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Technology Roles in Startups

SoCal CTO

I’ve worked with 30+ early-stage companies in all sorts of capacities (and spoken to many, many more), so I thought it might be worthwhile trying to classify the various ways that I’ve engaged in different technology roles in startups. It depends on the business, people, technologies, etc. Each situation is just a bit different.

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The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly Of Software Patents

Startup Professionals Musings

I always advise software startups to file patents to protect their “secret sauce” from competitors, and to increase their valuation. The good news is that a patent can scare off or at least delay competitors, and as a “rule of thumb” patents can add up to $1M to your startup valuation for investors or M&A exits (merger and acquisition).

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Graphene Super-Capacitors -The Key to Hybrid Electric Vehicles

SoCal Tech Calendar

Clean Technology Council. patents and published over 350 technical papers. Richard reviews how graphene will improve e-vehicle performance and energy storage. Richard reviews how graphene will improve e-vehicle performance and energy storage. Keynote from Richard Kaner, Ph.D. He holds 23 U.S. See [link] (more)

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7 Reasons That Investors Won’t Fund Inventions Alone

Startup Professionals Musings

According to an old Harvard Business Review article, many people in history, famous for their inventions, like Thomas Edison, were entrepreneurs who only later were remembered as inventors of the products they commercialized. Of course it helps to have innovative technologies before you start building a business.

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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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8 Myths Technologists Believe That Sink Businesses

Startup Professionals Musings

I usually envision a 50-50 ownership split for their efforts, but every engineer believes the technology side deserves the majority share. If you consider yourself a technologist, you probably believe and may be propagating one of the following myths: The first priority for funding should be to develop the technology.

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10 Ways To Make Your Funding Pitch More Hard-Hitting

Startup Professionals Musings

Or they get sidetracked by a technical glitch due to poor preparation. Equally bad is a full tutorial on your new disruptive technology. Investors are more interested in your solution and your business, rather than your technology. Research your audience before presenting. Don’t forget to ask for the order.

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