Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

An excellent example is the initiative by Elon Musk and Tesla Motors a few years ago to give away their battery patents, to infrastructure and competitive car providers, without transactional agreements. Another partnering model example is the IBM Watson Group $1 billion investment to share cloud-based development and super-computing tools.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 3, 2014

An excellent example is the initiative by Elon Musk and Tesla Motors to give away all their patents, to infrastructure providers and even competitive car makers, without transactional agreements. Another new partnering model is the IBM Watson Group $1 billion investment to share cloud-based development and super-computing tools.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 9, 2010

Key Information Systems (www.keyinfo.com) Providing IBM Storage Solutions. www.pitchtheangels.com) Join Tech Coast Angels members and other start up investors at the 5th Annual Los Angeles Fast Pitch Competition. Fast Pitch Los Angeles is one of the best start up networking events of the year. Middle Market Investment Banking.

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Xconomy

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

—Oral arguments in the landmark patent fight over ownership of the gene editing technology CRISPR-Cas9 were set for Dec. Patent and Trademark Office. —Despite the patent fight, CRISPR work continues apace. —Despite the patent fight, CRISPR work continues apace. CRISPR DEVELOPMENTS. 6 at the U.S.

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socalTECH

JUNE 13, 2012

Olloclip managed to fund and start the company based on crowdfunding, and is one of the most popular projects that has been funded through Kickstarter. For my whole career, I've been in the technology business, working for IBM clone companies, storage companies, and then add on products for PDAs, and then working on early smartphones.

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socalTECH

MARCH 31, 2014

We grew that up, and did very well, and eventually sold it to IBM. I then spent a few years at IBM as their Chief Strategy Officer in their identity management area. Why did you start in that market? I was hired to head up strategy, marketing development, and product management. That''s the unique nature of this technology.

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Orange County Startup News IBM 245

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Ali Khoshgozaran: Before we started the company, me and my partner had participated in the USC Viterbi startup competition. We now have a team of nine engineers and scientists, with experience from companies like IBM, Demand Media, and Google, all part of our core engineering team. How did Tilofy come about?

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 11, 2011

Co-creator of the Lotus Share platform, which powers the new Lotus Connections Files and Wikis components at IBM. 8 patents pending, and world programming finalist. Demos and awards start at 5:30pm. Early designer of Paypal. Josh Woods: Senior Engineer at BetterWorks. There will be technical and product mentors there to help.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2014

I’m not suggesting that a startup should ever disclose patent details to others before filing, but I can’t imagine why a startup would not seek visibility and feedback for their idea and solution while they could still make changes with minimal cost. In my view, this paranoid approach costs them much more than the risk of being open.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 27, 2011

By Ernst Gemassmer Fortune 500 companies such as IBM, Proctor and Gamble and others derive more than half of their revenues from international activities. However, the financial benefit may exceed the risk of losing partial patent protection. We have heard that there are significant tax advantages in doing business offshore.

Startup 91

Startup Offshore Patents Outsource Development 91

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 2, 2013

Competing with IBM, Microsoft, and other large companies is a very difficult task. That’s probably the soft way of saying, we don’t have a patent or any “secret sauce” for a competitive advantage. Now the real work starts to build a sustainable business. Entrepreneurs who utter this line are kidding themselves.

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Entrepreneur Startup Social Network IBM 111

Xconomy

MAY 30, 2016

X: I read an article from 1998 that you were quoted in—it sounded like Stanford’s Niels Reimers helped MIT reorganize its patenting and licensing office in 1986 to make it more like Stanford’s model. And then in ’87 we started making the spinouts official rather than just go out the backdoor. Then it got acquired by Millipore.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2016

I’m not suggesting that a startup should ever disclose patent details to others before filing, but I can’t imagine why a startup would not seek visibility and feedback for their idea and solution while they could still make changes with minimal cost. In my view, this paranoid approach costs them much more than the risk of being open.

Startup 60

Startup Search Engine Optimization Ideas Customer 60

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 20, 2011

He has served on advisory committees for Microsoft, IBM, Novell, and Cisco. Through Tech Coast Angels, he has screened in excess of four hundred start-up companies. He also has product strategy and business development experience in the areas of video-on-demand services and RF CMOS components.

Orange County 106

Orange County Miramar Startup Tech Coast Angels 106

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2012

Competing with IBM, Microsoft, and other large companies is a very difficult task. That’s probably the soft way of saying, we don’t have a patent or any “secret sauce” for a competitive advantage. Now the real work starts to build a sustainable business. Entrepreneurs who utter this line are kidding themselves.

Startup 95

Startup Social Network IBM IBM 95

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2011

Competing with IBM, Microsoft, and other large companies is a very difficult task. That’s probably the soft way of saying, we don’t have a patent or any “secret sauce” for a competitive advantage. Now the real work starts to build a sustainable business. Entrepreneurs who utter this line are kidding themselves.

Startup 98

Startup Social Network IBM IBM 98

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

By Ernst Gemassmer Most of us have read that Fortune 500 companies such as IBM, Proctor and Gamble and others derive more than half of their revenues from international activities. However, the financial benefit may exceed the risk of losing partial patent protection. Products must be adapted to local conditions and regulations.

Offshore 48

Offshore Startup Patents Outsource Development 48

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2010

Competing with IBM, Microsoft, and other large companies is a very difficult task. That’s probably the soft way of saying, we don’t have a patent or any “secret sauce” for a competitive advantage. Now the real work starts to build a sustainable business. Entrepreneurs who utter this line are kidding themselves.

Startup 52

Startup Social Network IBM IBM 52

Frank Addante

MAY 15, 2006

Starting Point (Internet Search Engine & Directory) Exit: acquired by CMGI/YesMail Lesson: Keep it simple. © Patent Lawsuit 6. the fax machine); that’s how it all started. I guess they found another way… Starting with companies like eBay and Microsoft, we built our business one customer at a time.

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Advertising Startup Chief Technology Officer Technical Review 40