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Burbank Tech Talks: December

SoCal Tech Calendar

Bran has 500 current and pending patents to his name (including multi-touch, and the technology Google acquired that became its knowledge graph), and is the former President of Walt Disney Imagineering. Bran Ferren, Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer of Applied Minds. Read more about Bran on his Wikipedia page, or view his TED talk.

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8 Attributes Of Entrepreneurs Who Transform Society

Startup Professionals Musings

Entrepreneurs who have been really transformative, like Steve Jobs and Walt Disney, seemed to know how to deal with all the right elements. According to an MIT study a while back, only about 10% of patents granted in the United States have any meaningful commercial importance and less than one percent are of seminal importance.

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8 Inspirational Insights For Those Chasing Your Dream

Startup Professionals Musings

Entrepreneurs who have been really transformative, like Steve Jobs and Walt Disney, seemed to know how to deal with all the right elements. According to an MIT study a while back, only about 10% of patents granted in the United States have any meaningful commercial importance and less than one percent are of seminal importance.

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Five Startup Tips From Bill Gates

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Other installments include: Jeff Bezos , Steve Jobs , Mark Cuban , Richard Branson , Walt Disney , Mark Zuckerberg , Michael Dell and Larry Ellison. Unless your venture is focused on researching potential scientific breakthroughs, it is likely that your technology can be easily copied and your patents circumvented.

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8 Guiding Principles For Pursuing A Winning Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

Entrepreneurs who have been really transformative, like Steve Jobs and Walt Disney, seemed to know how to deal with all the right elements. According to an MIT study a while back, only about 10% of patents granted in the United States have any meaningful commercial importance and less than one percent are of seminal importance.

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8 Transformative Principles That Can Change The World

Startup Professionals Musings

Entrepreneurs who have been really transformative, like Steve Jobs and Walt Disney, seemed to know how to deal with all the right elements. According to an MIT study a while back, only about 10% of patents granted in the United States have any meaningful commercial importance and less than one percent are of seminal importance.

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Congrats To All The Winners and Thanks To Our Speakers at #REACHNeXT!

Tech Zulu Event

Their patented multi-purpose cleaning formula was recently approved by Boeing to replace toxic solvents. Prior to Sphero, Rob was SVP of Global Creative at Disney Interactive, the digital entertainment and games segment of The Walt Disney Company. Started Disney Interactive Labs. Health & Wellness: Green Way Labs.