Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2011

I’ve written about these before, but since I see them so often, I thought it might be worth reiterating: “Business plans are for dummies.” Some startups think business plans are only for investors. In reality, you should do a business plan primarily for yourself, as it forces you to think through all the elements.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 22, 2010

Here are some tips which will signal traction to investors, as well as your team: Document your business plan. It’s hard to build a business without a plan, just like it’s hard to build a house without a blueprint. Register some intellectual property. Become a visible expert.

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Up and Running

AUGUST 24, 2020

In the supply chain management space, businesses are leveraging these data sources in app development for smart inventory management, logistics, and merchandising. As of today, IoT applications are present in the manufacturing, automotive, agriculture, energy sector, logistics, and hospitality industries, to name a few. 5G Network.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 6, 2011

Personal knowledge is very valuable and will help an entrepreneur know something more intimately than others, but this personal knowledge, like croutons on a salad, should be a complement and not the basis of your business strategy—which leads us to the next point to consider. Business planning/strategy. Novel ideas are great.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2012

People ask me if they really need ANY business plan, unless they are looking for an outside investor. In fact, a business plan is needed more by you than investors, as the blueprint for your company, team communication, and progress metrics. Do describe your intellectual property and “secret sauce”.

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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. business models. Sea Turtles and VPN – the connections to the rest of the world.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2010

It’s always painful when a startup fails, but as a mentor to founders I would hope that you can learn from these failings and not stumble on the same issues: “Business plans are for dummies.” Some startups think business plans are only for investors. We have no competitors.” More features than anyone.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 13, 2011

People ask me if they really need ANY business plan, unless they are looking for an outside investor. In fact, a business plan is needed more by you than investors, as the blueprint for your company, team communication, and progress metrics. Do describe your intellectual property and “secret sauce”.

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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. business models. Sea Turtles and VPN – the connections to the rest of the world.

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Gust

AUGUST 5, 2012

People ask me if they really need ANY business plan, unless they are looking for an outside investor. In fact, a business plan is needed more by you than investors, as the blueprint for your company, team communication, and progress metrics. Do describe your intellectual property and “secret sauce”.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2012

Get your Internet domain name and website. Reserve the company name on social networks to protect it. Define some intellectual property. Define some intellectual property. File a patent and trademarks to show real intellectual property. Prepare an investment-grade business plan.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2010

People ask me if they really need ANY business plan, unless they are looking for an outside investor. In fact, a business plan is needed more by you than investors, as the blueprint for your company, team communication, and progress metrics. Do describe your intellectual property and “secret sauce”.

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Gust

DECEMBER 16, 2012

Get your Internet domain name and website. Reserve the company name on social networks to protect it. Define some intellectual property. Define some intellectual property. File a patent and trademarks to show real intellectual property. Prepare an investment-grade business plan.

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www.inc.com

JULY 9, 2010

By Issie Lapowsky | Aug 6, 2010 Share ); Getty Related Articles The New Rules of Hiring Is It Legal To Use Social Network Data When Hiring? Instead, the takeaway message for recruiting is: play to your strengths (in Meebos case, its networking), be active, not passive, and get your name out there. 500|5000 The 2010 Inc.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Social networking. Social/Sharing. Add a class name to buttons, forms, quotes, etc. Create your own social network. free enterprise social network. Intellectual Property Law For Startups Blog. s most comprehensive collection of business and intellectual property information.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

My name is Crystal Williams, and I maintain a small business blog called Babeofbusiness.com. Chuck Reply Benoit Fallenius , on March 8, 2011 at 11:45 am said: “Name, Domain name and Trademark&# is a complex topic that, right or wrong, take a lot of time for entrepreneurs in the beginning. Keep up the great work!

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

This is a great example of why data businesses have substantial moats. Boardex and Relationship Science make it easier to understand and map social networks into potential limited partners. Cobalt for General Partners helps GPs to optimize their fundraising strategy. Pacer is useful to search prior litigation, bankruptcies, etc.

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rapidrollout.wordpress.com

JANUARY 15, 2011

Why Use a Consulting CTO A consulting CTO can help you complete a business plan by estimating costs and timelines for the company’s technology development and deployment. If you are a technology consultant and your name should be on this list, add a comment to this blog entry or contact me directly.

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news.ycombinator.com

SEPTEMBER 16, 2011

Had the Winklevoss Twin and their friend continue, do you realistically believe Facebook (by any other name) would be where it is today? social network/web analysis/etc. Hint: these arent real businesses. Details: So, at the beginning of his post, to him an idea is something worth protecting as intellectual property.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 10, 2015

I funded a US company that bought a URL and a brand name and filed for a trademark. This is only an educated hypothesis but I’ll bet it’s pretty close to grounded in reality: Everybody saw “The Social Network” and everybody has a belief that suing will net them millions whether they’re in the right or the wrong.

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