Berkonomics

MARCH 5, 2020

Is the product or service possible to produce at all, let alone economically enough to. One way to mitigate this is by using early money to create a prototype, to perform market research, to complete the first generation of the product, or to deliver the service to a satisfied customer. First: Product risk. . Second: Market risk. .

Outsource Development 156

Outsource Development Ideas Resource Patents 156

socalTECH

MARCH 15, 2013

Nils Forsblom: TenFarms is a mobile app developer. We have a couple of different ideas in the pipeline, and have filed patents in our unique way of showing advertising on a very small screen. It was the guy we'd outsourced as CEO. If you look at services like Twitter, there are a lot of users who don't post, but read a lot.

Mobile 233

Mobile Southern California Startup Outsource Development 233

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. The distinction between product companies and services companies is easy to see.

Satisfaction 91

Satisfaction Patents Outsource Development Services 91

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 10, 2021

Entrepreneurs often have formidable technical expertise, key to developing a new product or service, but a great naïveté in management skills. Every growth company needs to innovate continually, maybe spending 20 percent of your revenues on research and development. Inspire, Motivate, and Bring Out the Best in Your People.”

Startup 171

Startup Organization Training Entrepreneur 171

Berkonomics

MARCH 14, 2019

Is the product or service possible to produce at all, let alone economically enough to compete in the marketplace? One way to mitigate this is by using early money to create a prototype, to perform market research, to complete the first generation of the product, or to deliver the service to a satisfied customer. Second: Market risk.

Outsource Development 120

Outsource Development Ideas Resource Patents 120

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 27, 2014

It wasn’t so many years ago that starting a new e-commerce business on the Internet was a complex custom development project, usually costing a million dollars or more. The same is true for filing patents, registering trademarks, and filing copyrights. A programmer can build a new smartphone app for a few thousand dollars.

Entrepreneur 104

Entrepreneur Startup Social Media Commerce 104

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

In a new startup, there is tremendous competitive value in registering intellectual property early, but you don’t need to contract these tasks to expensive experts any longer. Trademarks, copyrights and even patents can be completed online by anyone through the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office site for a few hundred dollars.

Startup 108

Startup Search Engine Optimization Social Media Outsource Development 108

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 2, 2015

What I love about my job is getting to see teams of super-early-stage companies develop ideas that while raw have potential to make an impact on the market. This happens because many CEOs are passionate, market-driven people who are constantly trying to launch new products, win contracts, get press, hire staff and woo VCs.

Outsource Development 150

Outsource Development Metrics Startup Sales 150

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2020

To be clear, I define a product specification as the technical definition of your product, to be used for development and testing purposes, with a quick business summary for context. For example, “We just patented a new battery technology that will cut your smartphone charge time and cost in half.” You need both to survive.

Product 169

Product Summary Startup Examples 169

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 12, 2014

3D printing has been around for the past 30 years, however patents prevented others from advancing such technology. Now, those patents have finally dissolved and allowed a new wave of innovators to take advantage of the technology. Traditional manufacturing would subtract materials to create a product.

Design 84

Design Platform Patents Outsource Development 84

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2011

Entrepreneurs often have formidable technical expertise, key to developing a new product or service, but a great naïveté in management skills. Every growth company needs to innovate continually, maybe spending 20 percent of your revenues on research and development. Inspire, Motivate, and Bring Out the Best in Your People.”

Entrepreneur 111

Entrepreneur Startup Organization Training 111

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2013

Entrepreneurs often have formidable technical expertise, key to developing a new product or service, but a great naïveté in management skills. Every growth company needs to innovate continually, maybe spending 20 percent of your revenues on research and development. Inspire, Motivate, and Bring Out the Best in Your People.”

Startup 109

Startup Entrepreneur Organization Training 109

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2014

What you really need is a VP of Marketing and Customer Development, who can help with lead generation and honing the message, rather than an executive to manage a sales team and existing customers. If your business is managing contracts and patents, it makes sense, but the CLO for most startups is LegalZoom on the Internet.

CTO Hire 100

CTO Hire Funding Cloud Computing CIO 100

socalTECH

AUGUST 4, 2015

Santa Barbara-based Ice Energy (www.ice-energy.com) has quietly been working away at developing energy storage systems to help smooth out the demand for energy on the nation's power grid. We have thirteen patents associated with the Ice bear. megawatts of energy. These devices are not usually deployed one or two at a time.

