Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2019

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Consider licensing your product or intellectual property, and “white labeling.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

In my experience, consummate entrepreneurs tend come up with more startup ideas than they can ever implement, and some of the ideas may not even make business sense. But how does any entrepreneur know which ideas to implement, and which ones are best left behind? Check for intellectual property barriers in your way.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2015

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Consider licensing your product or intellectual property, and “white labeling.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2022

After many years of working with angel investors seriously trying to find new ventures worthy of their hard-earned money, I find their frustration often exceeds that of entrepreneurs sincerely looking for financial help. For seed stage funding, entrepreneurs should be looking to friends and family, crowd funding, and relevant institutions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2017

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Consider licensing your product or intellectual property, and “white labeling.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

In my experience, consummate entrepreneurs tend come up with more startup ideas than they can ever implement, and some of the ideas may not even make business sense. But how does any entrepreneur know which ideas to implement, and which ones are best left behind? Check for intellectual property barriers in your way.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 19, 2013

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Consider licensing your product or intellectual property, and “white labeling.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 12, 2018

The “valley of death” is a common term in the startup world, referring to the difficulty of covering the negative cash flow in the early stages of a startup, before their new product or service is bringing in revenue from real customers. Consider licensing your product or intellectual property, and “white labeling.”

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Steve Blank

DECEMBER 10, 2009

Early on in my career I took a “we’re moving too fast to deal with lawyers” attitude to patents and Intellectual Property (IP.) At one of my entrepreneurship classes at Stanford, Dan Dorosin , of Fenwick & West LLP guest lectures about startups and Intellectual Property. Intellectual Property.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2023

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).

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Up and Running

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Nearly all businesses, whether they are small or large, are comprised of intellectual property (IP) and trade secrets, which can serve as the foundation for commercial success. The World Intellectual Property Organization defines IP as, “creations of the mind,” which, depending on the business, can take many forms.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

In my experience, consummate entrepreneurs tend come up with more startup ideas than they can ever implement, and some of the ideas may not even make business sense. But how does any entrepreneur know which ideas to implement, and which ones are best left behind? Check for intellectual property barriers in your way.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 22, 2020

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).

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 14, 2020

After many years of working with angel investors seriously trying to find new ventures worthy of their hard-earned money, I find their frustration often exceeds that of entrepreneurs sincerely looking for financial help. For seed stage funding, entrepreneurs should be looking to friends and family, crowd funding, and relevant institutions.

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Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Knowbella Tech is an open science collaboration company that uses blockchain to deliver free tools, services, grants, and intellectual properties (IP) to researchers, particularly the underserved in Africa, Asia and Latin America. We will also seek first-mover STEM recruiting customers in order to generate revenues.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2018

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).

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 4, 2014

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).

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Any entrepreneur or small business owner will tell you that running a business is a lot of work, which is why most of them bristle at the idea that they start a nonprofit. That’s where a governing body comes in. Both can help you maintain governance standards and clarify the roles needed to run the nonprofit. Build a board.

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

My company is an intellectual property holding company, but it ultimately aims to accelerate and regulate the utilization of regenerative technology. Sure, a company’s goal may be to generate a revenue, but corporate purpose focuses on a business’s aspirations beyond that. Etsy is a great example of this. Work the room.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2016

After many years of working with angel investors seriously trying to find new ventures worthy of their hard-earned money, I find their frustration often exceeds that of entrepreneurs sincerely looking for financial help. For seed stage funding, entrepreneurs should be looking to friends and family, crowd funding, and relevant institutions.

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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).

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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. Marketing of tech community : Yale Tech News , Yale Entrepreneurship Magazine. ” Gregory W.

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Early Growth Financial Services

DECEMBER 1, 2014

Having been in business for 18 years, and worked with hundreds of entrepreneurs, I have either lived through or seen just about every mistake you can make in business. While most entrepreneurs know this, they still tend to avoid the legal stuff like the plague. For many of us entrepreneurs, our websites are our storefronts.

