Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 24, 2021

When someone says Intellectual Property (IP), most entrepreneurs think only of patents. In reality, patents are only one of at least eight items that should be in your IP portfolio. Select it well – marketers will tell you that you will be selling your name, more than your products.

Startup 145

Startup Patents IP Social Media 145

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2013

I “second the message” that chaos never subsides, from a couple of successful entrepreneurs, Clate Mask and Scott Martineau, in their book “ Conquer the Chaos.” Don’t count on your IP to save you. Your products quickly become outdated. Even great entrepreneurs are amazed at how fast this can lead to a non-recoverable situation.

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Entrepreneur Slides IP Technology 105

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 10, 2010

Intellectual Property (IP) is an ugly thing at a startup. However, to a Big Dumb Company (BDC), a startup’s IP is a thing of beauty. How can IP be worthless to a startup yet very worthwhile to a BDC? Because IP has intrinsic value, but only in the right hands. Yet, it does nothing to help you execute your business model.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 25, 2011

There’s a line of thinking in Silicon Valley that you should build product businesses rather than services businesses. They have created two internal technology “products&# and wanted to figure out how they could turn their services business into a product business that could be financed. This team is talented.

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Services Venture Capital IP Startup 332

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

You’ll learn about competitive products that exist or are being built. You’ll gauge people’s excitement level for the product and for various features. I also will point out that in the The 15 Mistakes of First Time Entrepreneurs : 9. You’ll discover flaws and hopefully correct them. You’ll refine your sales and investor pitch.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2011

I second the message that chaos never subsides, from a couple of successful entrepreneurs, Clate Mask and Scott Martineau, in their book “ Conquer the Chaos.” Don’t count on your IP to save you. The easiest way to reduce chaos is to buffer all your activities (slow down), define safer generic processes, which spiral down productivity.

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Entrepreneur Slides IP Technology 95

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 9, 2018

Your product demo crushed. This is a very common scenario when entrepreneurs pitch VCs and frankly is a very common scenario when VCs try to raise money from LPs. At night I had a group dinner where I met 6 new entrepreneurs and hung out with some old friends from law firms, banks and other VC funds. The dialog was great.

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Software Review Startup Email Conference 381

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

You’ll learn about competitive products that exist or are being built. You’ll gauge people’s excitement level for the product and for various features. I also will point out that in the The 15 Mistakes of First Time Entrepreneurs : 9. You’ll discover flaws and hopefully correct them. You’ll refine your sales and investor pitch.

Startup 198

Startup IP Ideas Patents 198

socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based Catalog (www.catalog.cc), a startup developing artificial intelligence software to help independent visual artists scale their content production efforts, announced it raised $1.5M Patrick Ip: I was in San Francisco for the last five years at Google. Patrick Ip: As we mentioned, we raised $1.5M

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Help IP Content Google 133

socalTECH

OCTOBER 30, 2009

Helping entrepreneurs succeed. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. companies, universities, and organizations will be sharing their latest technologies, products, and services in this unique Southern California event. SoCal IP Law Group LLP - IP Counselors For Technology Companies. Need office or Tech Space?

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Southern California IP Orange County Glendale 140

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

PT as they kick off the new weekly tech law show "TechZulu Law" with a discussion with IP attorney Denise Grayson, who portrays the attorney of Eduardo Saverin in the film about the early days of Facebook, "The Social Network.". The show focuses on legal issues surrounding startups, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and emerging technology.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 7, 2009

Helping entrepreneurs succeed. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. Cox Communications - Orange County - Looking for Product Marketing Manager. We are seeking a Product Marketing Manager, who plans, develops, and implements marketing programs designed to increase product penetration of commercial customers.

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SoCalTech Orange County Southern California IP 100

socalTECH

JULY 24, 2009

Helping entrepreneurs succeed. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. Cox Communications - Orange County - Looking for Product Marketing Manager. We are seeking a Product Marketing Manager, who plans, develops, and implements marketing programs designed to increase product penetration of commercial customers.

SoCalTech 100

SoCalTech Orange County Southern California Westlake Village 100

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Helping entrepreneurs succeed. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. SoCal IP Law Group LLP - IP Counselors For Technology Companies. www.socalip.com) Focused on high tech's unique need - Pragmatic cost-effective IP portfolio management - U.S. Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com). Need office or Tech Space?

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socalTECH

AUGUST 26, 2019

For this morning's interview with an entrepreneur, we spoke with Thomas Russell , the Ceo and co-founder of ETC Solar (www.etc-solar.com), a Los Angeles startup developing technology to improve the efficiency and cost of solar cells. Afterwards, we heavily engaged with the solar cell community to identify product-market-fit.

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CalTech Outsource Development IP Marketing 113

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 17, 2009

I often talk with entrepreneurs who are kicking around their next idea. Moonlight Responsibly - If you are still employed please be very careful not to use your company’s resources to produce your product and please do not work on your next idea during business hours. It’s hard enough to build a successful company.

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Startup Technical Advisors IP Ideas 365

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

Helping entrepreneurs succeed. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. Cadence, Intel, IBM, Freescale, Mentor Graphics, Synopsys, LSI, X-Fab, and many other leading-edge companies, universities, and organizations will be sharing their latest technologies, products, and services in this unique Southern California event.

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Advertising Southern California IP VentureNet 113

socalTECH

MAY 22, 2009

Helping entrepreneurs succeed. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. SoCal IP Law Group LLP - IP Counselors For Technology Companies. www.socalip.com) Focused on high tech's unique need - Pragmatic cost-effective IP portfolio management - U.S. They include: Sponsors. Redpoint Ventures (www.redpoint.com).

