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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
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 a Unicorn

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
Pet Water Consumption

Monitoring Pet Water Consumption

May 11, 2019 Andy Gibbs

Seriously. Monitoring pet water consumption is important. It can tell you EVERYTHING about your pet’s health. OK, so maybe not…

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Posted in: Pets: Healthy Dogs n' Cats Filed under: cats, dehydration, dogs, health, monitoring, pet illness, pets, technology, water, wellness

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