InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 24, 2011

According to financial columnist Daniel Solin, “One large study looked at more than 15,000 predictions by 237 market timing newsletters over a 12-year period. At the end of the period studied, 94.5% of the newsletters went bust.”. As noted in Now Is Never Too Early , successful entrepreneurs are not inclined to wait.

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Company Companies Startup Study 257

Xconomy

MAY 30, 2016

Lita Nelsen has seen it up close—and played a part in its evolution—from her studies there in the 1960s, to her business-school fellowship in the late 1970s, to her 30 years working in MIT’s Technology Licensing Office. MIT’s approach to nurturing entrepreneurship has changed a lot over the past 50 years.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Why Lawyers Don’t Run Startups - Steve Blank , May 27, 2010 Startups need to have a great lawyer, accountant, patent attorney, etc. friend of mine asked me to chat with a startup he’d invested in. First off the two prezis and then the case study material (i used ERPLY as inspiration). It's a great talk. Here’s why. I know I do.

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Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Their patented multi-purpose cleaning formula was recently approved by Boeing to replace toxic solvents. Early 20s: Studied EE and went to business school at age 23. Greg has led Series A investments in tech-based enterprises. Health & Wellness: Green Way Labs. IoT: Rufus Labs.

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Fractional VPE Entertainment SaaS Social Media 40

InfoChachkie

APRIL 5, 2018

Entrepreneurs who study historical Hummingbird Effects are better positioned to anticipate the unintended, non-obvious consequences spawned by today’s technologies. This story of technology diffusion is illustrative of the Hummingbird Effect , in which a technological innovation results in unintended, non-obvious outcomes.

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Hollywood Technology Patents Study 22

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. Professional investors and even customers invest in people, rather than just a product.

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Product Summary Startup Examples 169

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 11, 2020

A while back, one of my aspiring entrepreneur friends was trying to impress me with his expertise, by bragging that he had the idea for a couple of innovations before anyone else, but he just never got around to filing a patent before someone stole it from him. Incent and reward new ideas with action, not more study.

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Entrepreneur Startup Ideas Software Review 131

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2011

Fix the patent office to keep up with the backlog. Since 1992, Congress has diverted nearly $1 billion in applicant-paid fees already earned by the USPTO to other uses (like the 2010 census), leaving the patent office unable to deal with the threefold increase in patent applications over the last 20 years.

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Help Technical Review Patents Startup 92

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

If your product is really new and disruptive, make sure you have supply to meet the demand at rollout, and a patent to prevent others from jumping in quickly. It takes a huge investment to build large orders, and large customers are the slowest to pay. Never create a market you can’t supply and support.

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Entrepreneur Technical Review Startup Satisfaction 109

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2015

If your product is really new and disruptive, make sure you have supply to meet the demand at rollout, and a patent to prevent others from jumping in quickly. It takes a huge investment to build large orders, and large customers are the slowest to pay. Create a market you can’t supply and support.

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Technical Review Entrepreneur Startup Satisfaction 60

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 25, 2010

After years of dramatic growth in the 70-80 percent range, online dating revenues have leveled off in the US, according to a recent study. So sites have to invest heavily in viral marketing to achieve critical mass, which competes with current social networks, while users expect to join both for free. No longer a growth market.

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Sites Social Network Statistics Patents 49