunities in every country. At present, no world patents or international patent process really exists, so you need to apply in every relevant country.

Marketing 54

Marketing Patents Offshore Startup 54

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Software can be developed “offshore” for a low cost, manufacturing volumes are quickly available from China, and European designs have increased opportunities in every country. At present, no world patents or international patent process exists, so you need to apply in every relevant country.

Entrepreneur 97

Entrepreneur Patents Startup Offshore 97

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 20, 2012

File a provisional patent as a place holder, a full patent, trademark, copyright, or all of the above. Patents may slow down competition, but they are not a real barrier to entry. Don’t count on development being a “one-time” expense. What is your barrier to entry? Is someone ahead of you? Is someone ahead of you?

Patents 95

Patents Journal Ideas Competition 95

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2012

Software can be developed “offshore” for a low cost, manufacturing volumes are quickly available from China, and European designs have increased opportunities in every country. At present, no world patents or international patent process exists, so you need to apply in every relevant country.

Marketing 104

Marketing Startup Patents Offshore 104

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Weve also developed technology that allows them to get a really easy start. They can start on mobile online, or mobile and web, and then develop other applications for Snap TV, Roku, and scale the service as they move forward. We present them with many advantages as they go on our platform.

Content 113

Content Startup Mobile Media 113

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

Patents and trade secrets are more powerful advantages than missing competitive features, which might be quickly filled in as you gain traction. Build your credibility by presenting information on competitor leadership and team histories. Develop a timeline showing continuous innovation.

Competition 107

Competition Entrepreneur Patents Customer 107

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2011

File a provisional patent as a place holder, a full patent, trademark, copyright, or all of the above. Patents may slow down competition, but they are not a real barrier to entry. Don’t count on development being a “one-time” expense. What is your barrier to entry? Is someone ahead of you? Is someone ahead of you?

Technology 95

Technology Patents Journal Ideas 95

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2011

Software can be developed “offshore” for a low cost, manufacturing volumes are quickly available from China, and European designs have increased opportunities in every country. At present, no world patents or international patent process exists, so you need to apply in every relevant country.

Entrepreneur 103

Entrepreneur Patents Offshore Startup 103

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

We are going to do what we do best and bring you all the awesome presentation action live tonight at 5PM PST. Tonights Startup Weekend presentations are being judged by the following: Maneesh Goyal. Maneesh has more than nine years of product development and operational experience in the high tech industry. Amir Banifatemi.

Orange County 106

Orange County Miramar Startup Tech Coast Angels 106

Xconomy

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

CRISPR DEVELOPMENTS. —Oral arguments in the landmark patent fight over ownership of the gene editing technology CRISPR-Cas9 were set for Dec. Patent and Trademark Office. —Despite the patent fight, CRISPR work continues apace. —Despite the patent fight, CRISPR work continues apace. 6 at the U.S.

Patents 87

Patents Study Pricing Technical Review 87

socalTECH

AUGUST 12, 2019

They are looking for early-stage companies, which have an advantage with IP, or some sort of patent, or sensibility from the technical perspective. There's a very wide range of companies we present, but the goal of our pipeline is that we work specifically with venture backed businesses.

Entrepreneur 124

Entrepreneur Metrics Los Angeles IP 124

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Developing their business directly through partnerships with sports teams, Crowd Seats has the ability to get larger discounts on potentially unused ticket sales to provide value for the fans, teams, and venues. Our next company to present was Danger Room Gaming and their Rapid Fire Trivia games.

Technical Review 94

Technical Review Idealab Startup Mobile 94

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

He presented the idea at the TED conference in the mid 90′s and was literally boo’d while he was on stage. Funny story, after Bill presented at TED (back when Amazon was still a small company) Jeff Bezos was in the audience. But also when you’re developing so is your competitor. We talked about patents.

Competition 350

Competition Idealab Product CitySearch 350

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2015

File at least a provisional patent and one or more trademarks. Pitching” is the insider term for presenting your product idea to people who could conceivably buy it or fund your efforts. Pitching” is the insider term for presenting your product idea to people who could conceivably buy it or fund your efforts.

