Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

Is there an educated marketplace waiting? An educated marketplace is one where your target customers already understand the problem and the impact of your technology. Truly disruptive technologies are tough, since it always takes extra time and money to educate and motivate the customers to move away from current approaches.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Maybe more importantly, your long-term survivability is tied to intellectual property, like trade secrets and patents, as well as other less tangible items like your customer base, your experience, and your skills. If you don’t market your business, you won’t have one. Marketing and advertising are business realties.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2023

Find market evidence of customers with means who are willing to pay for a solution. Even adding money won’t do it – you need to create a committed and engaged team and partners for marketing and sales, as well as production and distribution. Choose a business model that will win in the market. Pay attention to the market.

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Tips Startup Satisfaction Ideas 80

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 12, 2019

First of all, you need some convincing market research that your solution addresses a real and growing problem. Skip the fuzzy marketing terms, like “easier to use” and “more functions.” Avoid the temptation to narrow the scope so far as to conclude that you have no competitors, since investors might conclude you have no market.

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Competition Patents Startup Customer 86

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 26, 2022

I recommend that you look for new or emerging opportunities in new markets. You need intellectual property , such as a patent, trade secret, or process expertise that will be a barrier that you can defend. Successful businesses are built around solutions that work, have a market, and are scalable.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 20, 2018

These are your candidates, because they are companies already absorbing much or all the marketing expense necessary to make sales of your invention. They will be more willing to pay a royalty fee if your product gets them to market earlier or is protected by patent to create a barrier to their competition.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 20, 2018

These are your candidates, because they are companies already absorbing much or all the marketing expense necessary to make sales of your invention. They will be more willing to pay a royalty fee if your product gets them to market earlier or is protected by patent to create a barrier to their competition.

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Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

Monti tells the Maine Startups Insider that she wanted to create The Innovation Cohort because she believes current tools and services on the market are not doing enough to solve some of healthcare’s biggest challenges. According to her research, there have been 22 patents issued to Maine Medical Center Research Institute in 20 years.

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IP Patents Ideas Research 70

Xconomy

JULY 5, 2016

OrthoWorx has established several initiatives on education and workforce development, innovation and entrepreneurship, branding and awareness, and community enhancement to strengthen the area’s abilities to grow the orthopedic sector as well as promote its stature in the global market.

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Patents Research Anthem Education 67

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 10, 2019

Maybe more importantly, your long-term survivability is tied to intellectual property, like trade secrets and patents, as well as other less tangible items like your customer base, your experience, and your skills. If you don’t market your business, you won’t have one. Marketing and advertising are business realties.

Entrepreneur 92

Entrepreneur Activity Guide Patents 92

socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2011

One trend in the Southern California high tech startup market has been an increasing number of startups--and executives--who have been looking to combine their interests in business with their enthusiasm for giving back through nonprofits and causes. That's on the cause marketing side of things. You need a third profile.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2015

They don’t realize that knocking competitors is assessed as a weakness and denying that you have any competition suggests there is no market for your solution. Don’t let your passion and ego overcome good business sense and common courtesy as you educate people on other alternatives in the marketplace.

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Capital Competition Case Study Patents 63

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

Here are a few examples: Marketing specialists. As your business starts up, you need marketing programs, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Search Engine Marketing (SEM), a modern “pull” strategy based on social networks, and lead generation. This world changes rapidly and needs a highly focused specialist to keep up.

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Entrepreneur Services Search Engine Optimization Startup 106

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Most startups I know have “refined” their target market several times during their rollout. The patent process is far from perfect, but it’s a huge step ahead of no proprietary content. Make marketing and sales a priority. You will be amazed at how many items you forgot to cover, and how fast the cash disappears.

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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. My background has always been inventing products, and have several patents, and I have a passion for bringing new things to life, making partnerships, like the one with Sumitomo.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 1, 2013

Experienced entrepreneurs will tell you that the initial idea is the easy part, and it’s the later implementation, and the competitive business marketing that are the real creative challenges. If you study the Amazon 1-click patent long enough, you’ll likely find something of your own worth patenting.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2013

Make sure you file a copy of all trademark applications, copyright filings, patent filings and patents, licenses, and confidentiality or nondisclosure agreements. Don’t be shy about investigating local classes as adult education, or even a seminar with the SBA on bookkeeping. You can''t walk in with a bag full of receipts.

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Patents Tool Organization Startup 93

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 13, 2017

Maybe more importantly, your long-term survivability is tied to intellectual property, like trade secrets and patents, as well as other less tangible items like your customer base, your experience, and your skills. If you don’t market your business, you won’t have one. Marketing and advertising are business realties.

Entrepreneur 64

Entrepreneur Activity Guide Patents 64

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

Experienced entrepreneurs will tell you that the initial idea is the easy part, and it’s the later implementation, and the competitive business marketing that are the real creative challenges. If you study the Amazon 1-click patent long enough, you’ll likely find something of your own worth patenting.

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Ideas Entrepreneur Patents Training 109

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 23, 2013

Maybe more importantly, your long-term survivability is tied to intellectual property, like trade secrets and patents, as well as other less tangible items like your customer base, your experience, and your skills. If you don’t market your business, you won’t have one. Marketing and advertising are business realties.