SoCalTech 100

SoCalTech Southern California Rustic Canyon IP 100

Tech.Co

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

The Innovation Cohort is the hospital’s internal startup accelerator for physicians and other employees who have ideas for new products and services to improve healthcare. The program supports faculty, trainees and staff in transforming their ‘back of the envelope’ drawing into a final product or service ready for clinical use.

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IP Patents Ideas Research 70

InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Mark noted that even if an entrepreneur does not become a master developer, by simply understanding the software development process, they will be a more effective startup leader. Banana IP. "Intellectual As described in IP Is Worthless To A Startup , most startups over estimate the value of their intellectual property.

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Tips Startup IP Santa Barbara 275

SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 1, 2009

The workshop will include case studies on how these subjects are utilized to protect actual products or services. They will join those representing the investment community and entrepreneurs on a panel discussion about 'Common mistakes entrepreneurs make regarding intellectual property'.

Case Study 100

Case Study SoCal Southern California IP 100

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

I recently read a post over on VentureHacks titled, “ Top Ten Reasons Entrepreneurs Hate Lawyers &# written by Scott Walker (who blogs on legal issues for entrepreneurs ). Your contractor wrote a great V1 of the product and it helped you get angel funding. Much of this is unfounded – some is not. the link is here.

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Startup IP Southern California Entrepreneur 318

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Andrew Schydlowsky: We work with manufacturers of products, things you might use, the clothes you might wear, things you use around the house, things you use in the car, and what you buy in stores, and are now buying online. Andrew Schydlowsky: I'm a serial entrepreneur. It allows us to start peeling the onion.

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Artificial Inteligence Startup Commerce Sales 140

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 17, 2012

I’m fond of saying that I look for entrepreneurs that have a chip on their shoulder. Entrepreneurs Should be Respected, Not Loved. I am a product of one so maybe there’s resonance there. I met an entrepreneur. Well – he had this awesome platform that was super technical – great IP.

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Startup Entrepreneur IP Venture Capital 336

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 6, 2010

But in my experience as an entrepreneur and now spending my time amongst investors I can generalize that almost all VC investments in early stage technology & Internet investments come down to just four key factors. This post was prompted by an email exchange I had with a young entrepreneur. I was interested in learning more.

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Startup Venture Capital Invest Slides 360

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Specific measures that go beyond the traditional linear thinking include the following: Develop new products for your existing segment. Rather than enhancing the offering you have, develop and offer new products that capitalize on the customers that you already know well. Redefine your product to reach a new category.

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Examples IP Acquisition Social Media 99

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 4, 2017

When someone says Intellectual Property (IP), most entrepreneurs think only of patents. In reality, patents are only one of at least eight items that should be in your IP portfolio. Select it well – marketers will tell you that you will be selling your name, more than your products.

Startup 69

Startup Patents IP Social Media 69

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

In my ongoing quest to get you good transcripts of the wonderful interviews we’ve done in the past, I present you with one amazing interview here with Tom McInerney – a friend, co-investor, former entrepreneur turned angel investor and “wizard of Oz&# behind the scenes at the uber hot startup Klout.

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Angel Startup Ideas .Net 302

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 13, 2010

When the tech market is done over heating, or over hyping or whatever is going on right now, there will be a select few companies who have built differentiated products, hired talented teams, raised sufficient capital, established good operational processes and have strategic insight into where their market is heading. I love that.

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Technical Review Marketing IP Outsource Development 302

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 23, 2014

I “second the message” that chaos never subsides, from a couple of successful entrepreneurs, Clate Mask and Scott Martineau, in their book “ Conquer the Chaos.” Don’t count on your IP to save you. Your products quickly become outdated. Even great entrepreneurs are amazed at how fast this can lead to a non-recoverable situation.

Startup 100

Startup Slides Entrepreneur IP 100

Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

To interconnect these computers we needed IP-based telecommunications equipment build by the likes of Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks. Not all of these products & companies came from Silicon Valley but the overwhelming majority did. And then the world changed. I’ve outlined some of the changes in the following posts: 1.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2013

When someone says Intellectual Property (IP), most entrepreneurs think only of patents. In reality, patents are only one of at least eight items that should be in your IP portfolio. Select it well – marketers will tell you that you will be selling your name, more than your products. In between, you need it to survive.

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Startup Patents IP Social Media 103

socalTECH

JUNE 9, 2014

We''re developing programming around our brands, such as Failarmy, and we also have a deal with Dick Clark Products to take Failarmy to the international market. It really started, because John is a clip show producer, and realized that the value was in the ownership of the IP. How did this go from content on a channel to a company?

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Media Content Startup IP 235

socalTECH

JULY 18, 2018

We have an expert team, marrying world-class IP from Hollywood, and videogames and bringing that into this new format. We also have a Chinese partnership with Songcheng, where we will be building theme park-scale attractions, using Chinese IP, for their parks. We're building attractions that are VR-enabled.

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Entertainment Santa Monica IP Startup 180

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 8, 2014

Signaling — An NDA puts other parties on notice that your IP is valuable, not lightly shared, and that you intend to defend it and your business. That means when you have confidential information such as trade secrets, a special production process or formula, copyrights, trademarks, or patents to protect. The Benefits.

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IP Patents Entrepreneur Content 80

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Once you go in and make the purchase from us, then you set up your NetPlenishment on that product. So does this work for any consumer product? Dave Compton: Any consumable product. We're filing a lot of IP, and this repetitive search thing is big for us. It might say CVS is number one, Walgreen.com is number two.

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Compton Ventura Startup IP 138

socalTECH

JULY 16, 2010

One of the questions we get most from entrepreneurs is how companies reach an exit event, and the thinking that goes into acquisitions. We're also very much marching down the path of IP reputation as well. Quinn Curtis: There's a ton of areas where we think we can add value, where we can roll out in Webroot products in the future.

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