InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 24, 2011

As Guy Kawasaki pointed out in our recent conversation , “…it is cheaper than ever to start a company. If there was ever a time to start a company, this is it.”. However, when faced with a precarious bank account, successful ventures quickly develop and release a Minimally Viable Product , thereby avoiding an over-engineered solution.

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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. Almost anyone can start a company today on a shoestring budget, following these cost-cutting recommendations: Establish a solid legal structure for your business.

Entrepreneur 162

Entrepreneur Startup Social Media Outsource Development 162

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 17, 2020

I certainly agree that starting a business is fraught with risk, and none of us get it all right the first time. It’s important to learn from your own mistakes, but it’s even smarter to learn from someone else’s mistakes, without paying their high price in time lost, cost, and pain. Willing to start today and find resources later.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2021

Here is my interpretation of her realistic process for deciding and then actually taking your inspiration from an invention idea to a sustainable business: It all starts in your head (think it). Start with what you know, but think outside the box. File at least a provisional patent and one or more trademarks.

Ideas 136

Ideas Entrepreneur Mentor Resource 136

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2020

Elon Musk and Tesla made their battery patents available to anyone, to clear the path for market infrastructure growth and compatibility, which of course benefits Tesla. These can easily start new trends, or capitalize on existing ones. Examples include the Nike Run Club app where people participate in challenges and win trophies.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 30, 2014

As I’ve written about recently, at Upfront Ventures we started talking a couple of years ago about wanting to fund stuff with more meaning. If electricity could be transferred like WiFi but as safe as a soundwave we use on pregnant women’s bellies and at a price-point that was attractive this is a multi-billion market.

Technical Review 418

Technical Review Software Review CTO Hire IP 418

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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Venture Capital Product Resource Marketing 243

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

I recommend a ten-slide pitch to start, reviewed by friends and advisors, to be expanded to a ten-to-twenty-page business plan with opportunity sizing, cost and price details, competitors, marketing and sales strategy, financial projections, and resources required. Make sure your solution is defensible and unique.

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Jason Nazar

MAY 2, 2016

I’ve spent almost 20 years starting businesses and helping hundreds of clients, colleges & friends start theirs. I created this resource to have the single most comprehensive guide anywhere on all the different items involved in starting a business. Determine a pricing system for your product(s).

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

Drug company stocks got a boost with the defeat of Hillary Clinton, a vocal critic of drug prices. Will he take a softer stance on drug prices? But her near doubling of Trump (62 to 33 percent) didn’t translate into support for drug price controls. CRISPR DEVELOPMENTS. Patent and Trademark Office.

Patents 87

Patents Study Pricing Research 87

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

He saw that the industry was being disrupted globally, and actually started with the idea of building a new company that could be scalable, and flexible, and offer delivery of that content at competitive pricing. Weve also developed technology that allows them to get a really easy start. When I finished my Ph.D.

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Content Startup Mobile Platform 113

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

www.pitchtheangels.com) Join Tech Coast Angels members and other start up investors at the 5th Annual Los Angeles Fast Pitch Competition. Fast Pitch Los Angeles is one of the best start up networking events of the year. Contact Scott Herson for an overview, pricing and information at herson@joyent.com or 949-861-1069.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2013

Aspiring entrepreneurs ask me why their great idea hasn’t sold; they talk about it endlessly, and they expect others to do the development, finance, and marketing work for them. Starting a business may be fun, but it’s not easy. You have figured out how to undercut your competitor’s price, and still hold your margin.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2012

Aspiring entrepreneurs ask me why their great idea hasn’t sold; they talk about it endlessly, and they expect others to do the development, finance, and marketing work for them. Starting a business may be fun, but it’s not easy. You have figured out how to undercut your competitor’s price, and still hold your margin.

Entrepreneur 102

Entrepreneur Patents Startup Ideas 102

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.

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Outsource Development Ideas Resource Patents 200

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2017

As a starting point the board is intended to have legal and financial responsibilities to a few key constituencies: shareholders, debt holders, creditors, employees, government and major parties with whom the business operates. And of course we help with business development introductions and with fund raising events.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 1, 2013

There is a tough balance here to achieve, since a large portion of starting and running a business requires analytical, logical thinking. Many businesses have found that raising the price of a product to give it status can win more customers than a price war. Stereotyped notions block clear vision and crowd out imagination.

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Startup Ideas Patents Training 100

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

There is a tough balance here to achieve, since a large portion of starting and running a business requires analytical, logical thinking. Many businesses have found that raising the price of a product to give it status can win more customers than a price war. Stereotyped notions block clear vision and crowd out imagination.

Ideas 109

Ideas Entrepreneur Patents Training 109

socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2009

Irvine-based RFaxis (www.rfaxis.com) is tackling the RF front end market, and we spoke with Mike Neshat, President and CEO of the company, to learn more about where the firm fits, why Mike decided to start a chip firm, and how far along it is now with its product. In terms of pricing, no one can compete. Mike Neshat: I'm broke now.

Patents 100

Patents Sample Technical Review Pricing 100

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2015

Here is my interpretation of her realistic process for deciding and then actually taking your inspiration from an invention idea to a sustainable business: It all starts in your head (think it). Start with what you know, but think outside the box. File at least a provisional patent and one or more trademarks.

