Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2014

An excellent example is the initiative by Elon Musk and Tesla Motors to give away all their patents, to infrastructure providers and even competitive car makers, without transactional agreements. Another new partnering model is the IBM Watson Group $1 billion investment to share cloud-based development and super-computing tools.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2009

Helping entrepreneurs succeed. Middle Market Investment Banking. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. Key Information Systems (www.keyinfo.com) Providing IBM Storage Solutions. Thanks to all of our sponsors, who make our coverage of Southern California's technology industry possible: Sponsors. Startups Made Simple.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

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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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Helping entrepreneurs succeed. Middle Market Investment Banking. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. Key Information Systems (www.keyinfo.com) Providing IBM Storage Solutions. Thanks to all of our sponsors, who make our coverage of Southern California's technology industry possible: Sponsors. Startups Made Simple.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

One of the most important questions you will be asked by potential investors is how your solutions beats the competition, not just today, but over the three to five year life of their investment. Our patent will protect us.” Patents are worthwhile, so this answer is far better than the first five. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 29, 2010

One of the most important questions you will be asked by potential investors is how your solutions beats the competition, not just today, but over the three to five year life of their investment. Our patent will protect us.” Patents are worthwhile, so this answer is far better than the first five. Marty Zwilling.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Helping entrepreneurs succeed. Middle Market Investment Banking. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. Key Information Systems (www.keyinfo.com) Providing IBM Storage Solutions. Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com). Backing Southern California's next great technology companies. Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com).

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2014

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. The time to build investor relationships is before you need the investment.

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socalTECH

MARCH 31, 2014

Bitvore is based in Irvine, and is backed by serial entrepreneur Yuri Pikover, as well as other angels. We grew that up, and did very well, and eventually sold it to IBM. I then spent a few years at IBM as their Chief Strategy Officer in their identity management area. Tell me about Bitvore - what''s your technology used for?

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2016

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. The time to build investor relationships is before you need the investment.

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 24, 2011

There has recently been a common theme among the entrepreneurs I have interviewed and the conferences I have attended: despite the relatively weak state of the world economy, now is a great time to create a high-tech startup. As noted in Now Is Never Too Early , successful entrepreneurs are not inclined to wait. Christy was correct.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Competing with IBM, Microsoft, and other large companies is a very difficult task. Entrepreneurs who utter this line are kidding themselves. That’s probably the soft way of saying, we don’t have a patent or any “secret sauce” for a competitive advantage. They may think it's bravado, but investors think it's stupidity. “We

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2011

Competing with IBM, Microsoft, and other large companies is a very difficult task. Entrepreneurs who utter this line are kidding themselves. That’s probably the soft way of saying, we don’t have a patent or any “secret sauce” for a competitive advantage. They may think it's bravado, but investors think it's stupidity. “We

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2010

Competing with IBM, Microsoft, and other large companies is a very difficult task. Entrepreneurs who utter this line are kidding themselves. That’s probably the soft way of saying, we don’t have a patent or any “secret sauce” for a competitive advantage. They may think it's bravado, but investors think it's stupidity. “We

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Frank Addante

MAY 15, 2006

► August (1) Invest in Transparency & Active Communication ► July (1) The Fear of Success ► May (2) Optimized for Speed = 30% Waste Happy 1st Birthday Rubicon Project! Patent Lawsuit 6. One guy was the creator of Microsoft Excel and the other created the first network for IBM. (No, Bootstrap 2. Acquirer 9.

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