Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Thus it behooves every entrepreneur to pick the startup model that best matches their real motivation. Every business needs marketing, distribution, a positive revenue model and intellectual property to survive. The exciting part about being an entrepreneur is that you can tailor the role to match your real motivations.

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Intellectual Property Matching Business Model Cofounder 243

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. Even good social causes need to bring in revenue to continue their worthy efforts. Ask domain experts to quantify value for you.

Technical Review 267

Technical Review Due Diligence Entrepreneur Intellectual Property 267

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2021

Thus it behooves every entrepreneur to pick the startup model that best matches their real motivation. Every business needs marketing, distribution, a positive revenue model and intellectual property to survive. The exciting part about being an entrepreneur is that you can tailor the role to match your real motivations.

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Intellectual Property Matching Business Model Cofounder 328

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. Even good social causes need to bring in revenue to continue their worthy efforts. Ask domain experts to quantify value for you.

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Due Diligence Intellectual Property Internet 120

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 26, 2015

Focus on a specific market segment to match your solution. Patents or other intellectual property are a real competitive advantage for a startup, but first to market and working harder are not sustainable. Project revenues, costs and investment expectations. Your passion is necessary but not sufficient to prove a market.

Intellectual Property 120

Intellectual Property Elevator Pitch Angel Investor Technical Review 120

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 14, 2019

Facebook spent over $150 million before revenue. Intellectual property as barrier to entry. For example, it’s tempting to say that your worst competitor has poor quality products, requiring costly maintenance, but it’s much better to say that you provide a five-year free warranty that no competitor can match.

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Intellectual Property Angel Investor Matching Founder 301

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2015

Thus it’s a waste of time for most entrepreneurs to be looking for investors until they have a product and some customer revenue. In today’s world of information overload, everyone relies on marketing and social media to find solutions to match their needs. Intellectual property is a business issue, not a technical issue.

Technical Review 120

Technical Review Intellectual Property Cofounder Bootstrapping 120

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 11, 2015

Thus it behooves every entrepreneur to pick the startup model that best matches their real motivation. Every business needs marketing, distribution, a positive revenue model and intellectual property to survive. The exciting part about being an entrepreneur is that you can tailor the role to match your real motivations.

Matching 120

Matching Intellectual Property Startup Business Model 120

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2016

For example, if you have a proven product, real revenue, a big potential market, and are ready to scale up the business, every investor will be interested. On the other hand, if you are a new entrepreneur, still in the idea stage, professional investors will only tell you to come back later when you have traction (customers and revenue).

Matching 120

Matching Angel Investor Intellectual Property Investment Bankers 120

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 25, 2014

Facebook spent over $150 million before revenue. Intellectual property as barrier to entry. For example, it’s tempting to say that your worst competitor has poor quality products, requiring costly maintenance, but it’s much better to say that you provide a five-year free warranty that no competitor can match.

Intellectual Property 276

Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Angel Investor Matching 276

Steve Blank

MARCH 31, 2014

Companies horde cash and squeeze the most revenue and margin from the money they use. A company needs innovation policies, innovation processes and innovation incentives to match those it already has for execution. Instead of measuring success in dollars of profit, …firms focus on measuring capital efficiency.

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Private Equity Metrics China Intellectual Property 325

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2018

Facebook spent over $150 million before revenue. Intellectual property as barrier to entry. For example, it’s tempting to say that your worst competitor has poor quality products, requiring costly maintenance, but it’s much better to say that you provide a five-year free warranty that no competitor can match.

Intellectual Property 129

Intellectual Property Angel Investor Matching Founder 129

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. Financial analysis and management advising are also services provided by CPAs.

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Small Business CPA Government North America 87

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Now you can match a big company with worldwide reach for a few thousand dollars. Create and register intellectual property online. In a new startup, there is tremendous competitive value in registering intellectual property early, but you don’t need to contract these tasks to expensive experts any longer.

Intellectual Property 120

Intellectual Property LLC Social Media China 120

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 2, 2015

Facebook spent over $150 million before revenue. Intellectual property as barrier to entry. For example, it’s tempting to say that your worst competitor has poor quality products, requiring costly maintenance, but it’s much better to say that you provide a five-year free warranty that no competitor can match.

Intellectual Property 120

Intellectual Property Startup Angel Investor Matching 120

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 25, 2016

Team not a good match for the challenge. Investors are wary of startups with no intellectual property, even with a first-mover advantage. Revenue and profit projections are not credible. Revenue and profit projections are not credible. Outside investors bet more on the team than the solution.

Intellectual Property 120

Intellectual Property Accredited Investor Angel Investor Reputation 120

Up and Running

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

Two essential lists: Startup costs normally include startup expenses and startup assets: Startup expenses: These are expenses that happen before you launch and start bringing in any revenue. For example, they’d like to record research and development as assets instead of expenses, because those expenses create intellectual property.

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Cost Balance Sheet Startup Intellectual Property 150

David Teten

JANUARY 28, 2019

Access to University’s Intellectual Property : Office of Cooperative Research. Match students with relevant startup internships. Events and Conferences : Yale Innovation Summit , Yale Cyber Leadership Forum , Yale Alumni Nonprofit Alliance (with focus on innovation). So what else can Yale and other universities do?

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Affiliate Connecticut Programming Community 60

Steve Blank

MARCH 25, 2011

In addition, they demoed to the paper management research group at the Stanford Intellectual Property Exchange project (a joint project between the Stanford Law School and Computer Science department to help computers understand copyright and create a marketplace for content). How do we access the buyers and sellers? Veritas D.C.

