Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Here is my list of top ten action items to best prepare you for success in achieving a funding event with angels: Incorporate the business now. File a patent and trademarks to show real intellectual property. Prepare an investment-grade business plan. Reserve the company name on social networks to protect it. Marty Zwilling.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 12, 2019

Vanessa Dawson: We have been here for three or four years in Los Angeles, and the primary events we operate in LA is a showcase pitch event, as well as a founder and funder dinner series, and problem solving membership program, that pairs corporate executives with founders to help tackle key business issues.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Remember to consider the cost of lost time if starting from scratch, and of patent or other branding considerations that would challenge a “make” decision. After all, we are in business usually for the ultimate return we will someday receive from our investment.

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Company Companies Acquisition Resource 120

socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2012

The startup--which has the backing of such high profile investors as Ashton Kutcher and Guy Oseary's A-Grade Investments, Dreamworks, and Live Nation--also has some major partnership with entertainers like Madonna and No Doubt to create crowdsourced videos of their events. We also brought Live Nation and Dreamworks into the investment.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 27, 2018

This implies high odds of a scalable business, simply needing an investment to lead to success. Patents, trade secrets, and trademarks are very attractive to investors, since these are not easily overcome by competitors. Of course, investors want to see a positive return on their investment, with timeframes and growth expectations.

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Product Slides Entrepreneur Invest 58

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

The Startup UCLA Accelerator Is About Entrepreneurship Not Investment Returns. StratoSquare – StratoSquare is the world’s simplest web-based investment analysis platform, consolidating multiple portfolios and providing insight into investment performance, risk and behavior through proprietary investment management tools.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 30, 2016

It is a truism that with more capital you will hire people more quickly and spend more liberally whether it’s on external contractors, PR firms, attending events, doing legal work (trademarks, patents) or whatever. You will build out features or expend to platforms — often before you have enough market feedback to warrant it.

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Startup Software Review Pricing Entrepreneur 292

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2015

Taking action to file even a provisional patent shows you have the conviction and skill to execute while others have no barrier to entry. Investors invest in people who take action rather than find the excuses that patents are not defensible, cost money or may be done later.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Middle Market Investment Banking. Fast Pitch Los Angeles is one of the best start up networking events of the year. and international patent and trademark procurement - IP Litigation - IP Licenses and Agreements: distribution, development, joint venture - Intellectual property aspects of mergers and acquisitions. Don't miss it!

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2014

This raises a big red flag with potential investors, who conclude that no competitors means no market, or you haven’t looked, and the new startup is likely not investable. Here are some of the key ones: Patent protection in place as a barrier to entry. Clear product differentiation and a singular focus.

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Competition Startup Patents Slides 93

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Middle Market Investment Banking. and international patent and trademark procurement - IP Litigation - IP Licenses and Agreements: distribution, development, joint venture - Intellectual property aspects of mergers and acquisitions. MOTM Orange County with Rhonda Rohrabacher - Don't miss this event! Startups Made Simple.

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Orange County Southern California IP Glendale 113

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

And in the tragic events of Virgin Galactic’s crash this week Richard Branson didn’t say, “yeah, it’s too risky, we were wrong” he said “Space is hard – but worth it. In fact, the headline of one read, “How Putting $10m into uBeam illustrates everything that is wrong with tech investing today.”

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Technical Review Startup Software Review Course 417

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2012

But many entrepreneurs don’t realize that Angels are also extremely discerning in the projects that they will invest in, rejecting approximately 97% of the proposals submitted to them, according to the California Investment Network. File a patent and trademarks to show real intellectual property. Marty Zwilling.

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Angel Screening Summary Startup 104

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

plus a large settlement on patent disputes paid from Google) so Bill did well on it. But Twitter.com (which will likely improve dramatically on UI, I’m guessing) will be the main event for Twitter search. I won’t belabor this – I have an investment in this space ( ad.ly ) so I’m biased. billion to Yahoo!

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Venture Capital Capital Google Platform 271

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

He came up to Bill after the event and said, “clever idea, we should do that with you.&# We talked about patents. Bill doesn’t think you should over invest in them but he does believe in protecting ideas when you have a true invention and many of his companies have done so.

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Competition Idealab Product CitySearch 350

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

Maneesh works with Miramar portfolio companies to identify growth drivers, potential business partners and evaluate prospective investment opportunities. Maneesh’s prior investing experience includes an associate position at El Dorado Ventures. Managing Director of Miramar Venture Partners. He joined Miramar in 2006.

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Orange County Miramar Startup Tech Coast Angels 106

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 4, 2014

As one of our most fully stacked events to date, we thought it wouldn’t quite each of our five categories justice by recapping the entire event and skimming only for highlights. Tom Soto – Managing Director/Investment Committee Member, TCW/Craton. Ian Harris - VP of Partnerships, LA Cleantech Incubator.

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UCLA Technical Review Software Review Incubator 99

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 18, 2013

Okuno has been investing in Los Angeles startups for the past three years after selling his own company E-Z Data. Okuno said, “I have invested in over 40 startups almost always in the six-figure range.” He is looking to find more. He has watched Silicon Beach grow, but wonders if the valuations are too high and if a bubble may come.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

” I hear it when I visit LPs (the people who invest in VCs) all across the country, “Yeah, I haven’t been out there for a few years but I keep hearing that something is going on there.” The patents Overture held became known in small circles as Google’s ’361 problem as outlined here.

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Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Google 376

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

The 1st annual REACH NeXT event was a great success! Their patented multi-purpose cleaning formula was recently approved by Boeing to replace toxic solvents. Rufus Labs is a wearable technology startup in Los Angeles with a heavy focus on building devices for the industrial sector (EMS, police, campus/event security, warehouse, etc).