Startup 106

Startup Entrepreneur Activity Guide 106

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 15, 2016

Make sure you file a copy of all trademark applications, copyright filings, patent filings and patents, licenses, and confidentiality or nondisclosure agreements. Don’t be shy about investigating local classes as adult education, or even a seminar with the SBA on bookkeeping. You can't walk in with a bag full of receipts.

Startup 65

Startup Patents Tool Organization 65

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 25, 2017

Is there an educated marketplace waiting? An educated marketplace is one where your target customers already understand the problem and the impact of your technology. Truly disruptive technologies are tough, since it always takes extra time and money to educate and motivate the customers to move away from current approaches.

Startup 58

Startup Education Ideas Customer 58

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

In my role as an angel investor in startups, almost every pitch I see highlights some real innovation in technology, business model, or market opportunity. You may attract early adopters, who love everything new, but the mainstream market will be elusive. Create an entirely new market space or new category.

Netflix 54

Netflix Social Media Competition Customer 54

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 23, 2012

Make sure you file a copy of all trademark applications, copyright filings, patent filings and patents, licenses, and confidentiality or nondisclosure agreements. Don’t be shy about investigating local classes as adult education, or even a seminar with the SBA on bookkeeping. You can't walk in with a bag full of receipts.

Startup 96

Startup Patents Tool Organization 96

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 22, 2012

Most startups I know have “refined” their target market several times during their rollout. The patent process is far from perfect, but it’s a huge step ahead of no proprietary content. Make marketing and sales a priority. You will be amazed at how many items you forgot to cover, and how fast the cash disappears.

Entrepreneur 98

Entrepreneur Social Network Startup Patents 98

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

A lot of our partners liked that, because the product we are making with them is going to available to the mass market, in an easy-to-use manner. Although people generally associate AR and Vr with gaming, we're actually growing into a lot of other areas, like healthcare, education, and the enterprise. That was how it started out.

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Idealab Artificial Inteligence Startup Ideas 173

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Maybe more importantly, your long-term survivability is tied to intellectual property, like trade secrets and patents, as well as other less tangible items like your customer base, your experience, and your skills. If you don’t market your business, you won’t have one. Marketing and advertising are business realties.

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Entrepreneur Mentor Activity Guide 110

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 24, 2011

Marketing is free or cheap because of social media. Determining the perfect moment to enter the startup market, whether by creating a company or joining an ongoing venture, is akin to timing the financial markets. Victory usually satisfies, but it seldom educates. People are free or cheap because of the recession.

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Company Companies Startup Study 257

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

Most startups I know have “refined” their target market several times during their rollout. The patent process is far from perfect, but it’s a huge step ahead of no proprietary content. Make marketing and sales a priority. You will be amazed at how many items you forgot to cover, and how fast the cash disappears.

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Mentor Startup Social Network Patents 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 19, 2011

Make sure you file a copy of all trademark applications, copyright filings, patent filings and patents, licenses, and confidentiality or nondisclosure agreements. Don’t be shy about investigating local classes as adult education, or even a seminar with the SBA on bookkeeping. You can't walk in with a bag full of receipts.

Patents 93

Patents Tool Organization Class 93

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

Bill had previously created a packaged software company called Knowledge Adventure the produced children’s educational software. they can build teams that really focus on building & marketing great products. We talked about patents. In 1995 Netscape IPO’d and browsers started to become more prevalent.

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Competition Idealab Product CitySearch 350

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 4, 2016

Usually, no competitors means no market -- or it means you haven’t looked. If the market is new and competition is minimal, then the time and costs of educating potential customers probably exceeds your survival time and budget. Some entrepreneurs believe that being first to market will keep them ahead of competitors.

Startup 59

Startup Training Entrepreneur Customer 59

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

Here are a few examples: Marketing specialists. As your business starts up, you need marketing programs, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Search Engine Marketing (SEM), a modern “pull” strategy based on social networks, and lead generation. This world changes rapidly and needs a highly focused specialist to keep up.

Entrepreneur 89

Entrepreneur Services Product Search Engine Optimization 89

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2012

CallFire serves clients in a diverse array of industries, from automotive, education and entertainment, to finance, healthcare, marketing and real estate. In particular, CallFire has answered unusually strong demand coming from political campaigns, the insurance sector and emergency notification. .

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Venture Capital Cloud Computing Class Education 89

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. My background has always been inventing products, and have several patents, and I have a passion for bringing new things to life, making partnerships, like the one with Sumitomo Electric.

Startup 133

Startup Customer Custom News 133

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 29, 2010

Most startups I know have “refined” their target market several times during their rollout. The patent process is far from perfect, but it’s a huge step ahead of no proprietary content. Make marketing and sales a priority. You will be amazed at how many items you forgot to cover, and how fast the cash disappears.

Guide 92

Guide Startup Social Network Patents 92

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 22, 2010

Lon is the founder of 14 companies, 19 inventions, and he holds three patents. Lon: I'm just getting ready to release my updated book " The Social Media Bible Second Edition ” and I just started a new company last week called Extreme Digital Marketing. My most recent was Extreme Digital Marketing. Tell us what you do these days.

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Entrepreneur Social Media Startup Patents 83