Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 27, 2018

Patents, trade secrets, and trademarks are very attractive to investors, since these are not easily overcome by competitors. I would expect to see specific plans for distribution, partnerships, and sales channels, as well as the use of social media and conventional marketing, with budgets for the major elements.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2015

Having enough revenue to finally give yourself a salary is an inspiring event, and one that you should savor. Watch that patent provide a real barrier to competitive entry. Keeping expenses down must always be top priority. One approach, which is even more work, is to keep tasks in-house rather than outsourcing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2016

Having enough revenue to finally give yourself a salary is an inspiring event, and one that you should savor. Watch that patent provide a real barrier to competitive entry. Keeping expenses down must always be top priority. One approach, which is even more work, is to keep tasks in-house rather than outsourcing.

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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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Tech.Co

MARCH 1, 2018

SXSW Startup Night 2018 is one of the “must attend” events at SXSW and it’s a celebration of inclusion, entrepreneurial ecosystems and startups. The event is open to tech enthusiasts who want to join an event filled with some of the top leaders, investors and mentors from tech industry to network, find mentors and build their companies.

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socalTECH

MARCH 31, 2014

We''re rolling it out to finance and Wall Street, monitoring thousands of sources of continuously changing information, such as news, social media, internal email systems, and analyzing specific, material conditions that our customers are looking for. What companies are looking for, and what they care about, are material events.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

They have built proprietary ad serving, video serving and image recognition technology, complete with patents, and invented in-image advertising. Once the ad is clicked, there are options for the advertiser, including a pop-out video lightbox that can play video, as well as link to social media profiles, websites and other content.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 11, 2012

ZunguZ was then taken to a Silicon Valley high-impact endeavor event and gained over whelming attention from investors from all over the world. We actually enable banks to attract new customers as well as securely port their services to existing users, using our patent pending social fraud algorithms.

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Team Rubicon unites the unique skills America’s returning veterans offer with the expertise of medical professionals; all while interactively engaging donors through social media. Capsule is an event planning and group sharing platform built to help anyone who is planning, attending, or organizing a trip, party, or event.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2020

For example, “We just patented a new battery technology that will cut your smartphone charge time and cost in half.” Call out your top competitors, highlighting your sustainable competitive advantage, including patents, trade secrets. Use non-fuzzy terms to quantify customer value. Highlight your advantages over three top competitors.

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SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

Dropped Calls, Students Protest AT&T Network Coverage Facebook Patents News Feed, Social Net Confusion Ensues Trying to Work from Home More Efficiently? Hipstamatic iPhone App to Spawn a Million Terry Richardsons "Feisty" Steve Jobs Ponders a $40B Shopping Spree at Apple Shareholder Meeting ); We Shall Overcome.

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