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10 Quotes You Should Never Use Around A Business Plan

Startup Professionals Musings

“Attached is a copy of my full business plan for your review.” I don’t have a business plan, but the technology is disruptive.” They only want a quick overview of the product, not detailed features and patent secrets. Too much detail at first contact is just as much of a turnoff as no information.

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10 Strategies For Attracting Investors That Will Fail

Startup Professionals Musings

“Attached is a copy of my full business plan for your review.” I don’t have a business plan, but the technology is disruptive.” They only want a quick overview of the product, not detailed features and patent secrets. Too much detail at first contact is just as much of a turnoff as no information.

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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

But unlike the popular press reporting of this conflict — 80% of the time it is founder-to-founder conflict and not investor-to-founder conflict. Those seldom get reported. At times I’m sure it feels terrible to be a publicly traded company but ultimately I believe the sunshine of publicly reported numbers produces better results.

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

Xconomy

—Xconomy rounded up some post-election thoughts from several local tech and life science leaders , which included a mix of outrage, resiliency, hope, rationalizing, grandstanding, and some calls for calm and reason. Patent and Trademark Office. —Despite the patent fight, CRISPR work continues apace. 6 at the U.S.

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Interview with Paige Craig, Betterworks

socalTECH

We're not talking publicly about that yet, but the idea is to get away from the annual review, away from the quarterly review, and give everyone within and outside a company the ability to recognize people, up and down the chain, for doing great things in the workplace. There's a fairly complex platform we've patented.

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10 Entrepreneur Approaches That Turn Off Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

“Attached is a copy of my full business plan for your review.” I don’t have a business plan, but the technology is disruptive.” They only want a quick overview of the product, not detailed features and patent secrets. business business plan entrepreneur investor technology' Marty Zwilling.