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Here is my list of top ten action items to best prepare you for success in achieving a funding event with angels: Incorporate the business now. File a patent and trademarks to show real intellectual property. Prepare an investment-grade business plan. Reserve the company name on social networks to protect it. Marty Zwilling.

Angel 89

Angel Funding Technical Review Startup 89

socalTECH

MARCH 31, 2014

What companies are looking for, and what they care about, are material events. That''s really where the genesis of this comes from, and we have patents around the idea of continually analyzing both structure and semistructured data from a wide variety of sources, simultaneously. It''s about as complicated as Google Adwords.

Orange County 245

Orange County Startup News IBM 245

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 20, 2012

In college at the California Institute of Technology, he patented a new loudspeaker design and formed GNP Loudspeakers, Inc. OrganicStartup incubates and accelerates innovative ventures by providing them with strategic early-stage investment, advisory, and operational assistance. Event Details. What: Spotlight Series Event.

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Idealab Tech Coast Angels CalTech Startup 84

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

Every investor expects to see some business traction, both before and after a funding event. File a provisional patent, register a trademark, and reserve your company domain names. Show personal investment. Traction means forward progress. Without revenue, your investors are largely limited to friends, family and fools.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Omidyar Networks – head of investment. ZunguZ was then taken to a Silicon Valley high-impact endeavor event and gained over whelming attention from investors from all over the world. The ZunguZ advanced patent pending social fraud screening algorithms, combine the same level of your banks security with a social fraud screening layer.

Software Review 92

Software Review Social Network Platform Technical Review 92

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2012

Every investor expects to see some business traction, both before and after a funding event. File a provisional patent, register a trademark, and reserve your company domain names. Show personal investment. Traction means forward progress. Without revenue, your investors are largely limited to friends, family and fools.

Startup 104

Startup CTO Hire Press Custom 104

Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 11, 2011

8 patents pending, and world programming finalist. Early designer of Paypal. Josh Woods: Senior Engineer at BetterWorks. Co-creator of the Lotus Share platform, which powers the new Lotus Connections Files and Wikis components at IBM.

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Santa Monica Yammer Geni Southern California 72

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2011

Every investor expects to see some business traction, both before and after a funding event. File a provisional patent, register a trademark, and reserve your company domain names. Show personal investment. Traction means forward progress. Without revenue, your investors are largely limited to friends, family and fools.

Startup 101

Startup CTO Hire Press Custom 101

InfoChachkie

MAY 9, 2011

If there is not a valid business reason for granting one-sided terms, reject the language on the grounds that it is patently unfair. In the Indemnification Section of the agreement, place a de facto limit on the amount of expenses to be paid by both parties in the event damages arise.

Outsource Development 170

Outsource Development Entrepreneur Press Technical Review 170

InfoChachkie

MAY 9, 2011

If there is not a valid business reason for granting one-sided terms, reject the language on the grounds that it is patently unfair. In the Indemnification Section of the agreement, place a de facto limit on the amount of expenses to be paid by both parties in the event damages arise.

Outsource Development 124

Outsource Development Entrepreneur Press Technical Review 124

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2010

Every investor expects to see some traction, both before and after a funding event. File a provisional patent, register a trademark, and reserve your company domain names. Show personal investment. Traction means forward progress. Without revenue, your investors are largely limited to friends, family and fools.

Tips 88

Tips Startup CTO Hire Press 88

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Tech startup accelerators dot the landscape, feeding investments into the waiting arms of the nation’s most intelligent and driven entrepreneurs. is a good monthly investment? Coffin has personally invested in Machinima, Mahalo.com, Demand Media, Rubicon, Docstoc, ShoeDazzle, Deal Quad (sold to Beachmint), and many others.

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Technical Review Entrepreneur Riot Games Southern California 75

Frank Addante

OCTOBER 19, 2006

► 2009 (3) ► May (1) A Tour of the Rubicon Project Headquarters ► April (1) "Pay it Forward" Event for Students & Aspiring Ent. Sure, you need to take the proper precautions to protect your idea first (patents, copyrights, etc.), particularly with international patent laws.

Startup 40

Startup Ideas Venture Capital Competition 40

Frank Addante

AUGUST 14, 2006

► 2009 (3) ► May (1) A Tour of the Rubicon Project Headquarters ► April (1) "Pay it Forward" Event for Students & Aspiring Ent. However, when you ask them to buy it or invest in it, the music stops and the number of interested parties decreases dramatically, fast. ► October (1) New Video! .

Startup 40

Startup Email Ideas Venture Capital 40

Frank Addante

MARCH 26, 2007

► 2009 (3) ► May (1) A Tour of the Rubicon Project Headquarters ► April (1) "Pay it Forward" Event for Students & Aspiring Ent. At L90 (Startup 3.0) , we were sued by DoubleClick on the eve of our IPO for alleged patent-infrindgement. ► October (1) New Video! . ► October (1) New Video!

Outsource Development 40

Outsource Development CTO Hire Startup Venture Capital 40

Frank Addante

MAY 15, 2006

► 2009 (3) ► May (1) A Tour of the Rubicon Project Headquarters ► April (1) "Pay it Forward" Event for Students & Aspiring Ent. Patent Lawsuit 6. “Patent Lawsuit&# We were on the IPO track and our #1 competitor (DoubleClick) filed a bogus patent-infringement lawsuit right before our IPO.

Advertising 40

Advertising Startup Chief Technology Officer Technical Review 40

Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

► 2009 (3) ► May (1) A Tour of the Rubicon Project Headquarters ► April (1) "Pay it Forward" Event for Students & Aspiring Ent. We invested the first $1 million to develop version 1.0 of the product, file patents, hire a small sales team and launch a marketing program to take StrongMail to market.

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