InfoChachkie

AUGUST 10, 2010

Unlike an unregistered copyright, which you gain automatically by expressing an idea in written form, you cannot gain intellectual property protection by simply being the first person to describe an idea in writing. Most US high-tech companies begin the utility patent process by filing a provisional patent application.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2021

Yet from my own years of experience in the startup community, here are ten common steps that have worked for other entrepreneurs: Write a "job description" for that ideal partner. Take a hard look at your own business strengths and weaknesses, and write down what partner skills and experiences would best complement yours.

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InfoChachkie

JANUARY 6, 2014

Provisional Protection - Most US high-tech companies begin the utility patent process by filing a provisional patent application. Provisional filings are especially beneficial for startups because: You gain a year to write a thoughtful, defensible patent without delaying your filing date.

IP 210

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socalTECH

JUNE 6, 2011

Although Los Angeles has become a hub for the high tech startup world, Surprisingly, one of the things which hasn't happened in the Los Angeles area is any huge, successful venture acceleration programs. Bruce Brown: I was working in 1985 writing keyboard and mouse drivers for Windows version 1. Bruce, what's your background?

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2015

Yet from my own years of experience in the startup community, here are 10 common steps that have worked for other entrepreneurs: Write a "job description" for that ideal partner. Take a hard look at your own business strengths and weaknesses, and write down what partner skills and experiences would best complement yours.

Startup 105

Startup High Tech Entrepreneur Writing 105

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Yet from my own years of experience in the startup community, here are ten common steps that have worked for other entrepreneurs: Write a "job description" for that ideal partner. Take a hard look at your own business strengths and weaknesses, and write down what partner skills and experiences would best complement yours.

Startup 99

Startup High Tech Entrepreneur Writing 99

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

VCs have also gone back to writing checks because as an industry we can’t be seen as “sitting on the sidelines” for years at a time. This has been especially true for angels or seed investors as there is a new thesis that less capital is needed to start Internet companies so more money is being spent at this phase of the funding lifecycle.

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socalTECH

JUNE 23, 2011

One trend in the Southern California high tech startup market has been an increasing number of startups--and executives--who have been looking to combine their interests in business with their enthusiasm for giving back through nonprofits and causes. We're still powering actions there, but we're not doing editorial.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 10, 2010

Want to take a year pursuing your dream to write a screenplay, travel through Asia, run a triathlon or start your own fashion line? We were high tech at the very start of the boom. With the exception of rare circumstances most people could do this if they chose to. If not now, then when? I chose a different path.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 23, 2013

This started as a post in which I was going to write out tips to personal branding and became in stead an essay of my own branding journey. I wanted to do business projects and I got in touch with a guy from the strategy consulting practice in the telecoms & high-tech practice in London. You’re a tech guy.

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Technical Advisors Marketing Startup Venture Capital 385

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2011

For software, websites, and high-tech products, this is the “meat” of what you intend to build. Skip the acronyms, write at an eighth-grade level, and talk in terms of “benefits” rather than “features.” Because it addresses an internal audience, it can use technical jargon and assume the reader understands the technology.

Product 93

Product Entrepreneur Outsource Development Competition 93

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2012

For software, websites, and high-tech products, this is the “meat” of what you intend to build. Skip the acronyms, write at an eighth-grade level, and talk in terms of “benefits” rather than “features.” Because it addresses an internal audience, it can use technical jargon and assume the reader understands the technology.

Product 92

Product Outsource Development Competition High Tech 92

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

If you live in the middle of nowhere, your chances of finding the right co-founder for your new high-tech startup are poor. Get this in writing as a standard pre-nuptial. Watch out for non-compete clauses, and conflicts of interest with the current employer. Move to the right geography. Hire a lawyer.

Startup 95

Startup Entrepreneur Activity High Tech 95

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 15, 2011

If you live in the middle of nowhere, your chances of finding the right co-founder for your new high-tech startup are poor. Get this in writing as a standard pre-nuptial. Watch out for non-compete clauses, and conflicts of interest with the current employer. Move to the right geography. Hire a lawyer.

Startup 92

Startup Entrepreneur Activity High Tech 92

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Specifically, I often point to the NSF or the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program for high-tech startups. Another alternative is to find an inexpensive class on grant writing. through Grants.gov , an online directory of more than 1,000 federal grant programs that don’t look for equity or payback.

