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. You have no shelf life, so you can’t make money while you sleep.

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Intellectual Property Social Media Business Model Employee 436

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 7, 2023

With the success of Facebook and Twitter, I still see new social media startups almost every day, with most destined to fail. Never take your eye off the ball in business. While there should be no stigma for failure, there is no joy in being a dead business walking. Relying on an old formula for success.

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Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Bankruptcy Viral 314

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

Register some intellectual property to provide a barrier to entry. A large portion of your competitive advantage and your potential value to investors is the size of your intellectual property portfolio. Fundable entrepreneurs have a proven business model and are ready to scale up the business.

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Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Preferred Stock Stealth 120

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 14, 2021

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. Your solution is just the beginning, not the only solution. This approach is not convincing.

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Intellectual Property Angel Investor Dilution Differentiation 417

Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

For the last 10 years China essentially closed its search, media and social network software market to foreign companies with the result that Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Dropbox, and 30,000 other websites were not accessible from China. business models. business models. like WeChat.).

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China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 323

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2016

Here are seven lessons I’ve accumulated from real life experiences on how crowdfunding can lead you astray -- and guidance on how to offset these potential negatives: Keep your attention on the business model as well as the solution. Be extra careful with your intellectual property.

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Non-disclosure Agreement Intellectual Property Technical Review Vesting 120

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 12, 2020

With the success of Facebook and Twitter, I still see new social media startups almost every day, with most destined to fail. Never take your eye off the ball in business. While there should be no stigma for failure, there is no joy in being a dead business walking. Relying on an old formula for success.

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Intellectual Property Startup Bankruptcy Viral 310

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 10, 2016

With the success of Facebook and Twitter, I still see new social media startups almost every day, with most destined to fail. Never take your eye off the ball in business. While there should be no stigma for failure, there is no joy in being a dead business walking. Relying on an old formula for success.

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Business Model Intellectual Property Startup Bankruptcy 120

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2015

Outside investors are most interested in scaling a proven business model, not research and development. Business people know how to downplay the technology and market the value of the solution. In today’s world of information overload, everyone relies on marketing and social media to find solutions to match their needs.

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Technical Review Intellectual Property Cofounder Bootstrapping 120

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

But they can otherwise save you much time and effort, and are also safer and more productive than the old-fashioned approach of broadcast emailing or cold-calling every investor you can find in online directories, or responding to the risky spam offers you get for funding on social media. Register Internet and social media startup names.

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Equity Intellectual Property Elevator Pitch Social Media 236

Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

The convergence of digital trends along with the rise of China and globalization has upended the rules for almost every business in every corner of the globe. It’s worth noting that everything from the Internet, to electric cars, genomic sequencing, mobile apps, and social media — were pioneered by startups, not existing companies.

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Private Equity Metrics China Intellectual Property 325

YoungUpstarts

AUGUST 6, 2012

Its first, Brooklyn Enterprise on Science and Technology (BEST) helps science and technology companies grow with a student patent program, intellectual property commercialization, help from business advisors, and funding recommendations.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 14, 2013

For the last 10 years China essentially closed its search, media and social network software market to foreign companies with the result that Google, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Dropbox, and 30,000 other websites were not accessible from China. business models. business models. like WeChat.).

China 215

China Silicon Valley Non-Compete Intellectual Property 215

Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Write your business plan and develop your business model with this in mind so you can avoid these issues. . You can choose from a few different types of business plans depending on your needs. If you’re seeking investment, you need a traditional business plan. Target market: Who is your ideal buyer? Be specific.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2020

Even the best solutions these days need to be marketed on multiple platforms, including online, social media, and the proper industry and customer channels for customer geographies. Believe it or not, the business world changes even faster than technology, so you need to see changes coming in your industry, and even drive them.

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Founder Intellectual Property Dilution Startup 312

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

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. You have no shelf life, so you can’t make money while you sleep.

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Intellectual Property Social Media Business Model Employee 181

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2014

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. You have no shelf life, so you can’t make money while you sleep.

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Intellectual Property Social Media Business Model Employee 263

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 31, 2020

The media will often cover a particular stock when it performs well, thereby encouraging more people to jump and invest in shares. Often individuals will invest in businesses that they do not understand just because that particular share or stock is trending or hot at the moment; however, this is the wrong move to make.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

The discipline of writing down a plan is the best way to make sure you actually understand how to transform your idea into a business. Business model doesn’t make money. No intellectual property. Intellectual property is also often the largest element of early-stage company valuations for professional investors.

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Intellectual Property Startup Viral Early Stage 251

Gust

NOVEMBER 8, 2012

As a business lawyer working with startups in technology and digital media every day, I’m fortunate to have a front-row seat as entrepreneurs create value out of thin air. Intellectual Property.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 1, 2012

The discipline of writing down a plan is the best way to make sure you actually understand how to transform your idea into a business. Business model doesn’t make money. No intellectual property. Intellectual property is also often the largest element of early-stage company valuations for professional investors.