Ideas 104

Ideas Mentor Resource Entrepreneur 104

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 1, 2015

I certainly agree that starting a business is fraught with risk, and none of us get it all right the first time. It’s important to learn from your own mistakes, but it’s even smarter to learn from someone else’s mistakes, without paying their high price in time lost, cost, and pain. Willing to start today and find resources later.

Startup 105

Startup Entrepreneur Writing Ideas 105

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 22, 2014

Here is my interpretation of her realistic process for deciding and then actually taking your inspiration from an invention idea to a sustainable business: It all starts in your head (think it). Start with what you know, but think outside the box. File at least a provisional patent and one or more trademarks.

Ideas 107

Ideas Mentor Entrepreneur Resource 107

socalTECH

MARCH 15, 2013

Nils Forsblom: TenFarms is a mobile app developer. What we do, is I identify things and start defining features around ideas. We started dating, and actually got married. We have a couple of different ideas in the pipeline, and have filed patents in our unique way of showing advertising on a very small screen.

Mobile 233

Mobile Southern California Startup Outsource Development 233

Xconomy

AUGUST 19, 2016

All those years of hard work to reach the promised land, then just as a drug owner is ready to spike it home and take a victory lap, the FDA’s hands rise over the net… OK, it’s not a perfect analogy, but it’s better than comparing the patent fight over the gene editing system CRISPR-Cas9 to table tennis. (Be

Technical Review 40

Technical Review Patents .Net Study 40

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2013

Here is my own priority list of key risk drivers that every entrepreneur and every investor should evaluate and minimize in starting a business: Team experience and depth risk. Here I’m talking about both the experience and track record of the founders in starting a business, as well as their experience and knowledge of the business domain.

Startup 104

Startup Examples Entrepreneur Social Network 104

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Here is my interpretation of her realistic process for deciding and then actually taking your inspiration from an invention idea to a sustainable business: It all starts in your head (think it). Start with what you know, but think outside the box. File at least a provisional patent and one or more trademarks.

Ideas 56

Ideas Mentor Resource Product 56

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Aspiring entrepreneurs ask me why their great idea hasn’t sold; they talk about it endlessly, and they expect others to do the development, finance, and marketing work for them. Starting a business may be fun, but it’s not easy. You have figured out how to undercut your competitor’s price, and still hold your margin.

Startup 88

Startup Patents Competition Social Network 88

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 25, 2012

Here is my own priority list of key risk drivers that every entrepreneur and every investor should evaluate and minimize in starting a business: Team experience and depth risk. Here I’m talking about both the experience and track record of the founders in starting a business, as well as their experience and knowledge of the business domain.

Entrepreneur 108

Entrepreneur Examples Social Network Marketing 108

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 3, 2016

I certainly agree that starting a business is fraught with risk, and none of us get it all right the first time. It’s important to learn from your own mistakes, but it’s even smarter to learn from someone else’s mistakes, without paying their high price in time lost, cost, and pain. Willing to start today and find resources later.

Startup 57

Startup Entrepreneur Writing Ideas 57

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2016

Based on some good estimates of how many new ventures have been started in the last five years, the statistical odds of any individual startup making it to this level are less than one in a million. If your new venture is still in the idea or development stages, don’t even think about a high valuation.

Company 100

Company Companies Startup Statistics 100

Berkonomics

MARCH 30, 2010

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.

Venture Capital 212

Venture Capital Product Resource Marketing 212

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

Here is my own priority list of key risk sources that every entrepreneur and every investor should evaluate and minimize in starting a business: Team experience and depth risk. Here I’m talking about both the experience and track record of the founders in starting a business, as well as their experience and knowledge of the business domain.

Startup 89

Startup Examples Entrepreneur Social Network 89

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. Given how efficient markets are when a large market like LA starts to blossom it attracts capital pretty quickly. LA By The Numbers. But even this is changing.

Entrepreneur 376

Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Google 376

socalTECH

APRIL 29, 2014

I wrote WiFiToys, a do-it-yourself how to build yourself stuff out of scratch, and started Crashspace, the Makerspace in Culver City. Mann had long sold the company and patents, but one of their providers which had been installing them surgically, and had started installing parts from China. We expect to win.

Startup 262

Startup Competition Software Review UCLA 262

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Green Way Labs develops high-performance cleaning products that are 100% non-toxic. Their patented multi-purpose cleaning formula was recently approved by Boeing to replace toxic solvents. The platform works across messengers, starting with the ubiquitous messenger that exists in 3.2Bn devices: SMS. IoT: Rufus Labs.

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Fractional VPE Entertainment SaaS Social Media 40

socalTECH

AUGUST 18, 2009

Recently, we learned about Solarmer Energy , a spinout of UCLA, which is developing flexible solar panels, and caught up with Woolas Hsieh , President and Founder of the firm and Dina Lozofsky , VP, Corporate Development at the firm to hear more about its emerging technology. We refer to them as plastic solar panels.

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UCLA Technical Review El Monte Startup 159

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

Focusing on the key elements that larger brands examine when they consider an acquisition is crucial for obtaining the best price and for establishing a corporate brand that distinguishes itself from its competitors as a valuable asset. just as rising concerns over security breaches started to peak. Leveraging Your Corporate Team.

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