Southern California 100

Southern California Technical Review Demand Outsource Development 100

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2013

What you really need is a VP of Marketing and Customer Development, who can help with lead generation and honing the message, rather than an executive to manage a sales team and existing customers. If your business is managing contracts and patents, it makes sense, but the CLO for most startups is LegalZoom on the Internet.

Startup 97

Startup Invest CTO Hire Cloud Computing 97

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 1, 2010

What you really need is a VP of Marketing and Customer Development, who can help with lead generation and honing the message, rather than an executive to manage a sales team and existing customers. If your business is managing contracts and patents, it makes sense, but the CLO for most startups is LegalZoom on the Internet.

Startup 90

Startup CTO Hire Cloud Computing CIO 90

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 17, 2012

Entrepreneurs often have formidable technical expertise, key to developing a new product or service, but a great naïveté in management skills. Every growth company needs to innovate continually, maybe spending 20 percent of your revenues on research and development. Inspire, Motivate, and Bring Out the Best in Your People.”

Entrepreneur 94

Entrepreneur Startup Organization Training 94

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 3, 2015

Equally important, is an area many startup founders don’t always prioritize: choosing the right service providers and understanding the value they can bring, especially to early-stage startups. Teaming with the right service providers can have a huge impact on a startup’s ability to succeed. And relying on NDAs is not the answer.

Startup 40

Startup Outsource Development IP Outsource 40

Jason Nazar

MAY 2, 2016

If you are inventing or creating a product, understand patents and register for one at the USPTO. For a corporation and LCC, you must register a service agent. Ensure your business name is available on a wide variety of social networking websites in order to develop consistent branding ( KnowEm ). Recommended. Recommended.

Outsource Development 40

Outsource Development Startup Google Mentor 40

Frank Addante

AUGUST 14, 2006

► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Startup 3.0:

Startup 40

Startup Email Ideas Venture Capital 40

Frank Addante

JUNE 4, 2006

► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Startup 3.0:

Startup 40

Startup Venture Capital Email CTO Hire 40

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2020

Be a miser with contract services and facilities. Getting a sales contract before manufacturing inventory. For example, a software development startup raising $250,000 from angel investors better be able to operate on $25,000 per month. Think of these alternatives as paying interest on a loan, and manage them wisely.

Search Engine Optimization 124

Search Engine Optimization Outsource Development Social Media Equity 124

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Be a miser with contract services and facilities. Getting a sales contract before manufacturing inventory. For example, a software development startup raising $250,000 from angel investors better be able to operate on $25,000 per month. Think of these alternatives as paying interest on a loan, and manage them wisely.

Startup 108

Startup Search Engine Optimization Outsource Development Social Media 108

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2014

Be a miser with contract services and facilities. Getting a sales contract before manufacturing inventory. For example, a software development startup raising $250,000 from angel investors better be able to operate on $25,000 per month. Think of these alternatives as paying interest on a loan, and manage them wisely.

Entrepreneur 105

Entrepreneur Search Engine Optimization Outsource Development Social Media 105

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2023

Be a miser with contract services and facilities. Getting a sales contract before manufacturing inventory. For example, a software development startup raising $250,000 from angel investors better be able to operate on $25,000 per month. Think of these alternatives as paying interest on a loan, and manage them wisely.

Search Engine Optimization 103

Search Engine Optimization Outsource Development Social Media Equity 103

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2018

Be a miser with contract services and facilities. Getting a sales contract before manufacturing inventory. For example, a software development startup raising $250,000 from angel investors better be able to operate on $25,000 per month. Think of these alternatives as paying interest on a loan, and manage them wisely.

Startup 89

Startup Search Engine Optimization Outsource Development Social Media 89

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Laura Brashier is the founder of 2date4love , an online dating service for singles who are unable to have sexual intercourse but still want to find love. He previously led business development for Affiliate Fuel, leading to its acquisition by Experian in 2005. Laura Brashier – Founder of 2date4love. Loren Bendele – CEO of Savings.com.

Los Angeles 78

Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

Berkonomics

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Is the product or service possible to produce at all, let alone economically enough to compete in the marketplace? One way to mitigate this is by using early money to create a prototype, to perform market research, to complete the first generation of the product, or to deliver the service to a satisfied customer. First: Product risk.

Outsource Development 294

Outsource Development Ideas Resource Patents 294

Frank Addante

MAY 15, 2006

► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Startup 3.0:

Advertising 40

Advertising Startup Technical Review Chief Technology Officer 40