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Funding Technical Review Startup Research 90

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 15, 2018

Thus I always recommend a common series of steps that I have seen working for other entrepreneurs: Write a partner description for that ideal co-founder. Take a hard look at your own business strengths and weaknesses, and write down what partner skills and experiences would best complement yours. Relocate to a more lucrative geography.

High Tech 55

High Tech Entrepreneur Writing Startup 55

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

Often times, in the world of cell phones and high tech software, you don't know the challenges throughout the process of creating a product. Everyone wants to read a PDF, but few want to write or change them. When you have to do something new or different, it might take longer or you might have to add tasks.

Startup 100

Startup Software Review Technical Review Software 100

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 17, 2010

If you live in the middle of nowhere, your chances of finding the right co-founder for your new high-tech startup are poor. Get this in writing as a standard pre-nuptial. Watch out for non-compete clauses, and conflicts of interest with the current employer. Move to Silicon Valley. Hire a lawyer.

Startup 54

Startup Entrepreneur Activity High Tech 54

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2010

For software, websites, and high-tech products, this is the “meat” of what you intend to build. Skip the acronyms, write at an eighth-grade level, and talk in terms of “benefits” rather than “features.” Because it addresses an internal audience, it can use technical jargon and assume the reader understands the technology.

Product 48

Product Outsource Development Competition High Tech 48

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2010

They taught us to write down questions when they came up and batch them together in point sheets. Dmitry walks the audience through the basic techniques that most high-tech savvy professionals use to streamline our digital lives. I believe in consensus building and understand Sikakkar’s sentiment.

Product 280

Product Startup Email Technical Review 280

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. But I didn’t write it for you; I wrote it for myself. m writing about how I became our technical co-founder. This post is an accusation.

Technical Review 175

Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

InfoChachkie

APRIL 9, 2012

When high-tech businesses, founded by appropriately educated entrepreneurs who received money from sophisticated investors are considered, the survival rates are even more encouraging. Keep your write-ups to a single page. Looking for small ventures will help you open your eyes to the myriad of opportunities that surround you.

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Startup Ideas Entrepreneur Statistics 243

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2013

“Scope creep” (or feature creep) is an insidious disease that kills more good startups than any other, especially high-tech ones, and yet most founders (who may be the cause) never even see it happening. Remember that in new product development, as in writing, addition by subtraction is the Golden Rule.

Technical Review 110

Technical Review Startup Software Review High Tech 110

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2015

“Scope creep” (or feature creep) is an insidious disease that kills more new business solutions than any other, especially high-tech ones, and yet most founders (who may be the cause) never even see it happening. Remember that in new product development, as in writing, addition by subtraction is the Golden Rule.

Technical Review 104

Technical Review Product Software Review High Tech 104

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 6, 2011

“Scope creep” (or feature creep) is an insidious disease that kills more good startups than any other, especially high-tech ones, and yet most founders (who may be the cause) never even see it happening. Remember that in new product development, as in writing, addition by subtraction is the Golden Rule.

Technical Review 96

Technical Review Startup Software Review High Tech 96

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2012

“Scope creep” (or feature creep) is an insidious disease that kills more good startups than any other, especially high-tech ones, and yet most founders (who may be the cause) never even see it happening. Remember that in new product development, as in writing, addition by subtraction is the Golden Rule.

Technical Review 75

Technical Review Startup Software Review High Tech 75

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 1, 2010

This insidious disease kills more good startups than any other, especially high-tech ones, and yet most founders (who may be the cause) never even see it happening. Remember that in new product development, as in writing, addition by subtraction is the Golden Rule.

Technical Review 51

Technical Review Software Review High Tech Writing 51

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 8, 2015

This prompted the city to go high tech and invest in 31 giant moonlight towers made of most advanced materials at the time, carbon arc light. The moonlight towers became Austin’s first street lights and stood several stories high simulating light for up to 1,500 feet. I plan to take this tour shortly and I will write an update.

Guide 40

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InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 28, 2013

I am writing this article while sitting on a rooftop deck, overlooking the ocean in Baja, Mexico. With few exceptions, high tech companies can be located nearly anywhere without suffering debilitating disadvantages which would have been the death knell of companies a decade ago. Life Ain''t Your Hobby.

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