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Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Viral Early Stage 274

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 10, 2014

But from my perspective in really helping entrepreneurs, both fall short on several counts: Focus too much on the product, not enough on the business model. The key success factors of the business model (how a business survives and grows), management expertise, and financial projections will likely get overlooked.

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Non-disclosure Agreement Intellectual Property Accredited Investor Equity 254

SoCal CTO

NOVEMBER 10, 2009

It was also beneficial because I got some good experience with both B2B and B2C business models. In addition, I do a few consulting projects on the side, in the areas of product strategy, search engine optimization, and intellectual property. After BITSource was successfully acquired, I moved to L.A. How did you do that?

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2017

Thus you need to build a working prototype, and project total costs, a winning business model, and real growth opportunity. A good social cause doesn’t always imply a viable business. With interactive social media and blogging, you have every opportunity to test and tune your idea before spending any real money.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2016

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. You have no shelf life, so you can’t make money while you sleep.

Intellectual Property 120

Intellectual Property Startup Social Media Business Model 120

SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2011

This site aggregates and filters content from thought leaders who talk about topics such as Marketing , Sales , Design , Revenue , Hiring , Social Media , Business Models , Metrics , PR , Venture Capital , Angel Investors , Bootstrapping , Incubators , Agile and many others.

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Intellectual Property Aggregator Startup IP 175

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 17, 2013

But from my perspective in really helping entrepreneurs, both fall short on several counts: Focus too much on the product, not enough on the business model. The key success factors of the business model (how a business survives and grows), management expertise, and financial projections will likely get overlooked.

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Non-disclosure Agreement Intellectual Property Accredited Investor Equity 266

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 27, 2018

This implies high odds of a scalable business, simply needing an investment to lead to success. Business model showing costs, pricing, and margins. Intellectual property and sustainable competitive advantage. Of course, you wouldn’t include this data in your customer product pitch.

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Product Intellectual Property Liquidity Event Exit Strategy 145

Kodorra

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Don’t forget to choose a sound business model. Whether it is advertisement model, B2C (Business to Consumer) ecommerce, affiliate or subscription, picking the right choice could determine the rise or fall of your business. Avoid using potentially offensive words or phrases in your business name and slogan.

Software Review 45

Software Review Hosting Intellectual Property Naming 45

Gust

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

The discipline of writing down a plan is the best way to make sure you actually understand how to transform your idea into a business. Business model doesn’t make money. No intellectual property. Intellectual property is also often the largest element of early-stage company valuations for professional investors.

Intellectual Property 183

Intellectual Property Startup Viral Early Stage 183

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. Your solution is just the beginning, not the only solution. This approach is not convincing.

Intellectual Property 234

Intellectual Property Angel Investor Dilution Differentiation 234

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2016

The best differentiation is a patent or other intellectual property that also provides a barrier to entry. Validate your business model on real customers. Giving free beta copies of your solution to customers to elicit testimonials does not validate a business model.

Intellectual Property 120

Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch Exit Strategy 120

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2011

Crowd-sourcing tools, usually Internet applications, use the social media to poll for interest, feedback, and ultimately some funding for the startup. But from my perspective representing investors, this approach falls short on several counts: Focus is on the product, not the business model. Intellectual property is jeopardized.

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Non-disclosure Agreement Intellectual Property Startup Social Media 230

Up and Running

AUGUST 28, 2018

Financial summary: Explain your business model, startup costs, revenues, and liabilities to the company. First, your business plan laid out the opportunity at hand. Now is the time to lay out what you’ll do to attract patients and set up a viable business model with healthy financials. Be specific.

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Business Plan Technical Review Exit Strategy Oregon 72

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 9, 2015

With the success of Facebook and Twitter, I still see new social media startups almost every day, with most destined to fail. Never take your eye off the ball in business. While there should be no stigma for failure, there is no joy in being a dead business walking. Relying on an old formula for success.

Intellectual Property 120

Intellectual Property Startup Bankruptcy Viral 120

Gust

NOVEMBER 2, 2014

But from my perspective in really helping entrepreneurs, both fall short on several counts: Focus too much on the product, not enough on the business model. The key success factors of the business model (how a business survives and grows), management expertise, and financial projections will likely get overlooked.

Non-disclosure Agreement 160

Non-disclosure Agreement Intellectual Property Accredited Investor Equity 160

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 25, 2016

Other social ventures may make good family businesses, but scaling and profitability are limited. Investors are wary of startups with no intellectual property, even with a first-mover advantage. When Facebook first started looking for investors, there was so social-media market.

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Intellectual Property Accredited Investor Angel Investor Reputation 120