Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 29, 2013

Entrepreneurs often get the advice from their lawyers and friends to always get a Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDA or CDA) signed before disclosing anything about their new venture. You won’t last long as an entrepreneur in this category, since a startup is all about taking risks. Prior to patent application. Who is right?

Ideas 92

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socalTECH

AUGUST 7, 2009

Helping entrepreneurs succeed. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. Binary Pulse Technology Marketing (www.binarypulse.com). Binary Pulse Technology Marketing (www.binarypulse.com). Cox Communications - Orange County - Looking for Product Marketing Manager. Silicon Valley Bank (www.svb.com).

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2016

Most entrepreneurs spend far too much time thinking negatively about competitors, and can’t resist making derogatory statements to their own team, to investors, and even to customers. As an investor, I always listen carefully to what an entrepreneur says, and does not say, about competition. Position your solution in the world market.

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socalTECH

JULY 24, 2009

Helping entrepreneurs succeed. Binary Pulse Technology Marketing (www.binarypulse.com). An on-line community for entrepreneurs. Cox Communications - Orange County - Looking for Product Marketing Manager. and international patent and trademark procurement - IP. They include: Sponsors. Startups Made Simple.

SoCalTech 100

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2012

Entrepreneurs often get the advice from their lawyers and friends to always get a Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDA or CDA) signed before disclosing anything about their new venture. You won’t last long as an entrepreneur in this category, since a startup is all about taking risks. Prior to patent application. Who is right?

Startup 97

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

You’ll learn about competitive products that exist or are being built. You’ll gauge people’s excitement level for the product and for various features. Since I fall into the expert category, my belief is that you should be pretty open with me. I also will point out that in the The 15 Mistakes of First Time Entrepreneurs : 9.

Startup 211

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

You’ll learn about competitive products that exist or are being built. You’ll gauge people’s excitement level for the product and for various features. Since I fall into the expert category, my belief is that you should be pretty open with me. I also will point out that in the The 15 Mistakes of First Time Entrepreneurs : 9.

Startup 198

Startup IP Ideas Patents 198

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2013

You have probably heard plenty of times that being an entrepreneur is a risky business, and investors talk all the time about reducing the risk. Here is my own priority list of key risk drivers that every entrepreneur and every investor should evaluate and minimize in starting a business: Team experience and depth risk. Financial risk.

Startup 104

Startup Examples Entrepreneur Social Network 104

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 24, 2011

Entrepreneurs often get the advice from their lawyers and friends to always get a Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDA or CDA) signed before disclosing anything about their new venture. You won’t last long as an entrepreneur in this category, since a startup is all about taking risks. Prior to patent application. Who is right?

Patents 90

Patents Sample Ideas Entrepreneur 90

socalTECH

MARCH 28, 2014

Asher Delug: We have had amazing growth coming from our smart wall product, our inter-app interstitial ad product, which patent pending. Plus, our In-App Banner Apps product has also been scaling very fast. Asher Delug: We''ve been very product focused, and focused on innovation since inception. READ MORE>>.

Startup 196

Startup Mobile Advertising Organization 196

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2012

Many writers have outlined the critical success factors for product companies, like sell every unit at a profit, patent the design, and continuous product improvement. The distinction between product companies and services companies is easy to see. Scaling services means cloning yourself. Networking and relationships.

Satisfaction 91

Satisfaction Patents Outsource Development Services 91

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

where entrepreneurs share their stories. 63 Los Angeles Entrepreneurs To Be Proud Of By mario on May 2, 2012 in Features , grid. Free Corporations For First-Time Entrepreneurs. Right now they’re setting up 500 free corporations for first time entrepreneurs. Here are 62 63 Los Angeles entrepreneurs we can be proud of.

Los Angeles 78

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2010

You have probably heard plenty of times that being an entrepreneur is a risky business, and investors talk all the time about reducing the risk. Here is my own priority list of key risk sources that every entrepreneur and every investor should evaluate and minimize in starting a business: Team experience and depth risk. Financial risk.

