Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2012

Those at the other extreme don’t look up from the grindstone long enough to notice whether all their work is producing sweat equity or just sweat. Working on that unique design, or completing the breakthrough for an innovative patent, are moments of inspiration that you will never forget, especially if they become your competitive edge.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 5, 2014

Of course, their answer is that the second intends to get to market faster, but every engine has limits regardless the fuel applied. Deferred payments start with stretching the payables period but, more importantly, include giving employee equity in lieu of a higher salaries and negotiating vendor deferred payments out of future revenues.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

Those at the other extreme don’t look up from the grindstone long enough to notice whether all their work is producing sweat equity or just sweat. Working on that unique design, or completing the breakthrough for an innovative patent, are moments of inspiration that you will never forget, especially if they become your competitive edge.

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Xconomy

MAY 30, 2016

X: I read an article from 1998 that you were quoted in—it sounded like Stanford’s Niels Reimers helped MIT reorganize its patenting and licensing office in 1986 to make it more like Stanford’s model. Just about nothing, one or two courses— Ed Roberts had one—on entrepreneurship. Then it got acquired by Millipore.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

File a provisional patent, register a trademark, and reserve your company domain names. Of course, a real contract or purchase order from a big customer is even better. Investors like to see that you have committed personal funds as well as “sweat equity,” and they like to see real progress at this level.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2012

File a provisional patent, register a trademark, and reserve your company domain names. Of course, a real contract or purchase order from a big customer is even better. Investors like to see that you have committed personal funds as well as “sweat equity,” and they like to see real progress at this level.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 17, 2011

File a provisional patent, register a trademark, and reserve your company domain names. Of course, a real contract or purchase order from a big customer is even better. Investors like to see that you have committed personal funds as well as “sweat equity,” and they like to see real progress at this level.

Startup 101

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 25, 2009

Some startup attorneys will accept a portion of their initial fees in the form of equity. When you hit the inevitable bumps in the road, a lawyer who has an equity stake in your business is more likely to be flexible with respect to payment terms and more willing to give you quick, off-the-clock feedback and guidance. Money Is Time.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2010

File a provisional patent, register a trademark, and reserve your company domain names. Of course, a real contract or purchase order from a big customer is even better. Investors like to see that you have committed personal funds as well as “sweat equity,” and they like to see real progress at this level.

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