Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Here are some of the key new rules I have learned by starting my own company, investing as an angel in other startups and mentoring many more new entrepreneurs over the last few years: Do incorporate a company, but keep it simple. Trademarks, copyrights and even patents can be completed online by anyone through the U.S.

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Berkonomics

OCTOBER 5, 2023

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

MAY 1, 2021

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. Incorporate, register your domain name, trademarks, and copyrights, then patent if possible.

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Berkonomics

JULY 16, 2015

Several times a month, I’d have lunch with one of my CEOs, and each time we’d find ourselves digging into the intellectual property developed by the company over the years, just to refresh ourselves about what the intended use was back then, and whether new developments or technologies might make these older ideas and patents relevant again.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 1, 2023

As a keynote speaker on technology trends, I often started presentations beginning with a short history of innovation in the United States, using the twist of examining innovation through the lens of 150 years of cyclic bursts of bubbles, leading to subsequent recessions and depressions. Commissioner of Patents in 1899. Duell, U.S.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 12, 2015

In 1952, 100 years after Lovelace’s death, Dr. Grace Hopper developed the first compiler. It wasn't until the early 1960's, when men realized the power and prestige associated with software development, that women were not so subtly pushed out of the profession. You can follow John on Twitter: @johngreathouse. Share and Enjoy.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 5, 2013

Agoura Hills-based Nomadix , the developer of wireless gateways, said Tuesday that it has launched a new product, a all-in-one Wi-Fi hotspot and Internet gateway. The firm announced a patent licensing win with HP back in November of 2012, and in the last year started into more product, versus patent, announcements.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2022

When buyers in one region start to slow down, look for buyers in other geographies to take up the slack. 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. Balance your business between geographies.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Los Angeles-based transportation technology developer HyperLoop One continues to fall deeper into the rabbit hole, out of its carefully crafted image of reality and into the alternative reality of back-and-forth legal proceedings against its former CTO and co-founder, Brogan BamBrogan. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 27, 2014

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.

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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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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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TechCrunch LA

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Pitching app developers with a new way to convert app browsers into actual customers, AppOnboard has raised $15 million in a new round of funding, the company said. Now Zweig is back again… this time pitching app developers a tool that can help convert browsers into buyers for new applications in app stores around the world.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 10, 2021

There is a tough balance here to achieve, since a large portion of starting and running a business requires analytical, logical thinking. If you study the Amazon 1-click patent long enough, you’ll likely find something of your own worth patenting. Change the way you speak, and you change the way you think.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2023

It starts with a vision, but benefits quickly from a structured process of idea generation, evaluation, prototyping, customer feedback, and success metrics. Business risks are not just development risks. Creating intellectual property, including patents, is the kay to long-term value and a sustainable competitive advantage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

I certainly agree that starting a business is fraught with risk, and none of us get it all right the first time. Patents and trademarks are very valuable in attracting investors for scaling, as well as future premium buyouts. Willing to start today and find resources later. Marketing should start before product development.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2023

Deferred payments start with stretching the payables period but, more importantly, include giving employee equity in lieu of a higher salaries and negotiating vendor deferred payments out of future revenues. As a rule of thumb, your monthly burn rate should be less than 10 percent of your last funding raise or starting cash in the bank.

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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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 11, 2020

As a mentor to aspiring entrepreneurs, I’m always surprised by the fact that some never seem to be able to that first startup going, while many others never seem to stop, starting their second or third initiative before the first one is fully hatched. You can’t win a race that you never start. Real entrepreneurs start experiments.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2022

Investors know that building any business is a challenging and risky proposition, so they start with entrepreneurs who give a first impression of passion, commitment, and work ethic to succeed. Registered patents and other intellectual property. There is no room in this realm for negativism, excuses, or lack of confidence.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 9, 2013

Of course, you get the challenge of filing patents, developing a product, and defining the revenue model. If you have startup funds in hand, you are one of the lucky ones who can start or buy any business you want. I have a friend who starts a new business every couple of years, sort of like a hobby.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 30, 2023

It may not be as sexy, but starting a new business which builds on an existing technology or business model is usually less risky than introducing that ultimate new disruptive technology. Many of the major business successes started this way. Many of the major business successes started this way.

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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.

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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. Why start a new company to do this?

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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. Patents and trademarks are very valuable in attracting investors for scaling, as well as future premium buyouts. Willing to start today and find resources later. Marketing should start before product development.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 26, 2022

Most business advisors I know will say that writing a business plan is the first step to starting your own business, but I believe that a better first step is to do a self-analysis of your real drivers, strengths, and assumptions before committing to this lifestyle. You can’t really succeed in life if you are not happy.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 10, 2021

Entrepreneurs often have formidable technical expertise, key to developing a new product or service, but a great naïveté in management skills. This is not the same as finding a partner with complementary skills to start your business. They should voluntarily bow out early, to start another business. Just start now, and do it!

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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.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2020

It may not be as sexy, but starting a new business which builds on an existing technology or business model is usually less risky than introducing that ultimate new disruptive technology. Many of the major business successes started this way. Many of the major business successes started this way.

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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. But in the past few years, Bose has also started to look outside its walls for other sources of innovation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

In fact, I think the evidence is clear that many entrepreneurs started their journey while still in college, and capitalized on all the resources there, before moving on: Extend your technology focus with business basics. Every school recognizes the power of “hands-on” work to help you develop your own ideas into a business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Developing the ideal product the first time around is unlikely, high risk, and very expensive in today’s chaotic market. Elon Musk with SpaceX is an example of a new business bringing in technologies from artificial intelligence and solar power to develop smart and reusable rockets to do satellite delivery and space travel.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2015

Most technologists have little interest in the mechanics of starting and building a business. If you consider yourself a technologist, you probably believe and may be propagating one of the following myths: The first priority for funding should be to develop the technology. Most founders bootstrap product development.

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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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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 27, 2022

Yet I believe it is possible, and even more fun, to challenge your thinking and practices, to develop that innovative mindset that can keep you on the forefront of business. Develop a welcoming mindset for new trends and change. Develop strategic partnerships with key industry players. Always practice thinking outside the box.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2019

When buyers in one region start to slow down, look for buyers in other geographies to take up the slack. 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. Balance your business between geographies.

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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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