Technology – Page 2 – Helge Seetzen

Startups & Economic Development

Why We Do What We Do

For the last few months I have shared stories and opinions about university entrepreneurship. I figure it’s time to talk about the “why” rather than the “how”. Specifically, why do we try so hard to bring university technology into the world? First same background: I spent my career commercialising...

June 21, 2011July 10, 2017

Entrepreneurship

Ignore the Bubble Talk (even if it turns out to be true)!

There is a lot of talk about bubbles these days. Some experts argue strongly that we are in the middle of a huge social media/web2.0 bubble; some argue that the availability of billions of users justifies the sky-high valuations (and even provide tools to work in the Bubble). Personally,...

April 12, 2011July 10, 2017

Entrepreneurship

Get Out There Even if It Hurts!

Over a decade of entrepreneurial activity in “hard” technologies has left me with a deep repertoire of demo horror stories. I have had boxes blow up, catch fire, over-heat and over-cool, human failure, device failure and some that felt like divine failure. You name it, I’ve suffered it. Maybe...

March 29, 2011July 10, 2017

IP & Tech Transfer

Intellectual Property & Secrecy

For the last few days I have been staring at the title for the last topic in my “Spin-Off vs Start-Up” mini-series. Unlike the topics of focus, budget and customer development, it seemed really hard to write about intellectual property without a long explanation of the patent system. Thankfully,...

November 4, 2010July 14, 2017

Entrepreneurship , People

Budgets & Payroll

Frugality has become the watch word in the start-up blogsphere. It is rare to find a blog that doesn’t advocate lean business models, unpaid founders, and generally spending as little as possible. We are told that the new development tools dramatically lower the cost of your first product and...

October 27, 2010July 14, 2017

Entrepreneurship , People , Tech Entrepreneurship

Customer Engagement & Metrics

As promised, here is the first detailed follow-up to the introductory post for the topic of university spin-offs versus conventional start-ups. One of the most common recommendations for entrepreneurs is to focus on customer engagement early in their new venture. In fact, a whole set of new online nomenclature...

October 25, 2010July 14, 2017

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