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6 Steps To Move From Inspiration To Business Reality

Startup Professionals Musings

Thus, I’m more impressed with entrepreneurs who ask me to review their implementation plan, rather than listen again to their idea. Some dreams sound great, but may not yet be viable or proven with today’s technology. Any startup with no patents, trade secrets, or other secret sauce is very high risk today.

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Bio Roundup: Trump’s Triumph, Election Fallout, CRISPR Arguments & More

Xconomy

Drug company stocks got a boost with the defeat of Hillary Clinton, a vocal critic of drug prices. Will he take a softer stance on drug prices? But her near doubling of Trump (62 to 33 percent) didn’t translate into support for drug price controls. Patent and Trademark Office. billion in yearly sales.

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Bio Roundup: FDA Says No, PCSK9 Value Fight, CRISPR Intrigue & More

Xconomy

All those years of hard work to reach the promised land, then just as a drug owner is ready to spike it home and take a victory lap, the FDA’s hands rise over the net… OK, it’s not a perfect analogy, but it’s better than comparing the patent fight over the gene editing system CRISPR-Cas9 to table tennis. (Be

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What Do Boards Actually Do?

Both Sides of the Table

Agreeing an annual budget Setting a 409a valuation used to price stock options Agreeing stock option allocations Reviewing financial performance Talking about the organizational structure and where we need to bolster things Discussing sales & marketing strategies, product launches, technical challenges Talking about law suits (patents, trademarks, (..)

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Interview with Mike Neshat, RFaxis

socalTECH

Semiconductor startups seem to be quite rare in today's environment, with few companies being funded or launched, due both to the difficulty of bringing products to market, lack of investment capital, as well as lots of established, large companies in the industry. For starters, let's talk about your technology. Ghz wireless market.

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Interview with Steve Pelletier, FatTail

socalTECH

However, what happened as we worked with clients on AdBook, we got deep into the trenches with online ad sales and learning the operational nuances--there are plenty--we realized that there were a couple of big gaps in the market. Because of that, the sales team is left with a data entry problem. It's an automatic proposal builder.

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ConTraps Part II – Contract Traps Entrepreneurs Should Avoid At All Costs

InfoChachkie

Agree to Bundling Without a Minimum Price. BDCs often ask to “private label” or “white label” a smaller company’s technology. This generally involves the BDC selling the startup’s technology under the BDC’s brand. Grant Most Favored Nations Status. Issue Unmitigated Exclusivity. Do Not Give up Branding.