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Steve Blank

JULY 28, 2011

It provides private funds for untested and unproven technology and entrepreneurs. From the point of view of scientists and engineers in a university lab, too often entrepreneurship in all its VC-driven glory – income statements, balance sheets, business plans, revenue models, 5-year forecasts, etc. – seems like another planet.

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Gust

DECEMBER 8, 2011

I urge all entrepreneurs to consult and develop a good working relationship with a qualified startup lawyer. Likewise, founders can benefit from understanding basic characteristics of the overall legal structure, formation and governance documents, rights and responsibilities of team members, etc. Newco, Inc.”) Yes, it’s a mouthful.

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crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

What are my expectations of being an entrepreneur? For example, in our definitive guide on how to start a successful clothing brand or clothing line , we suggest that aspiring apparel entrepreneurs choose their niche too. Studies show that entrepreneurs who take the time to write a business plan are 2.5 Find a niche.

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Steve Blank

AUGUST 5, 2010

Bayh-Dole allowed for private ownership of government funded intellectual property developed in universities while the Orphan Drug Act created incentives for developing drugs for disorders afflicting fewer than 200,000 Americans. Entrepreneurs in the consumer Internet space should look for funding from Lean Angels or Lean VC’s.

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ReadWriteStart

AUGUST 1, 2011

It provides private funds for untested and unproven technology and entrepreneurs. From the point of view of scientists and engineers in a university lab, too often entrepreneurship in all its VC-driven glory - income statements, balance sheets, business plans, revenue models - seems like another planet. Yet this system isn't perfect.

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Growthink Blog

JANUARY 3, 2018

Key Lesson: Learn from big pharma and commit to long-term research and intellectual property development strategies. Key Lesson: With local, state, and federal government expenditures close to 40% of the economy, policy and regime changes have BIG impacts on wide swaths of the economy (see healthcare, manufacturing, etc.).

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 26, 2021

As a long-time advisor to entrepreneurs and occasional angel investor, I often see and hear innovative product pitches that sound exciting, but are missing one or more of the key business elements that investors deem critical for funding consideration. Provide initial and long-term sources of revenue.

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Up and Running

MAY 1, 2014

The vast majority of business owners and entrepreneurs aren’t business experts. One of the biggest mistakes entrepreneurs make in their business plans is stating that they don’t have any competition. Intellectual Property : Again, this mostly applies to technology and scientific ventures. > Don’t be intimidated.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 14, 2012

Yet many entrepreneurs, maybe in their passion for their new product, gloss over this one, or even announce that they have no competition. Many entrepreneurs lead with fuzzy terms like “improved usability” and “lower cost.” Here are the key ones: Real intellectual property. Proven team with inside relationships.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2011

Yet many entrepreneurs, maybe in their passion for their new product, gloss over this one, or even announce that they have no competition. Many entrepreneurs lead with fuzzy terms like “improved usability” and “lower cost.” Here are the key ones: Real intellectual property. Proven team with inside relationships.

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www.startupsmart.com.au

MARCH 8, 2011

10 government start-up services you need to know Is there any start-up mileage left in the group buying model? Sisters networking for themselves 10 top iPad 2 apps for start-ups Forecasting your revenue the smart way ); Comments (2) Subscribe to this comments feed What a great article. This full day.

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Steve Blank

MAY 26, 2009

Intellectual Property At the next class I said, “You all ought to get out and start talking to customers on day one, and get early feedback on your idea. You don’t need to worry about any Intellectual Property (IP) issues. The time to product and scale of investment is radically different than other startup markets.&#

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crowdSPRING Blog

MARCH 14, 2019

In our definitive guide on how to start a small business , we suggest that aspiring entrepreneurs choose a niche for the best chance at success. Toby Nwazor advocates for creating a business plan : Any experienced entrepreneur knows a company without a business plan is like a fish without water. Write a business plan.

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Up and Running

JULY 17, 2015

To make your research a little easier, we’ve scoured a number of government websites and compiled a list of laws and regulations that affect every business. Start by calling your local city government. You’ll want to read the FTC guidelines and check with your state’s revenue agency to make sure you comply with the law.

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