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Hindsight is 20-20

Startups: Using the Insight of 20-20 Hindsight

December 21, 2022 Andy Gibbs

Back in 1967, the Beatles released Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. That was also the year that Mel Epstein, then…

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Posted in: Starting a Startup Filed under: hindsight, insight, roadmap, startup

Patent Strategy Before Patent Tactics

September 14, 2022 Andy Gibbs

Many may consider my approach to intellectual property development as unorthodox – it probably is. It reflects an “invent-to-patent” approach…

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Posted in: Patents n' Stuff Filed under: competitive positioning, intellectual property, invention, patent mapping, patent research, patent strategy, priority date
Patents create a value premium for startups.

Mark Cuban Says My Unicorn Patents Ain’t Worth Jack!

October 17, 2021 Andy Gibbs

I spent the past three years starting Unicorn, Inc. quietly, doggedly focused on building a robust, strategically important patent position for my…

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Posted in: Patents n' Stuff Filed under: channel disruption, due diligence, intellectual property, investors, patents, venture capital
Dead Hardware Startups

Venture Capitalists: #1 Cause of Hardware Startup Fails?

October 6, 2021 Andy Gibbs

I love it when Anand Sanwal’s newsletter hits my in box, but last week one of them became ground-zero for…

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Posted in: The Insanity of it All Filed under: consumer demand, failures, hardware, Jawbone, juicero, Maslow's hierarchy, NJOY, startup, venture capital

Ground Zero for Unicorn, Inc.

September 1, 2021 Andy Gibbs

There is a genesis to everything. An origin, the birth, that proverbial Eureka! moment. I’ve always hated the use of…

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Posted in: Pets: Healthy Dogs n' Cats Filed under: Eureka effect, first steps, inspiration, patents, research, startup
Future Unicorn Startups

Retrospective

January 19, 2021 Andy Gibbs

One of my other posts “20-20 hindsight-insight into a Unicorn” discussed the process of seeing the forward path (insight) to…

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Posted in: Starting a Startup Filed under: advance retrospective, futurespective, hindsight, roadmap, startup, technology, unicorn
Startups are hard work

Building a Startup is Friggin’ Hard.

November 4, 2020 Andy Gibbs

Startups are friggin’ hard. Some win despite incredible ineptitude. Some lose despite extreme effort and planetary alignment. A few startups…

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Posted in: Starting a Startup Filed under: coffee, hard work, inspiration, late night, perspiration, roadmap

Building Startups, Plotting the Exit: Patent Mapping

August 10, 2020 Andy Gibbs

I no longer build startups using a linear approach – that’s the process inherently integrated into canned startup business plan…

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Posted in: Patents n' Stuff, Starting a Startup Filed under: competitive positioning, converging technology, patent mapping, patent research, patents, technology roadmap
Disruptive Startup

Disrupting Big Legacy Markets

December 10, 2019 Andy Gibbs

Frankly, I hate using the so overused “disruption” word. Every wannabe startup feels compelled to call itself “disruptive”, contrary to…

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Posted in: Starting a Startup Filed under: channel disruption, disruption, exit value, in, intellectual property, IP, market, market cap, market value, pets, startup, technology
Unicorn Tech Startup

Is There a Unicorn Startup Blueprint

June 5, 2019 Andy Gibbs

In the early Silicon Valley days, I bought a truckload of wood from a San Jose building supply company, and…

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Posted in: Starting a Startup Filed under: acquisition, hindsight, startup, technology, venture capital

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