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The Audacious Plan to Make Electricity as Easy as WiFi

Both Sides of the Table

They demoed the electricity transfer with a physical device that looked like something that would never be allowed on an airplane. The practical uses for uBeam technology is limitless. Did anybody hold patents that would prevent us from using this technology? We hired IP specialists to review prior art. Was it safe?

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The Case for Optimism and Risk at Startups

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The press around the raise & company was fantastic and the promise of their technology – wireless charging that works as easily as WiFi – would positively affect many of our lives. uBeam’s tech does work and I have safely seen it demo’d in the real life many times. Working on it. And being ambitious.

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Real Unfair Advantages

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

No wait, I forgot, actually the question is: What happens when employee #2 makes off with your code and roadmap and marketing data and customer list, moves to Bolivia, and starts selling your stuff world-wide at one-tenth the price? But now she has the vision and ability to design her own software, capitalizing on modern trends (e.g.

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If you build it, they won't come, unless.

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Ask a technical founder about his startup, and he'll proudly describe his stunning software — simple, compelling, useful, fun. Maybe you'll even get a wobbly demo. Great," I always exclaim, sharing the thrill of modern software development, "so how will people find out about this brilliant website?".

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Quantum Computing – An Update

Steve Blank

In March 2022 I wrote a description of the Quantum Technology Ecosystem. Just as a reminder, Quantum technologies are used in three very different and distinct markets: Quantum Computing , Quantum Communications and Quantum Sensing and Metrology. Shor’s factorization algorithm can crack these codes if run on a Quantum Computer.

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Open Angel Forum San Fran – Team Calacanis Raises the Bar

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This was in large part due to the marketing efforts of Jason that created a great top end of the funnel (100+ companies applied) and the herculean efforts of Tyler Crowley who spent days going through all of the submissions and serving up 5 very interesting companies. would acknowledge – they needed to get to the demo more quickly.

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"Authentic" is dead

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

In fact all these words and phrases should theoretically carry meaning, but theory is for people who don't need to sell $2,600 more software by next Friday so they can make rent. The more people honor this new code, the better for us all. Cause I'm just going to start the demo and let you interrupt me with questions. We get it!