Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 3, 2011

When someone says Intellectual Property (IP), most entrepreneurs think only of patents. In reality, patents are only one of at least eight items that should be in your IP portfolio. Remember that ideas cannot be patented, only novel implementations. Patent attorney fees start at around $5K. Trademarks.

Social Media 94

Social Media Media Patents IP 94

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2019

When someone says Intellectual Property (IP), most entrepreneurs think only of patents. In reality, patents are only one of at least eight items that should be in your IP portfolio. Remember that ideas cannot be patented, only novel implementations. You need all these before you start looking for funding. Trademarks. Copyrights.

IP 93

IP Invest Patents Social Media 93

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

” Juxtapose this: Larry Page telling us we need more ambitious projects and one person with a blog writing a very negative take-down piece on a company that is truly innovative and trying to change an industry and free us from having to crouch in airport corners to get 18% more juice on our phones before catching out flights.

Technical Review 417

Technical Review Startup Software Review Course 417

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Kathy Sierra at Business of Software 2009 - Business of Software Blog , May 4, 2010 "In the old days, getting customers was easy. Why Lawyers Don’t Run Startups - Steve Blank , May 27, 2010 Startups need to have a great lawyer, accountant, patent attorney, etc. You could just outspend. It's a great talk. The Application.

Startup 248

Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

Xconomy

MARCH 15, 2019

Wireless giant Qualcomm notched a win Friday in its ongoing multijurisdictional war with smartphone maker Apple as a federal jury in San Diego unanimously backed its patent infringement case.

Patents 56

Patents San Diego Mobile IP 56

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 5, 2009

I can be found on LinkedIn , have a blog Holocognics and my firm’s website is www.SolutionsLLP.com. It also helps if there is a reason that other people can’t compete with you, either because of some trade secret or patent. What are some good posts that I should check out on your blog? I really like the focus of your blog.

Startup 150

Startup SEO Pepperdine Blogging 150

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 3, 2011

Brad and Jason have been exposing venture capitalists’ secrets since 2005, when they began writing a blog series on Term Sheets at AskTheVC. Don’t Overemphasize Patents. If you haven’t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for. free weekly Infochachkie articles! The Magicians Tells Their Secrets. Don’t Email Carpet Bomb VCs.

Venture Capital 205

Venture Capital Entrepreneur Writing Guide 205

Tech Zulu Event

OCTOBER 24, 2010

Tags: Social News TechZulu Law Video AOL Art Neill Bing Blogs BlogWorld BlogWorld Expo 2010 Christina Gagnier Copyright Creative Commons Demand Media Facebook Farhad Mohit FTC Guides Internet JD Lasica Lisa Borodkin Mozilla New Media Rights Startups TechZulu Live TZ Law Yahoo.

Yahoo 73

Yahoo Guide Patents Blogging 73

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. Be a visible and available expert in your domain.

Startup 174

Startup Training Services Writing 174

SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2010

" 8 Questions to Ask When Interviewing at a Startup - Instigator Blog , June 18, 2010 Job interviews are meant to be conversations. Just because a product has a patent, deep complexity and an obvious competitive advantage does not mean that it can fly by itself into the market. Your remote control has two buttons. Guess what?

Startup 175

Startup Venture Capital Slides Blogging 175

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 4, 2017

When someone says Intellectual Property (IP), most entrepreneurs think only of patents. In reality, patents are only one of at least eight items that should be in your IP portfolio. Remember that ideas cannot be patented, only novel implementations. You need all these before you start looking for funding. Trademarks. Copyrights.

Startup 69

Startup Patents IP Social Media 69

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2020

I’m not suggesting that a startup should ever disclose patent details to others before filing, but I can’t imagine why a startup would not seek visibility and feedback for their idea and solution while they could still make changes with minimal cost. In my view, this paranoid approach costs them much more than the risk of being open.

Search Engine Optimization 174

Search Engine Optimization Ideas Startup Customer 174

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2012

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. Incorporate, register your domain name, trademarks, and copyrights, then patent if possible. Love that sustainable competitive advantage.

Entrepreneur 102

Entrepreneur Patents Startup Ideas 102

InfoChachkie

MARCH 1, 2012

As any long-time reader of this humble blog knows, I am an ardent Beatles fan. Some of the examples are patently obvious (e.g., (i) Other installments include: Jeff Bezos , Steve Jobs , Mark Cuban , Richard Branson , Walt Disney , Mark Zuckerberg , Michael Dell and Larry Ellison. Unfortunately, I was a bit disappointed.

Tips 259

Tips Startup Entrepreneur Product 259

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2013

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. Incorporate, register your domain name, trademarks, and copyrights, then patent if possible. Love that sustainable competitive advantage.

Startup 100

Startup Patents Competition Social Network 100

socalTECH

JUNE 19, 2014

I saw that there were a few solutions out there people were blogging about out there, mostly about taping polarized filters on the cameras. We did get a patent on our first, snap-on camera mount, but maybe if we had put a little more resources and time into solidifying those patents, so they were not easily worked around would have been good.

Startup 196

Startup Van Nuys Patents Santa Barbara 196

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2017

I read commentary or Twitter or blogs and realize that there are also strongly held convictions that there are these evil VCs who do terrible things to mostly altruistic founders. There’s a lot of mystique about what happens at board meetings and a lot of imagined board-room drama.

Startup 217

Startup Technical Review Equity Report 217

Xconomy

DECEMBER 14, 2018

The patent holder, the University of Toronto, gave companies the right to manufacture insulin. But the university also allowed them to patent the improvements they made, which enabled them to slap higher prices on each new version. In the nearly 100 years since insulin’s discovery, no generic version has become available in the U.S.