Cloud 228

Cloud Intellectual Property Lean Customer Development 228

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Insurance can cover property damage, theft, intellectual property lawsuits, and other incidents. That means you need to prepare for the ups and downs of inconsistent revenue. You need to know how much revenue you need to cover the times when things are leaner. The Legal Stuff.

Business Plan 64

Business Plan Small Business Administration Hiring Social Media 64

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2013

Here are the top five, as outlined by Rice in his book, which match my own experience: Management team. This requires a visible focus on the company’s revenue model, the costs to get there, and cash on hand. But patents and other intellectual property only go so far. The same hold true for venture capital investors.

Cram Down 269

Cram Down Angel Investor Intellectual Property Venture Capital 269

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 20, 2023

Thus I often recommend that entrepreneurs keep their day job until the startup is producing revenue. You both need the complementary skills, ability to debate alternatives, and the tendency to keep each other motivated, that neither could match working alone. One still needs to be the agreed final decision maker.

Intellectual Property 275

Intellectual Property Cofounder Salary Metrics 275

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 24, 2020

Thus I often recommend that entrepreneurs keep their day job until the startup is producing revenue. You both need the complementary skills, ability to debate alternatives, and the tendency to keep each other motivated, that neither could match working alone. One still needs to be the agreed final decision maker.

Intellectual Property 376

Intellectual Property Cofounder Startup Salary 376

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Thus I often recommend that entrepreneurs keep their day job until the startup is producing revenue. You both need the complementary skills, ability to debate alternatives, and the tendency to keep each other motivated, that neither could match working alone. One still needs to be the agreed final decision maker.

Intellectual Property 256

Intellectual Property Entrepreneur Cofounder Salary 256

Up and Running

AUGUST 19, 2014

what’s behind your financials, your go-to-market strategy, your current traction in the marketplace, your competition and why you’re better, your intellectual property or “secret sauce,” your exit strategy, etc.). Entrepreneurs impress me when they demonstrate a proven revenue stream before asking for capital. ” - Gena H.,

Angel Investor 161

Angel Investor Technical Review Due Diligence Startup 161

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?

Business Plan 163

Business Plan Forecast Balance Sheet Distribution 163

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2012

Here are the key ones: Real intellectual property. What we are looking for here is a breakthrough in technology (patented), manufacturing process, or new revenue model, that results in an order-of-magnitude cost reduction. Investors will look at turnover rates, cost of acquisition, and revenue streams.

Intellectual Property 244

Intellectual Property Non-Compete Differentiation Social Network 244

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2014

Thus I often recommend that entrepreneurs keep their day job until the startup is producing revenue. You both need the complementary skills, ability to debate alternatives, and the tendency to keep each other motivated, that neither could match working alone. One still needs to be the agreed final decision maker.

Intellectual Property 274

Intellectual Property Startup Cofounder Salary 274

Up and Running

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Financial Summary: Explain your business model, startup costs, revenues, and liabilities to the company. Pricing : Design your pricing so that will cover your costs and match the market rate. Others predict Automated Valuation Models will provide more sophisticated revenue and expense information, possibly replacing financial analysts.

El Paso 61

El Paso Business Plan Technical Review Forecast 61

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2011

Here are the key ones: Real intellectual property. What we are looking for here is a breakthrough in technology (patented), manufacturing process, or new revenue model, that results in an order-of-magnitude cost reduction. Investors will look at turnover rates, cost of acquisition, and revenue streams.

Intellectual Property 256

Intellectual Property Non-Compete Differentiation Social Network 256

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 2, 2016

Thus I often recommend that entrepreneurs keep their day job until the startup is producing revenue. You both need the complementary skills, ability to debate alternatives, and the tendency to keep each other motivated, that neither could match working alone. One still needs to be the agreed final decision maker.

Intellectual Property 120

Intellectual Property Cofounder Salary Metrics 120

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 26, 2011

After years of dramatic growth in the 70-80 percent range, online dating revenues have leveled off in the U.S., Intellectual property is tough. It’s hard to invent and patent more “scientific” methods on how to match people. Most people, especially women, don’t even want to feel like they can be ‘matched’ by a computer.

Intellectual Property 229

Intellectual Property Social Network Matching Viral 229

blog.simeonov.com

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

For example, without a clear vehicle (a company) to contribute intellectual property into, a founder who walks away may mean that the future company won’t own its own IP. It can be deferred, with or without interest, to be paid after a financing or once revenues start coming in.

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Founder Vesting Agile Startup 44

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 28, 2010

Here are some of the key ones: Real intellectual property. What we are looking for here is a breakthrough in technology (patented), manufacturing process, or new revenue model, that results in an order-of-magnitude cost reduction. Investors will look at turnover rates, cost of acquisition, and revenue streams.

Intellectual Property 124

Intellectual Property Non-Compete Differentiation Social Network 124

crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 14, 2019

Insurance can cover property damage, theft, intellectual property lawsuits, and other incidents. That means you need to prepare for the ups and downs of inconsistent revenue. It saves both you and your customer time and effort if it turns out there isn’t a good match.

Business Plan 79

Business Plan Limited Liability Company Small Business Sales 79

Startup Lessons Learned

AUGUST 26, 2020

They founded Onward, a platform that matches displaced workers--usually, hourly workers--to industries that are hiring rapidly right now. Then came back as a sort of a young intellectual property attorney, working for a wonderful firm here in town. And then I, of course, need revenue for this." That became Onward.

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Fresno Community Technology California 60

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. A rich companyis one with large revenues.

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