SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

What we are talking about is a spectrum of how you restrict early communications around your business: Who you will talk to including the public / press / etc. I also will point out that in the The 15 Mistakes of First Time Entrepreneurs : 9. Entrepreneur: Following is an email describing my idea.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2019

The challenge I hear from savvy business owners and entrepreneurs operating on a shoestring is that providing a superior customer experience costs money. Amazon already has a patent to automatically ship you other items of interest, without prompting, based on your prior order and usage patterns (returns are free and simple).

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2016

What every entrepreneur is asking me these days, is “How do I get to be a unicorn?” Yet there are a common set of driving factors that every entrepreneur should know, including the following: Extraordinary marketplace traction. It helps to have a following of loyal advocates in the mainstream press.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

You can press a button, and it scans the social media chatter and organizes highlights aroundyou, of relevant conversations around a particular location and particular time. tilofy location data science computer bigdata parsing filtering interview startup entrepreneur southern california' READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2012

I hear a lot of entrepreneurs contemplating their great “idea” for several years with little discernable progress, and looking for money to start. File a provisional patent, register a trademark, and reserve your company domain names. Traction means forward progress. Register some intellectual property.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 2, 2015

This happens because many CEOs are passionate, market-driven people who are constantly trying to launch new products, win contracts, get press, hire staff and woo VCs. It’s the nature of most entrepreneurs, honestly. Another thing entrepreneurs f**k up? Who is leading your patent filing program? HR & Legal.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2011

I hear a lot of entrepreneurs contemplating their great “idea” for several years with little discernable progress, and looking for money to start. File a provisional patent, register a trademark, and reserve your company domain names. Traction means forward progress. Register some intellectual property.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 21, 2012

One of the big things about Telesign, and if you go back to the founders, and the things they did well before I got here, is they spent lots of time and effort around writing patents and protecting their IP. In 2011, we had two of our patents approved. One was for our PhoneID product, which is extremely important to us.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2010

I hear a lot of entrepreneurs contemplating their great “idea” for several years with little discernable progress, and looking for money to start. File a provisional patent, register a trademark, and reserve your company domain names. Tags: entrepreneur traction startup investors business. Traction means forward progress.

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Jason Nazar

MAY 2, 2016

If you are inventing or creating a product, understand patents and register for one at the USPTO. Speak to entrepreneurs and leaders in your industry and consider asking them to be your mentor. Reach out to relevant newspapers and press. Protect your written works and code through the Copyright Office. Recommended.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2010

Just because a product has a patent, deep complexity and an obvious competitive advantage does not mean that it can fly by itself into the market. How-to learn about angel/vc term sheets - Gabriel Weinberg , June 28, 2010 I think every startup entrepreneur (and angel investor) should have a good understanding of financing term sheets.

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Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

of the product, file patents, hire a small sales team and launch a marketing program to take StrongMail to market. “Transition from CEO&# Entrepreneurs need to ask themselves how they can best serve the company to move it forward. Additionally, entrepreneurs get tired. There is no “how-to&# book for your company.

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