Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2020

The critical success factors for a product business are well known, starting with selling every unit with a gross margin of 50 percent or more, building a patent and other intellectual property, and continuous product improvement. You don’t have enough hours in a day, or trained people, to succeed with lower margins in a services startup.

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Berkonomics

AUGUST 23, 2012

In the patent world, we protect this intellectual core with what we call a “patent thicket,” aptly describing the attempt to surround the core patent with other patents that defend the core and further prevent competitors from attacking the central component of the business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 21, 2023

Creating intellectual property, including patents, is the kay to long-term value and a sustainable competitive advantage. Training and coaching. Business risks are not just development risks. Value creation. Innovative technologies have no value until they are turned into solutions to real customer problems. Accountability.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 15, 2020

Mashup probably reminds senior leaders of a train wreck, and social networking is still seen by some business executives as a frivolous waste of time. You need to address these concerns early, by highlighting patents, encryption capability, or other features which mitigate these risks and costs. Payback on investment.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

Remember the transportation transitions from horses to autos to trains to airplanes. Here are some of the key ones: Patent protection in place as a barrier to entry. Competition for your new hydrogen fuel auto engine is not limited to other hydrogen auto engine offerings, or even other autos.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 8, 2023

Despite some recent advances, there are still some cultures which have less regard for patents and other intellectual property. Visit the contract location, investigate their skill level, training, and quality of their facilities. Keep intellectual property keys in-house.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 10, 2021

It can come from experience, or from training in a prior company, and it can even be self-taught from the Internet by smart entrepreneurs, just like they learned the skill of establishing a company, negotiating a contract, or filing a patent. It means not only hiring, but training and measuring performance.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 17, 2023

Patents and trade secrets are more powerful advantages than missing competitive features, which might be quickly filled in as you gain traction. Show that you have thought about indirect competitors and alternative solutions, like airplane technology versus a better train. Emphasize intellectual property and dynamic product line.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Provide outside training opportunities and hiring to promote this culture. Tesla has found that sharing many of their battery patents has expanded the market for all electric vehicle providers, as well as attracted the very best engineers to join Tesla’s team. New customers don’t see incremental improvements.

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Tech.Co

DECEMBER 13, 2017

VentureWell, a Massachusetts-based nonprofit that supports science and technology entrepreneurs, has selected a medical simulation startup founded by University of Maine students to receive funding and training. The company, Zephyrus Simulation LLC, was spun off from a product developed by a group of bioengineering students at UMaine.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2022

Registered patents and other intellectual property. There is no substitute for experience and trained skills in the business area you are attacking. They seek to establish win-win relationships with all partners, including investors, and treat them all as trusted advisors, rather than win-loss opportunities.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Think broadly here, like planes versus trains. Investors look for a sustainable competitive advantage, like a patent. More than ten competitors indicates a saturated market. Customers always have alternatives. Unique selling proposition. How will you differentiate your product or service? Market size, growth, and share.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 25, 2020

Creating intellectual property, including patents, is the kay to long-term value and a sustainable competitive advantage. Training and coaching. Business risks are not just development risks. Value creation. Innovative technologies have no value until they are turned into solutions to real customer problems. Accountability.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Don’t forget to consider customer alternatives, like trains versus airplanes. These days, you can find existing patents and trademarks through Google and the US Patent Office online site without spending thousands of dollars with your favorite patent attorney. Check for intellectual property barriers in your way.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 27, 2022

For example, Elon Musk, who owns many battery patents , normally kept for a competitive edge, decided to open them all to any competitors in an effort to expand the market for his electric vehicles. Plus you can challenge yourself to keep abreast of technology advancements in related industries, looking for a fit in your own.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Most entrepreneurs are not born with the knowledge to run a successful business, so the right place to start is some business training in school, or some practical work experience in a business of your interest, prior to starting your own company. Assets include the obvious equipment, accounts receivable, and cash.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 31, 2018

One thing I often tell founders when they talk about how many patents they have is, Patents are great if you have a lot of money, to defend or prosecute them, but operational execution usually wins. He later earned his JD/MBA degrees from UCLA.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2020

Enthusiastic startup founders may try to deflect or minimize these questions in true media-training style, so you need to be patient, calm, and persistent to get the whole story. Before you invest your life savings, or bet your career on this startup, you need to know how much of a barrier to entry the brand and patents are projected to be.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2023

Enthusiastic startup founders may try to deflect or minimize these questions in true media-training style, so you need to be patient, calm, and persistent to get the whole story. Before you invest your life savings, or bet your career on this startup, you need to know how much of a barrier to entry the brand and patents are projected to be.

Startup 83

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 15, 2020

Patents and trade secrets are more powerful advantages than missing competitive features, which might be quickly filled in as you gain traction. Show that you have thought about indirect competitors and alternative solutions, like airplane technology versus a better train. Emphasize intellectual property and dynamic product line.

