Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

If you find more than a dozen solutions that loosely match your idea, it may be time to skip that one and try another. Check for intellectual property barriers in your way. Sometimes your solution is impressive, but mass acceptance requires a big culture change, a large support system, or government legislation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

If you find more than a dozen solutions that loosely match your idea, it may be time to skip that one and try another. Check for intellectual property barriers in your way. Sometimes your solution is impressive, but mass acceptance requires a big culture change, a large support system, or government legislation.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 3, 2016

There is no substitute for market research to confirm that your passion matches a real need in the market. Bypasses intellectual property as not worth the cost. Even non-profits need a profitable business model to offset staff and operating costs. Assume passion level defines business opportunity.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 1, 2015

There is no substitute for market research to confirm that your passion matches a real need in the market. Bypasses intellectual property as not worth the cost. Even non-profits need a profitable business model to offset staff and operating costs. Assume passion level defines business opportunity.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 29, 2014

A venture feasibility study analyzes an idea from several perspectives: market opportunity, competition, resources available, resource gaps, financial viability, operational issues, intellectual property rights, development timeline and technology needs. How do I sell my products to the federal government?

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2016

Government grants and industry partners are you best bet here, but Angel investors might give you $250,000 to $1 million, if you have the right business case and credentials. Prior to the growth stage, your company valuation is limited to goodwill based on intellectual property and team experience, since you have no revenue.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 12, 2019

One of the questions we’re often asked is, “What Government funding is available for startups in New Zealand?” ” shortly followed by, “I wonder if there’s any funding for startups from the Government?” ” Unfortunately, like so many questions in life, the answer is, “It depends.”

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David Teten

JANUARY 28, 2019

Access to University’s Intellectual Property : Office of Cooperative Research. Political science, government service, and law — Yale has the #1 rated law school in the US and a long history of alumni serving in government. Match students with relevant startup internships. the world’s largest country, Facebook).

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Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2015

government reengineered its approach to building weapons. In 1950, government support of basic science research in U.S. Instead of matching the U.S.S.R. While DARPA tries to fill that need , today the primary conduits for bringing new technology to the government are the prime contractors (e.g., In World War II the U.S.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Once you decide on your legal business structure, be sure to register with the government (typically your state and sometimes, your municipality) and the IRS. Insurance can cover property damage, theft, intellectual property lawsuits, and other incidents.

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Up and Running

MAY 1, 2014

Intellectual Property : Again, this mostly applies to technology and scientific ventures. But, if you have intellectual property that is proprietary to your business and helps your business defend itself against competitors, you should detail that information here. Does your packaging match your positioning strategy?

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www.inc.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

government (which appointed its first CTO last year), more organizations are finding that the position is integral to organizational success. 500|5000 The 2010 Inc. 500|5000 List The 2010 Top Lists Inc. From tech-centric start-ups to, well, the U.S.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2012

Here are the key ones: Real intellectual property. Many markets, like government contracts, are especially costly and time consuming to penetrate, but if your team already has these connections, you have an immediate head start, and past leadership success suggests you can sustain the lead.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2011

Here are the key ones: Real intellectual property. Many markets, like government contracts, are especially costly and time consuming to penetrate, but if your team already has these connections, you have an immediate head start, and past leadership success suggests you can sustain the lead.

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 14, 2019

Once you decide on your legal business structure, be sure to register with the government (typically your state and sometimes, your municipality) and the IRS. Insurance can cover property damage, theft, intellectual property lawsuits, and other incidents.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 28, 2010

Here are some of the key ones: Real intellectual property. Many markets, like government contracts, are especially costly and time consuming to penetrate, but if your team already has these connections, you have an immediate head start, and past leadership success suggests you can sustain the lead.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 27, 2012

Did you know that Professors and Faculty at Stanford get to keep the IP (intellectual property) or their inventions? Cloud computing, represents a huge opportunity in improving both government and industry efficiency. disclaimer; all opinions are my own). One example that strikes me here is Stanford University.

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Start Up Blog

JUNE 6, 2019

But this didn’t stop the Government having the courage back then to take it and put the industry in public hands. It is important governments don’t simply provide healthcare, education, defence and the like. This was a seismic shift from where we had been and it has defined the government economic playbook.

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www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

They all use the same simple-minded model.They seem to have approached the problem by thinking about how todo database matches instead of how dating works in the real world.An Oneof the worst things that can happen to a startup is to run into intellectual property problems. Andyet theres a lot of money at stake.

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Steve Blank

MAY 17, 2022

You succeed in convincing one company and a government to adopt computers and learn to code much faster than their competitors /adversaries. These technologies will transform businesses and government agencies. Training data needs to match the real-world operational data very, very closely to train a high-performing AI model.

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