Gust

NOVEMBER 3, 2013

Based on my experience as a mentor and an entrepreneur, if you fail on your first startup, you are about average. Every young entrepreneur knows implicitly that startup success is a long hard road. Of course, a real entrepreneur always takes a failure as a milestone on the road to success. Image via TheSocialRobot.com.

Intellectual Property 183

Intellectual Property Startup Viral Early Stage 183

Gust

MAY 18, 2014

They are overloaded by the media with amazing advertising messages, and people now realize that you can’t believe anything you see in pictures, and even videos can be edited to deliver any message. In fact, we are all media companies now, with our cell phones, computers, and professional-looking publishing tools.

Customer 166

Customer Audience Advertising Social Media 166

Gust

NOVEMBER 2, 2014

Many entrepreneurs seems to be convinced that the “crowd” of regular people using the Internet will somehow solve their startup funding needs, when they sense a lack of interest from accredited investors. If the pitch is offline, the audience is likely to small and mostly budding entrepreneurs. Pebble watch crowd-funding via Wikipedia.

Non-disclosure Agreement 160

Non-disclosure Agreement Intellectual Property Accredited Investor Equity 160

Gust

MARCH 9, 2014

Use social media and Search Engine Marketing (SEM) to start. Gather leads online from your social media initiatives, mine your contacts, attend trade shows, and use lead-generation services. Invested Interests entrepreneur funding marketing budget startup' A blog is critical, and essentially free (your cost is creating content).

Marketing 146

Marketing SEM Viral Social Media 146

Gust

JUNE 24, 2012

As an entrepreneur, you should assume none of your customers is like you, yet I find that most entrepreneurs assume just the opposite. Use social media, search engine optimization, blogging, and mobile media. Face reality. Customers don’t have your technical base, the passion, and interest in your solution.

Marketing 136

Marketing Database Social Media Media 136

Gust

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Gust is thrilled to have nearly 7,000 new entrepreneurs creating startup profiles each month. To help us visualize the scale and global reach of these entrepreneurs we have put together a monthly startup map, which captures all new startup profiles on Gust. Attention startup enthusiasts! Take a look below! "

Brazil 134

Brazil India Startup Florida 134

Gust

JUNE 22, 2014

With the estimated 510 million live websites at last year-end, and 280,000 new ones being added every day, the biggest challenge for an entrepreneur is to get found, and get some credibility for a new startup. Too many entrepreneurs spend big money on development, only to find out that the solution isn’t quite right.

Startup 125

Startup Cofounder Social Media SEO 125

Gust

JUNE 23, 2014

With the estimated 510 million live websites at last year-end, and 280,000 new ones being added every day, the biggest challenge for an entrepreneur is to get found, and get some credibility for a new startup. Too many entrepreneurs spend big money on development, only to find out that the solution isn’t quite right.

Startup 174

Startup Cofounder Social Media SEO 174

Gust

DECEMBER 22, 2011

This includes website content and software code as well as the more obvious examples in media and publishing. Every original work is automatically copyrighted under US law upon creation, whether or not registered (although there can be significant benefits to registration ).

Intellectual Property 149

Intellectual Property Technical Review Software Review IP 149

Gust

JANUARY 20, 2013

Changing the culture and mindset in an existing businesses is difficult and slow, so this becomes another “opportunity” for smart entrepreneurs and startups to excel. Customers have come to expect immediate and tailor-made responses to their needs, and the businesses that fail to deliver quickly fall behind.

Startup 180

Startup Social Media Cloud Customer 180

Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Entrepreneurs and investors who have spent any time dealing with convertible debt seed financing transactions are likely to have encountered the subject of valuation caps. Valuation caps can come into play in settings other than seed-stage convertible note financing rounds.

Valuation 98

Valuation Pre-Money Valuation Merger Vesting 98

Gust

JULY 3, 2012

Copyright is not the only type of IP right implicated — and others such as rights of privacy and publicity become increasingly relevant in the age of social media — but it provides many of the most accessible examples. ” To the entrepreneur building a startup, the last two points are the ones that really matter.

Intellectual Property 163

Intellectual Property Social Bookmarking IP Term Sheet 163

Gust

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Talented entrepreneurs are nothing if not resilient in the face of change: Market forces, competitive threats, technological shifts, you name it. Without these two laws (or their equivalent), the social media revolution of the past decade would have been stillborn.

IPO 110

IPO Prospectus SEC Intellectual Property 110

Gust

JULY 18, 2012

Products that have been widely covered by technology and business media. Upgrades to an existing product. Products entering an already saturated market category with little market differentiation. For a Gust company to be considered for the scholarship, it has to meet all eligibility criteria described above.

Silicon Valley 142

Silicon Valley Differentiation Lead Investor Distribution 142

Gust

MAY 24, 2012

This is nothing new; long favored by family-controlled media empires such as Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation , among Internet firms alone, Google took a dual-class approach when going public in 2004.

IPO 159

IPO Equity Common Stock Stock 159

Gust

SEPTEMBER 23, 2012

Most entrepreneurs think that risk is just an “occupational hazard” that can be minimized or eliminated by a smart businessman. Of course there is work involved to find the right media, and balance the investment against the return. That way of thinking is simplistic and wrong. These days, you have to spend money to make money.

Forecast 188

Forecast Viral Social Network Business Model 188