jskardon5Jul 24, 20214 min readUnderstanding The Salt ProblemOverview The #salt or #salinity problem can be defined as the increasing salinization of our soils and drinking water. This is a global...
jskardon5Jul 23, 20215 min readFile a Patent on Your IdeaIntroduction Having grown up in the semiconductor industry in the early 80's and into the 90's, I've see at lot of patent wars where one...
jskardon5Jul 23, 20216 min readBrokers, Incubators, and Intermediaries- Oh my!Introduction Over the past decades, we've seen many different types of organizations formed to "accelerate innovation'. In some cases,...
jskardon5Jul 22, 20214 min readUniversity and Lab SpinoffsIntroduction Technology licensing (#technologylicensing) or "tech transfer" (#techtransfer) can be an exciting way to accelerate the...
jskardon5Jul 22, 20218 min readOpen Innovation and StartupsIntroduction The term “open innovation” (OI) is primarily associated with Professor Henry Chesbrough- a very well known academic...
jskardon5Jul 18, 20217 min readUse the Business Model Canvas to Organize Your IdeaIntroduction When I launched my first company in 1999, it was all about the business plan. The advisers to our company were all about...
jskardon5Jul 18, 20218 min readPrototype Your Solution FirstIntroduction What does every new startup need as soon as possible? Funding? Snazzy board of directors? Industry leaders extolling how...
jskardon5Jul 18, 202110 min readRaising Money For Your Venture is EasyIntroduction This post is about raising money for your idea or venture. When I first started working in startups in late 1990’s, I was...
jskardon5Jul 18, 202114 min readGet Your Tech from a Lab? Be CarefulIntroduction One area of #entrepreneurship that receives a lot of media attention is the launching of new products from university or...
jskardon5Jul 18, 20218 min readPrototyping- The Key to Defining You ProductIntroduction A key part of testing your idea, before you commit all your resources to your groundbreaking idea, is #prototyping. ...
jskardon5Jul 18, 202110 min readGreat Idea- but is it a product?Introduction As a baby boomer (50+ or so), you have probably experienced a lot of new products brought to market, changes in...