Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2015

Disclosures relative to patents. Entrepreneurs should never disclose the details of a planned or current patent application to any outsiders, even with a CDA in place. Product details in the public domain can never be patented. There are many samples available from trusted sources, including this one from Entrepreneur.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2013

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. Significant differences will confuse your customers, and open the door to imitators and scam artists. Patent attorney fees start at around $5K.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 29, 2013

On the other hand, if you intend to patent an idea, you need a signed confidentiality agreement from everyone knowing details, or you will legally lose patent rights. The format of an NDA is simple, and you can download a sample from my website. Prior to patent application. Trade secrets. Period covered.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 21, 2012

On the other hand, if you intend to patent an idea, you need a signed confidentiality agreement from everyone knowing details, or you will legally lose patent rights. The format of an NDA is simple, and you can download a sample from my website. Prior to patent application. Trade secrets. Period covered.

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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. Significant differences will confuse your customers, and open the door to imitators and scam artists. Patent attorney fees start at around $5K.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 7, 2014

The name of your business has a tremendous impact on how customers and investors view you, and in today’s small world, it’s a world-wide decision. When creating a name, stay with words that can easily be spelled by customers. Make your business name one that customers can pronounce and remember easily. Avoid unusual spellings.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 24, 2011

On the other hand, if you intend to patent an idea, you need a signed confidentiality agreement from everyone knowing details, or you will legally lose patent rights. The format of an NDA is simple, and you can download a sample from my website. Prior to patent application. Trade secrets. Period covered.

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Patents Sample Ideas Entrepreneur 90

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2013

The name of your business has a tremendous impact on how customers and investors view you, and in today’s small world, it’s a world-wide decision. When creating a name, stay with words that can easily be spelled by customers. Make your business name one that customers can pronounce and remember easily. Avoid unusual spellings.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 27, 2012

Here is how and why it works, including a customer-centric quantification of the benefits. Describe your technology patents and “secret sauce”. Define the characteristics of the overall industry, market forces, market dynamics, and customer landscape. Explain how you will make money and who pays you (real customer).

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2011

The name of your business has a tremendous impact on how customers and investors view you, and in today’s small world, it’s a world-wide decision. When creating a name, stay with words that can easily be spelled by customers. Make your business name one that customers can pronounce and remember easily. Avoid unusual spellings.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 23, 2013

In today’s Internet world, enterprising entrepreneurs have found that they can find out and do almost anything they need, from incorporating the company to filing patents, without expensive consultants, or the cost to hiring and firing employees. Of course, every company needs these, in due time. Need expensive resources up front.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 10, 2011

Here is how and why it works, including a customer-centric quantification of the benefits. Describe your technology patents and “secret sauce”. Define the characteristics of the overall industry, market forces, market dynamics, and customer landscape. Explain how you will make money and who pays you (real customer).

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Slides Competition Sample Sales 93

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

In today’s Internet world, enterprising entrepreneurs have found that they can find out and do almost anything they need, from incorporating the company to filing patents, without expensive consultants, or the cost to hiring and firing employees. Of course, every company needs these, in due time. Need expensive resources up front.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

The name of your business has a tremendous impact on how customers and investors view you, and in today’s small world, it’s a world-wide decision. When creating a name, stay with words that can easily be spelled by customers. Make your business name one that customers can pronounce and remember easily. Avoid unusual spellings.

Companies 92

Companies Company Google Customer 92

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 19, 2010

Here is how and why it works, including a customer-centric quantification of the benefits. Describe your technology patents and “secret sauce”. Define the characteristics of the overall industry, market forces, market dynamics, and customer landscape. Explain how you will make money and who pays you (real customer).

Slides 94

Slides Competition Sample Sales 94

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 30, 2010

On the other hand, if you intend to patent an idea, you need a signed confidentiality agreement from everyone knowing details, or you will legally lose patent rights. The format of an NDA is simple, and you can download a sample from my website. Prior to patent application. Trade secrets. Period covered.

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Startup Patents Sample Entrepreneur 48

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2011

In today’s Internet world, enterprising entrepreneurs have found that they can find out and do almost anything they need, from incorporating the company to filing patents, without expensive consultants, or the cost to hiring and firing employees. Of course, every company needs these, in due time. Need expensive resources up front.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 9, 2011

The resulting credibility will help you establish future business development and customer relationships. Your pitch will be far more compelling to prospective customers and business partners when you have physical evidence of your partnership with a BDC. Do Not Relinquish Press Release Capabilities.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 9, 2011

The resulting credibility will help you establish future business development and customer relationships. Your pitch will be far more compelling to prospective customers and business partners when you have physical evidence of your partnership with a BDC. Do Not Relinquish Press Release Capabilities.

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Outsource Development Entrepreneur Press Technical Review 124

Tech.Co

MARCH 1, 2018

This biotech company developed Xplore-PATHO as a service to test samples for the presence of pathogens – everything from bacteria and DNA virus to parasites and fungus – in a single test. For retailers, this will mean selling more product, fewer returns and happier customers. Culpability (Atlanta, GA).

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socalTECH

MARCH 16, 2010

One of the things we've been able to do, is we've patented a cathode where we can dial in the amount of energy, or power, or any combination we need. We've had our product sampling in several areas, and now our major customers want to see our ability to make these day-in and day-out, on a bell shaped curve. READ MORE>>.

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