Patents 77

Patents Pricing Competition San Diego 77

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Trademarks, copyrights and even patents can be completed online by anyone through the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office site for a few hundred dollars. Site marketing is easily extended through blogs, Twitter, Facebook and social media. Use virtual assistants online to supplement your efforts.

Startup 108

Startup Search Engine Optimization Social Media Outsource Development 108

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 10, 2021

A while back I received a discouraging note from an entrepreneur with a patent and a medical software application who couldn’t find a dime of investment, and was grousing that seed funding just wasn’t available anymore. The resources are out there to help you, like the book mentioned, this blog, and many more. Use them and win.

Software Review 123

Software Review Seed Funding Funding Startup 123

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 12, 2010

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. Incorporate, register your domain name, trademarks, and copyrights, then patent if possible. Love that sustainable competitive advantage.

Startup 88

Startup Patents Competition Social Network 88

Xconomy

DECEMBER 20, 2018

The court ruled that Cupertino, CA-based Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL ) infringed a Qualcomm patent that relates to a way to extend a smartphone’s battery life by enabling it to use power more efficiently.

Patents 45

Patents San Diego Sales IP 45

Xconomy

JULY 24, 2020

EQRx launched in January during the JP Morgan Healthcare Conference with an audacious pledge to create 10 new drugs in as many years and then sell them at “dramatically” lower prices than existing medicines. But it offered few specifics about how it would achieve those goals.

Patents 77

Patents Conference Pricing Design 77

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. The patent process is far from perfect, but it’s a huge step ahead of no proprietary content. Create intellectual property. Start early by registering your company, and reserving the name as your website domain name. Also don’t forget trademarks and copyrights.

Tips 102

Tips Help Startup Blogging 102

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2020

Then, he'll need to patent it and create a plan to show opportunity, competition, and financial projections. Build your own personal brand image through blogging, industry forums, and networking. I have tried to convince him the general idea alone does not make a business. Yes, there are a lot of bridges to cross.

Ideas 126

Ideas Writing Examples Outsource 126

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2023

I’m not suggesting that a startup should ever disclose patent details to others before filing, but I can’t imagine why a startup would not seek visibility and feedback for their idea and solution while they could still make changes with minimal cost. In my view, this paranoid approach costs them much more than the risk of being open.

Marketing 105

Marketing Startup Search Engine Optimization Ideas 105

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2020

Hire a professional marketing and public relations agency once you have a good revenue stream but you don’t need them to start a free blog, establish Facebook and Twitter accounts with initial content and complete the basics of search engine optimization. Tackling most of the support tasks yourself. Use social media for early marketing.

Search Engine Optimization 124

Search Engine Optimization Outsource Development Social Media Equity 124

Xconomy

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

This week our guest is Nathan Myhrvold , the former Microsoft chief technology officer who, since 2000, has headed Intellectual Ventures, a Bellevue, WA-based firm that buys, develops, and licenses technology patents and other intellectual property. He has so many interests and projects that we could easily have spent the entire.

Chief Technology Officer 85

Chief Technology Officer Patents Entrepreneur Technology 85

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 17, 2013

A while back I received a discouraging note from an entrepreneur with a patent and a medical software application who couldn’t find a dime of investment, and was grousing that seed funding just wasn’t available anymore. The resources are out there to help you, like the book mentioned, this blog, and many more. Use them and win.

Software Review 106

Software Review Funding Startup Seed Funding 106

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2023

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. Be a visible and available expert in your domain.

Startup 111

Startup Training Services Writing 111

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

I suggest you use social media, blogging, crowdfunding, or documented research to quantify a real demand from people who can afford it, and don’t have a better alternative already out there. Any startup with no patents, trade secrets, or other secret sauce is very high risk today.

Ideas 94

Ideas Slides Technical Review Patents 94

Xconomy

JUNE 25, 2019

Pharmaceutical giant AbbVie this morning agreed to acquire Allergan in a $63 billion deal meant to provide the pharmaceutical giant with enough revenue to brace for the loss of patent protection for the world’s top-selling drug. AbbVie (NYSE: ABBV ) will pay $188.24

Patents 82

Patents San Diego Blogging 82

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 31, 2011

It also makes legal sense to never disclose the details of your patent application, before the product is ready to ship. In addition, a website needs several weeks of presence for indexing by search engines, search engine optimization, blog activity, and link building. These things can’t be done while in stealth mode.

Startup 101

Startup Search Engine Optimization Course Media 101

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 15, 2012

It also makes legal sense to never disclose the details of your patent application, before the product is ready to ship. In addition, a website needs several weeks of presence for indexing by search engines, search engine optimization, blog activity, and link building. These things can’t be done while in stealth mode.

Entrepreneur 101

Entrepreneur Search Engine Optimization Startup News 101

Xconomy

MARCH 2, 2018

Now, the Arkansas-based giant says it has filed two patents on technology that can digitize the current inspection process for perishable goods. Food spoilage can cost big retailers like Walmart billions in losses.

Artificial Inteligence 81

Artificial Inteligence Patents Ideas Technology 81

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 17, 2011

Reserve the same names on the leading social networks and blogs. The patent process is far from perfect, but it’s a huge step ahead of no proprietary content. Create intellectual property. Start early by registering your company, and reserving the name as your website domain name. Also don’t forget trademarks and copyrights.

Mentor 100

Mentor Startup Social Network Patents 100

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 10, 2012

A while back I received a discouraging note from an entrepreneur with a patent and a medical software application who couldn’t find a dime of investment, and was grousing that seed funding just wasn’t available anymore. The resources are out there to help you, like the book mentioned, this blog, and many more. Use them and win.

Seed Funding 100

Seed Funding Software Review Entrepreneur Funding 100