Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2016

Remember you can’t sustain a business or social cause with no revenue or profit. Be able to differentiate your offering from competitors. The best differentiation is a patent or other intellectual property that also provides a barrier to entry. Validate your business model on real customers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2014

Other intellectual property has similar value, including trade secrets, copyrights and trademarks. Investors are looking for technology, process, or business model breakthroughs, to move costs to a new level. Clear product differentiation and a singular focus. This approach is not convincing.

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Business Plan Blog

JULY 9, 2013

When developing a business plan and business model, it is important to look beyond the product/service/competitive advantages and try to establish advantages that are truly sustainable. The following are some tips to help you with this process: Intellectual Property. While all I.P. While all I.P. But for how long?

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Venture Chronicles

OCTOBER 2, 2012

This got me to wondering if in the not distant future when 3-D printers become just another durable good that is available to consumers, if then a significant paradigm shift occurs whereby product companies no longer sell the finished product but rather the intellectual property of a product.

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chrissundberg.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

I’ve been hearing lots of people talk about starting their own businesses recently and would like to quell some of the misinformation that I’ve heard circulating. The Myth: You need an NDA to protect your intellectual property. The success of any business is in the execution. You Need an NDA.

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infochachkie.com

SEPTEMBER 24, 2011

There is an inherent conflict in a consultant’s business model and the needs of a startup. link] Intellectual Property – Worthless To A Startup, Priceless To A Big Dumb Company | infoChachkie. [.] (IP) Yet, it does nothing to help you execute your business model. IP) is an ugly thing at a startup.

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Up and Running

MAY 1, 2014

If your business model (i.e., “how If you are raising money to start or grow your business, you need to include the details of what you need in the executive summary. Investors will want to know what advantages you have over the competition and how you plan on differentiating yourself. Financial summary.

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Steve Blank

JUNE 23, 2021

This allowed us to emphasize how to differentiate a technical spec from a value proposition and expand on the parts of the business model that are unique for science and engineering startups. Going forward we’ll continue to offer the class in two sections with the second class focused on science and technology.

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Software By Rob

AUGUST 18, 2010

Rob, frankly I’m surprised you’re endorsing this business model. #5 at 9:42 am I agree with the point by Reader X that the Free/Premium model is a marketing strategy. Rob, frankly I’m surprised you’re endorsing this business model.&# at 1:59 pm i do believe it depends on your business model.

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techcrunch.com

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Especially since even Youtube is still struggling to try find a viable business model. Some of the investments defy explanation… Money poured into something that no one has yet been able to monetise, with a competitive landscape that is over-saturated, and with no real differentiation from what’s already out there.

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