Startup Professionals Musings

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Startups Need the ‘Why’ Before the ‘What’ to Build

Startup Professionals Musings

Intellectual property (IP). Your offering should open new, large markets in ways that are tough for competitors to copy quickly. Scalability. Show that your business can build the necessary products and services rapidly and achieve economies of scale with minimum capital and labor.

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7 Lessons They Don’t Teach You In Crowdfunding School

Startup Professionals Musings

Be extra careful with your intellectual property. Keep all IP details close to the vest. On the other hand, if your solution is aimed at boomers or requires in-depth technical knowledge, crowdfunding may be futile. With a large number of unknown investors demanding details, you are highly exposed to potential competitors.

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Five Reasons for Setting Startup Strategy Early

Startup Professionals Musings

Intellectual property (IP). Your offering should open new, large markets in ways that are tough for competitors to copy quickly. Scalability. Show that your business can build the necessary products and services rapidly and achieve economies of scale with minimum capital and labor.

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10 Concrete Steps to Assure Business Innovation

Startup Professionals Musings

Longer-term, enhanced product value begets superior company valuation through your organization’s intellectual property (IP) portfolio. Successful innovation turns ideas into money, to enhance customer value, and thus shareholder value. Accountability. Team members need to feel responsibility for on-time delivery.

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Every Startup Needs Intellectual Property To Thrive

Startup Professionals Musings

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. You need all these before you start looking for funding.

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Ten Principles Which Spell Continuous Innovation

Startup Professionals Musings

Longer-term, enhanced product value begets superior company valuation through your organization’s intellectual property (IP) portfolio. Successful innovation turns ideas into money, to enhance customer value, and thus shareholder value. Accountability. Team members need to feel responsibility for on-time delivery.

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Your New Venture IP Portfolio Sets Investment Value

Startup Professionals Musings

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. You need all these before you start looking for funding.

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