Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 27, 2014

I always advise software startups to file patents to protect their “secret sauce” from competitors, and to increase their valuation. Yes, the software patent process is a mess. I say this with conviction even after I survived the process, and have a software patent pending. Patents only help the big guys who want no change.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

According to a well-researched Motly Fool report, the challenge is very real, since around half of all businesses fail in the first five years. For the rest of us, the following suggestions will help you survive the valley of death: Accumulate some resources before you start. Only one-third make it past their tenth anniversary.

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TechCrunch LA

MARCH 31, 2021

Most relevant to startups is the push to fund initiatives and technologies that can help prevent or protect against extreme wildfires; rising sea levels and hurricanes; new agriculture resource management; and “climate-smart” technologies. The vast majority of those are nowhere up to modern codes.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

We spun this out of university research labs, where the founders and all of the team still are involved, and commercialized that research. Talk about how your research led to this startup? It''s a very successful research team, with over eighty peer-reviewed articles we''ve published. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 4, 2023

This point was highlighted well in the classic book, “ Disrupting Digital Business ,” by R “Ray” Wang, CEO and Principal Analyst of Silicon Valley-based Constellation Research. Soliciting user-generated online feedback and reviews. User generated content that is immediately available to other users is another positive force multiplier.

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Southern California Edison Blog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

One strategy that can help ensure teams use meeting times efficiently is to notify staff ahead of time about what will be covered in a call so they can prepare ahead of time and waste less time during the meeting trying to get on the same page. Train Your Staff and Offer Skill Improvement Opportunities.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2014

Even if you are looking in all the right places, it helps to know what you are looking for. If both of you are experts at software development, even though one loves design and the other loves coding, that still won’t get the marketing done. This is a critical element of a good relationship, but a tough one.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2022

The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capitalists) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than the more risky research and development efforts. For the rest of us, the following suggestions will help you survive the valley of death: Accumulate some resources before you start.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 9, 2013

I researched the pricing of the car at TrueCar – not because we’re an investor – but because it gives you complete price transparency over what other people in your area paid for a car. Your 2am coding session is more important than their 2am cocktails on the redeye back from Japan where they have no customers.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

We spun this out of university research labs, where the founders and all of the team still are involved, and commercialized that research. Talk about how your research led to this startup? It''s a very successful research team, with over eighty peer-reviewed articles we''ve published. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

Even if you are looking in all the right places, it helps to know what you are looking for. If both of you are experts at software development, even though one loves design and the other loves coding, that still won’t get the marketing done. This is a critical element of a good relationship, but a tough one.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2019

According to a well-researched Motly Fool report, the challenge is very real, since around half of all businesses fail in the first five years. For the rest of us, the following suggestions will help you survive the valley of death: Accumulate some resources before you start. Only one-third make it past their tenth anniversary.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 12, 2013

We spun this out of university research labs, where the founders and all of the team still are involved, and commercialized that research. Talk about how your research led to this startup? It''s a very successful research team, with over eighty peer-reviewed articles we''ve published. READ MORE>>.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

If they’re successful in the long run they will also help reduce water consumption and will help create healthier lifestyles. Gabe, Jamie and the Grove team have grown to 18 people since we backed them and they delivered their first beta product to 50 Boston Early Adopters last spring to raving reviews.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 1, 2020

This point was highlighted well in the classic book, “ Disrupting Digital Business ,” by R “Ray” Wang, CEO and Principal Analyst of Silicon Valley-based Constellation Research. Soliciting user-generated online feedback and reviews. User generated content that is immediately available to other users is another positive force multiplier.

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Tech.Co

MAY 25, 2018

In 2006, a passion to help startups grew into Tech Cocktail , a company whose mission was to showcased burgeoning companies in bars around the country. Meet some of the amazing organizations that partner with the Startup of the Year program, and could be a valuable resource for you to help build your business.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 21, 2016

This application program helps small businesses to optimize their websites for marketing purposes. The software does keyword research, and it has an SEO checklist. The user of the software does not have to have previous marketing experience. There is a desktop as well as an online version of the software.

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socalTECH

MAY 11, 2010

We help them identify products that are safe and health for them and their families, from organic baby food, to household items. We do deep research on every single product we advocate for, using the criteria and condition that they create a healthy child and a healthy world.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 29, 2011

Even if you are looking in all the right places, it helps to know what you are looking for. If both of you are experts at software development, even though one loves design and the other loves coding, that still won’t get the marketing done. This is a critical element of a good relationship, but a tough one.

