SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

A creator and producer of social media, Michael’s responsibilities include leadership for the design team, concept creation and strategic consulting for highly engaging interactive experiences. He is a former chairman of the Business Software Alliance, and currently is Chair of the LA Chapter of the Technology Council of Southern California.

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Steve Blank

MAY 26, 2009

You don’t need to worry about any Intellectual Property (IP) issues. The next week another team, working on a new type of solid oxide fuel cell, remarked, “Professor Blank, in our industry there’s a ton of patents and stuff and people tell us we shouldn’t be out there unless we start patent protecting all our IP.”

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Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2020

They created a program called Onward California in partnership with the State of California and with the support of governor Newsom. Their model in California was so successful they eventually created a new organization, Onward US, dedicated to putting American workers displaced by COVID-19 back to work. Jake Soberal : Yeah.

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 7, 2009

Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 3: The Best Defense is a Good IP Strategy » 24 Responses Tweets that mention Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 2: They Raised Money With My Slides?! That’s not found in a set of slides. Filed under: E.piphany « Someone Stole My Startup Idea – Part 1: Are Those My Initials?

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VC Cafe

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

“Carriers are moving rapidly to IP-based mobile backhaul, and Wintegra’s product offering is uniquely positioned to enable this packet transition and breakthrough the bandwidth bottlenecks faced in mobile networks,&# said Greg Lang, president and chief executive officer of PMC-Sierra.

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Steve Blank

MAY 4, 2009

In an IP licensing business, legal and finance are the sharp end of the stick. Having each department develop a mission statement depends on leadership and direction from the CEO. “Going Out of Business” Strategy I’m now convinced “all our departments are equal” is a “going out of business” strategy.

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Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

Both at improving your digital engagement and acquisition effectiveness, and at weaning your leadership away from the shiny hollow demo/psycho obsession. Make re-allocation of people/money recommendations to your leadership team. Switch your IP to the first opportunity from #1. Recommend changes. Look at popular categories.

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