Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2018

The cost of rolling out a business has never been lower – it only takes a few hundred dollars to incorporate a Limited Liability Corp (LLC) online, create your own website, use social media to get attention, and you are in business. In the early Internet days, it would cost a million dollars to get this far.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

There are lots of resources available for the challenge of that activity, including the Internet and mentors like me. I suggest you use social media, blogging, crowdfunding, or documented research to quantify a real demand from people who can afford it, and don’t have a better alternative already out there.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 11, 2016

Create and highlight your intellectual property portfolio. Highlight existing presence on the Internet and social media. In today’s world, if your startup is not visible on the Internet, you haven’t started yet. In addition, your company and social media names are key intellectual property.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

It’s equally easy to go online and incorporate your new entity, register some intellectual property and have some fun with social media for marketing and interacting with customers. With the advent of the Internet, the size and address of your office is irrelevant. Learn to be a generalist rather than a specialist.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 6, 2014

Registered patents and other intellectual property. Many key insights to success in any business can’t be learned from books or the Internet. In this context, investors are attracted to thought-leaders visible on social media, and people with strong technical credentials. Expert in your chosen domain.

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A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

JULY 12, 2010

We're better at SEO and social media. Social media and SEO is ever-changing quicksand. Innovative design and intellectual property are no longer long-term competitive advantages. There's too much energy, availability, intelligence and opportunity in the world to hide behind outdated notions of intellectual property.

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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. Or ask PlanetRx, an online service for prescriptions, before the Internet was pervasive. Relying on an old formula for success. Falling victim to a magical mania or bubble.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 18, 2020

It’s equally easy to go online and incorporate your new entity, register some intellectual property and have some fun with social media for marketing and interacting with customers. With the advent of the Internet, the size and address of your office is irrelevant. Learn to be a generalist rather than a specialist.

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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. 70% of Chinese Internet users are under 30. New Rules for China. like WeChat.).

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2016

Before you bring on partners, develop intellectual property, raise capital, or generate revenues, you need to establish an official business entity. Establishing your brand with interactive social media. The cost of social media done well is low. Using new tools for recruiting key players and advisors.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 15, 2009

Just a quick note that I'll be moderating a Technology Council Event : Social Networking as a Business Strategy May 19, 2009 - Culver City Social networking media are used on a daily basis to grow businesses and expand career opportunities. Corporations increasingly see social media as a key PR, communications and marketing medium.

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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. 70% of Chinese Internet users are under 30. New Rules for China. like WeChat.).

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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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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. Or ask PlanetRx, an online service for prescriptions, before the Internet was pervasive. Relying on an old formula for success. Falling victim to a magical mania or bubble.

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Up and Running

MAY 12, 2020

Identify any technology needs you may have (and whether or not you’re equipped to meet them) such as: High-speed internet with a reliable connection. Internet connection. Protect any intellectual property you may own by applying for copyrights, trademarks, or patents. A dedicated phone line. Good lighting. Network, a lot!

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Of course, you can’t monitor the entire Internet yourself, but fortunately there are many tools and platforms out there to do it for you, such as Google Alerts and Hootsuite Insights. On the Internet, you can find good examples of how to handle bad customer reviews, and examples of ones handled poorly.

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Start Up Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2010

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Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

Just look at the disruptive challenges that businesses face today– globalization, China as a manufacturer, China as a consumer, the Internet, and a steady stream of new startups. To buy innovation companies can buy intellectual property, acquire great teams, buy-out another company’s product line or even buy entire companies.

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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. Free Speech.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 23, 2019

For example, every business needs a company name and logo, incorporation, an Internet domain name and website, social media accounts, prototypes, intellectual property, and key executive positions filled. Your goal should be smaller chunks and more milestones, allowing regular celebration of progress.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 3, 2020

Singapore is also at the forefront of protections related to intellectual property, offering security for innovation. In the era of the Internet and social media, brands cannot achieve success with the sole use of stock photos and standardized messaging across several national markets.