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socalTECH

JUNE 4, 2018

There's an enormous amount of early stage company experience in my shoes, and in his shoes, a lot of experience working with the biggest stakeholders in the healthcare system, from the big payers to big hospitals and hospital systems, to research universities, and all those big brick and mortar businesses which comprise a health care system.

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Tech.Co

MARCH 8, 2018

The judges for this must-attend event will be people who can help fund and build your business – and you don’t have to wait for an introduction. He then founded TeliOn that sold to Pinnacle Online, and then joined Jacobs Engineering, a Fortune 500 firm, that won the largest contract ever awarded by NASA’s Langley Research Center.

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socalTECH

MAY 21, 2013

Darren Clark: Our missions is to help small businesses and communities grow. Yelp has great consumer research, but it''s been a challenge for them to reach advertisers. We also have a lot of people with open source perspective, which helps with our technology cred. Yelp and Agie''s List has been fantastic in the reviews path.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 26, 2010

Rather they should get a part-time Acting CTO who can help close the gap. Bottom line – if as you recognize this gap, then reach out to get a slice of a CTO who can help bridge the gap. I provided a whole set of questions that I go through with founders before Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Before You Develop Anything.

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Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 9, 2014

You need to research the possibilities in a new landscape but your personal research has been well, a bit fruitless. We all need help sometimes – and building a business is, by no means, immune to that. Due Diligence. Marketing & Branding. Investor Decks. Training Materials. Financial Models.

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socalTECH

MAY 21, 2013

Darren Clark: Our missions is to help small businesses and communities grow. Yelp has great consumer research, but it''s been a challenge for them to reach advertisers. We also have a lot of people with open source perspective, which helps with our technology cred. Yelp and Agie''s List has been fantastic in the reviews path.

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socalTECH

APRIL 26, 2011

Craig has recently uncloaked his stealth startup, BetterWorks (www.betterworks.com), focused on helping companies to manage and offer fringe benefits to their employees. I spend about twelve months before starting BetterWorks thinking about the SMB space, and the lack of tools and software for companies.

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socalTECH

JUNE 21, 2013

Instead of equity, the company is aimed at profiting profitable small businesses with business debt funding from investors, to help those businesses grow and get to the next level. I started doing research on his behalf, learning about it, and one thing led to another, and I started asking people if such a service existed, would they use it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2010

Even if you are looking in all the right places, it helps to know what you are looking for. If both of you are experts at software development, even though one loves design and the other loves coding, that still won’t get the marketing done. This is a critical element of a good relationship, but a tough one.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2019

The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capitalists) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than the more risky research and development efforts. For the rest of us, the following suggestions will help you survive the valley of death: Accumulate some resources before you start.

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socalTECH

APRIL 29, 2014

We were looking at it, and saw that if we could take all these off-the-shelf sensors, and put it all together, and write some code, and make a user interface, it''s basically done. So, very early on was our project-Voxel Research, how our name got created and mashed up to Voxearch. As software interface guys we think that''s our lead.

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socalTECH

MAY 7, 2010

One is software, which is very much like software-as-a-service, where we deliver that software to publications and conferences, to enable rich media on their sites. For example, an author can talk about their recent research, which was published in a scientific journal, and highlight key findings.

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Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 14, 2015

While I entirely understand the public’s reservations, I also understand why Peeple is not the first company to announce a “people review” concept, and also why it won’t be the last. I pioneered a people review feature more than six months ago…and the world did not end. What if you had to be 21 to leave or be left a review?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2017

The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capitalists) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than the more risky research and development efforts. For the rest of us, the following suggestions will help you survive the valley of death: Accumulate some resources before you start.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 1, 2012

Smart technology doesn’t work without clever software to make it useful. Do you need to take the time to learn coding or should you search out a firm to help bring your idea into reality? Do Your Research. Your next step is to start deep market research and see what other apps are targeting your specific market.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

It would have been very easy for Bill to do a desk-based research project on how to improve the process. I know that their are independent software companies now focused on this like UserVoice and Get Satisfaction. Products like these basically help you crowd-source your customer service input and product development pipeline.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2010

My favorite new software tool is DailyBurn. Problem is – Weight Watchers software TOTALLY SUCKS. The other key is making your goals public – at least to someone else who can help keep you accountable. So DailyBurn allows you to invite friends to see your goals and help you monitor them. Pretty cool stuff.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2015

The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than the more risky research and development efforts. For the rest of us, the following suggestions will help you survive the valley of death: Accumulate some resources before you start.

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