Ideas 104

Ideas Mentor Resource Entrepreneur 104

socalTECH

JANUARY 18, 2019

We haven't done any paid marketing or advertising, but more and more companies are finding us, and our business has started developing. We were fortunate to be approached to provide mobile EV charging for Jaguar, and have developed that solution, and it's now a big part of our business. It's been an exciting two years.

Startup 133

Startup News Customer Custom 133

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2016

Patents and trade secrets are more powerful advantages than missing competitive features, which might be quickly filled in as you gain traction. Build your credibility by presenting balanced competitor leadership and team histories. Develop a timeline showing continuous innovation. Become a thought leader on industry evolution.

Competition 62

Competition Entrepreneur Patents Customer 62

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2014

File at least a provisional patent and one or more trademarks. Pitching” is the insider term for presenting your product idea to people who could conceivably buy it or fund your efforts. Pitching” is the insider term for presenting your product idea to people who could conceivably buy it or fund your efforts.

Ideas 107

Ideas Mentor Entrepreneur Resource 107

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

File at least a provisional patent and one or more trademarks. Pitching” is the insider term for presenting your product idea to people who could conceivably buy it or fund your efforts. Pitching” is the insider term for presenting your product idea to people who could conceivably buy it or fund your efforts.

Ideas 56

Ideas Mentor Resource Product 56

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2010

Software can be developed “offshore” for a low cost, manufacturing volumes are quickly available from China, and European designs have increased opportunities in every country. At present, no world patents or international patent process exists, so you need to apply in every relevant country.

Startup 89

Startup Patents Offshore Demand 89

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.

Invest 108

Invest Startup Slides Equity 108

socalTECH

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Barry Lieberman: My backgruond is about 35 years in technology, business development, and sales and marketing. I built my own company around marketing services, and have been around business development, marketing, custom service, and sales, and also on the consumer side of technology, a little bit a mix of the two. All are separate.

Tech Coast Angels 100

Tech Coast Angels CTO Coach Startup Pasadena Angels 100

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 18, 2014

Development schedule and checkpoints. A product plan must include the timeline and milestones involved in product research and development. The customer pain point must be defined before the solution is presented, so it doesn’t look like you have a solution looking for a problem. Provide details on the business model.

Product 101

Product Entrepreneur Summary Activity 101

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 27, 2011

Even a trusted manufacturer generally employs numerous subcontractors and this can easily lead to unauthorized copying as well as loss of intellectual property rights, despite patent protection. However, the financial benefit may exceed the risk of losing partial patent protection.

Startup 91

Startup Offshore Patents Outsource Development 91

socalTECH

MARCH 31, 2014

I was hired to head up strategy, marketing development, and product management. That''s really where the genesis of this comes from, and we have patents around the idea of continually analyzing both structure and semistructured data from a wide variety of sources, simultaneously. That was a very successful exit for everyone involved.

Orange County 245

Orange County Startup News IBM 245

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 8, 2016

Development schedule and checkpoints. A product plan must include the timeline and milestones involved in product research and development. The customer pain point must be defined before the solution is presented, so it doesn’t look like you have a solution looking for a problem. Provide details on the business model.

Product 55

Product Startup Summary Entrepreneur 55

socalTECH

MARCH 16, 2010

It was technology developed by Panasonic in the mid 70's. The different professors present to the VC community, about new things and opportunities for new businesses. One of the things we've been able to do, is we've patented a cathode where we can dial in the amount of energy, or power, or any combination we need.

CalTech 168

CalTech Technical Review Azusa Venture Capital 168

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Even a trusted manufacturer generally employs numerous subcontractors and this can easily lead to unauthorized copying as well as loss of intellectual property rights, despite patent protection. However, the financial benefit may exceed the risk of losing partial patent protection.

Offshore 48

Offshore Startup Patents Outsource Development 48