Competition 125

Competition Entrepreneur Patents Custom 125

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

Don’t forget to consider customer alternatives, like trains versus airplanes. These days, you can find existing patents and trademarks through Google and the US Patent Office online site without spending thousands of dollars with your favorite patent attorney. Check for intellectual property barriers in your way.

Ideas 106

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 13, 2020

Registered patents and other intellectual property. There is no substitute for experience and trained skills in the business area you are attacking. They seek to establish win-win relationships with all partners, including investors, and treat them all as trusted advisors, rather than win-loss opportunities.

Entrepreneur 126

Entrepreneur Social Media Patents Mentor 126

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2018

Mashup probably reminds senior leaders of a train wreck, and social networking is still seen by some business executives as a frivolous waste of time. You need to address these concerns early, by highlighting patents, encryption capability, or other features which mitigate these risks and costs. Payback on investment.

Social Network 91

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

The critical success factors for a product business are well known, starting with selling every unit with a gross margin of 50 percent or more, building a patent and other intellectual property, and continuous product improvement. You don’t have enough hours in a day, or trained people, to succeed with lower margins in a services startup.

Services 72

Services Startup Training Writing 72

socalTECH

AUGUST 18, 2017

He's trained many thousands of people over the decades for the program, which is now nationwide, in Canada, the United Kingdom, and around the world. We provide those drug recognition experts and police officers, who are trained in basic field sobriety, to record what it is they are seeing. and Dick is DRE Emeritus.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2020

Despite some recent advances, there are still some cultures which have less regard for patents and other intellectual property. Visit the contract location, investigate their skill level, training, and quality of their facilities. Keep intellectual property keys in-house.

Outsource Development 122

Outsource Development Outsource Software Review Technical Review 122

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2012

A good answer might be “We have several patents on the base technology, which is so robust that we expect to roll out new products every year for the next ten years, always staying a step ahead of our competitors.” Remember that cars compete with trains, so alternative solutions, or doing nothing, are real competition. “We

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

Don’t forget to consider customer alternatives, like trains versus airplanes. These days, you can find existing patents and trademarks through Google and the US Patent Office online site without spending thousands of dollars with your favorite patent attorney. Check for intellectual property barriers in your way.

Technical Review 58

Technical Review Ideas Patents Startup 58

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 1, 2013

In fact, our education and training to logically associate related concepts reduces our ability to add the creative side, even though we were all born without that bias. If you study the Amazon 1-click patent long enough, you’ll likely find something of your own worth patenting. You cannot will a new idea.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2020

For example, “I have patented a new tire that will double the wear mileage at half the cost.” You should also deliver it at the beginning of every networking opportunity, and train your team to do the same. It’s better to start with a hook than to assume that people will stay with you to hear it at the end.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 26, 2012

In fact, our education and training to logically associate related concepts reduces our ability to add the creative side, even though we were all born without that bias. If you study the Amazon 1-click patent long enough, you’ll likely find something of your own worth patenting. You cannot will a new idea.

Ideas 109

Ideas Entrepreneur Patents Training 109

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2014

The critical success factors for a product business are well known, starting with selling every unit with a gross margin of 50 percent or more, building a patent and other intellectual property, and continuous product improvement. You don’t have enough hours in a day, or trained people, to succeed with lower margins in a services startup.

Services 105

Services Startup Training Writing 105

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2009

and international patent and trademark procurement - IP Litigation - IP Licenses and Agreements: distribution, development, joint venture - Intellectual property aspects of mergers and acquisitions. (www.socalip.com) Focused on high tech's unique need - Pragmatic cost-effective IP portfolio management - U.S.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 29, 2010

A good answer might be “We have several patents on the base technology, which is so robust that we expect to roll out new products every year for the next ten years, always staying a step ahead of our competitors.” Remember that cars compete with trains, so alternative solutions, or doing nothing, are competition. “We

Competition 89

Competition Patents IBM IBM 89

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2016

The critical success factors for a product business are well known, starting with selling every unit with a gross margin of 50 percent or more, building a patent and other intellectual property, and continuous product improvement. You don’t have enough hours in a day, or trained people, to succeed with lower margins in a services startup.

Services 61

Services Startup Training Writing 61

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 30, 2014

Mashup probably reminds senior leaders of a train wreck, and social networking is still seen by many business executives as a frivolous waste of time. You need to address these concerns early by highlighting patents, encryption capability or other features that mitigate these risks and costs. Reduce litigation risks and support costs.

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InfoChachkie

MARCH 4, 2019

She lowered their risk of failure by providing them with quality products, training, and advertising materials, all under the Harper Method brand name. Undaunted, Martha began recruiting working-class women who also wanted to control their own destinies. Rather than hire them as employees, she encouraged them to open their own salons.

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