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YoungUpstarts

MARCH 12, 2014

Because the Internet is open 24/7 and always at your fingertips, you can invent around your existing job until you’re ready to be a full-time inventor. Never… Ignore social media. The Internet is one of your most valuable business tools. Never… Quit your day job prematurely. Keep your assets untouchable.

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Hearpreneur

DECEMBER 3, 2017

When I started Daisi Media Corp. I wasn’t trying to “be like” Oprah but I was looking for an example of someone who had created a ‘talent-first’ media company before the age of Youtubers, Vine and Makers Studios. After all, why would you want to stand out on the internet? The rest is history. Photo Credit: Andrea H.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2017

In fact, you can find websites on the Internet offering thousands of new business ideas, including “ Cool Business Ideas ,” “ Ideas Watch ,” and “ Business Opportunities.” 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

NOVEMBER 10, 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. Even online, the type of people who may respond to social media requests may bear very little relationship to the intended market.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

A few years ago, before the Internet was pervasive, before everyone carried a smartphone and before do-it-yourself software tools were available for free, it was difficult to reach a critical mass of new customers without spending a million dollars on a website, custom software and television advertising. Building the prototype can be fun.

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Up and Running

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

Identify any technology needs you may have (and whether or not you’re equipped to meet them) such as: High-speed internet with a reliable connection. Protect any intellectual property you may own by applying for copyrights, trademarks, or patents. Internet connection. A dedicated phone line. Good lighting. Network, a lot!

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Consider branding yourself as an expert in real estate, personal injury, family law, intellectual property, or even admiralty law. Insurance can cover property damage, theft, intellectual property lawsuits, and other incidents. basic infrastructural costs like phone and internet service, invoicing software, etc….

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 17, 2013

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. Even online, the type of people who may respond to social media requests may bear very little relationship to the intended market.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 1, 2013

While it’s true that communities of like-minded people exist both in the real world and online, it’s a rare innovator who’ll be willing to divulge the details of his work, especially in an age when more people than ever play fast and loose with intellectual property. There are some notable ways of achieving this.

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Kodorra

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

However, thanks to economy of scale, prices for online venture necessities like web hosting and Internet data have dwindled significantly. Remember to also do a trademark search at your country’s intellectual property office, such as USPTO (U.S Discuss with your friends or family and select the most appropriate name.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2016

It’s equally easy to go online and incorporate your new entity, register some intellectual property and have some fun with social media for marketing and interacting with customers. With the advent of the Internet, the size and address of your office is irrelevant. Learn to be a generalist rather than a specialist.

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www.reincubate.com

FEBRUARY 1, 2010

Work as an industry thought-leader, representing and evangelising the company at conferences, on-line, off-line and with social media, and through working with and steering relevant industry bodies. Where appropriate, patent or secure intellectual property by other means.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 4, 2017

A large portion of your competitive advantage and your potential value to investors is the size of your intellectual property portfolio. When someone says Intellectual Property (IP), most entrepreneurs think only of patents. Internet domain name. Social media accounts. This name (www.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 17, 2017

by Steve Tan, Deputy Head and key partner in Rajah & Tann Singapore ’s TMT (Technology, Media and Telecommunications) practice group. Steve Tan is Deputy Head and a key partner in Rajah & Tann Singapore ’s TMT (Technology, Media and Telecommunications) practice group.

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www.inc.com

JULY 9, 2010

As an instant-messaging and social media service, Meebo never really had trouble finding and attracting talent. How to Attract Talent to Your Start-up: Face-to-Face Interaction No matter how small the internet has made the world, experts still recommend in-person networking as the No. 500|5000 The 2010 Inc. The only stipulation?

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2013

A large portion of your competitive advantage and your potential value to investors is the size of your intellectual property portfolio. When someone says Intellectual Property (IP), most entrepreneurs think only of patents. Internet domain name. Social media accounts. This name (www.

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