Startup 89

Startup Examples Entrepreneur Social Network 89

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Ten Tech Entrepreneurs Who Are Putting LA on the Map. Tech startup accelerators dot the landscape, feeding investments into the waiting arms of the nation’s most intelligent and driven entrepreneurs. Miller was even honored as an Ernst & Young “Entrepreneur of the Year” for 2011. Follow PandoDaily: Search.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 15, 2010

Pretty much anything that goes into a business plan falls into one of these four categories: Opportunity : Every successful business exploits an opportunity. Broadly speaking, the Opportunity is a description and analysis of your potential market. How will you price it and position it in the market? Have you patented it?

Startup 91

Startup Oracle Entrepreneur Ideas 91

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 30, 2010

Entrepreneurs often get the advice from their lawyers and friends to always get a Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDA or CDA) signed before disclosing anything about their new venture. You won’t last long as an entrepreneur in this category, since a startup is all about taking risks. Prior to patent application. Who is right?

Startup 48

Startup Patents Sample Entrepreneur 48

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

"Authentic" is dead - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , May 3, 2010 It's time to retire the following phrases. Why Lawyers Don’t Run Startups - Steve Blank , May 27, 2010 Startups need to have a great lawyer, accountant, patent attorney, etc. Why Entrepreneurs Hate Lawyers. Enjoyed this post? Stay Tuned.

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Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 16, 2012

CallFire serves clients in a diverse array of industries, from automotive, education and entertainment, to finance, healthcare, marketing and real estate. CallFire will continue on a strong growth trajectory throughout the remainder of the year, driving revenues for the company as we work to transform the telecom category.”

Venture Capital 89

Venture Capital Cloud Computing Class Education 89

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

In fact, I often have to tell aspiring entrepreneurs that their inventions have zero value, at least not until they are put in the context of a business plan, with qualified people committed to executing the plan. Early-stage ideas fall in the same category. Technology limited to a single product is seldom enough for a business.

Technical Review 156

Technical Review Funding Patents Ideas 156

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

He invented the category of sponsored search. At the time when you did a search on Lycos, Alta Vista or similar for a category such as Cars you ended up getting 9 spam results and 1 proper website to meet your needs. He thought, “This way any product you launch you can talk instantly with and get feedback from customers.&#

Competition 350

Competition Idealab Product CitySearch 350

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 8, 2012

Next was Mobile Web America ‘s ultra impressive display of their patent-pending web application that converts most websites into a mobile friendly format. Their presentation ended in a quick trivia round about science, a category which (of course), the techy audience chose. Looking for twitter trends on #TZSpotlight?

Technical Review 94

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 8, 2018

In fact, I often have to tell aspiring entrepreneurs that their inventions have zero value, at least not until they are put in the context of a business plan, with qualified people committed to executing the plan. Early-stage ideas fall in the same category. Technology limited to a single product is seldom enough for a business.

Technical Review 86

Technical Review Patents Ideas Journal 86

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2014

In fact, I often have to tell aspiring entrepreneurs that their inventions have zero value, at least not until they are put in the context of a business plan, with qualified people committed to executing the plan. Early-stage ideas fall in the same category. Technology limited to a single product is seldom enough for a business.

Ideas 106

Ideas Technical Review Patents Entrepreneur 106

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2016

In fact, I often have to tell aspiring entrepreneurs that their inventions have zero value, at least not until they are put in the context of a business plan, with qualified people committed to executing the plan. Early-stage ideas fall in the same category. Technology limited to a single product is seldom enough for a business.

Technical Review 60

Technical Review Patents Ideas Journal 60

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

Anyone who works with entrepreneurs will tell you that all are different. Others are really marketers out to make money fast, and believe that they can entice customers to any offering. Many might say Donald Trump epitomizes this category. The Opportunist is the speculative part of the entrepreneur in all of us.

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Entrepreneur Mentor Framework Web 96