Marshall Goodman: Ex-administrator For USF Helping Collier County | TheLedger.com:
This answers the age-old questions: To Incubate or NOT to incubate?
A: Incubators definitely have advantages for cluster development and rapid business startup.
But, that doesn't assure that it is a great investment for that governments to jump into.
Where do old business incubator guys go when they get old?
A: They go to Collier County, of course. Think Naples and Big Cypress National Preserve.
Here's a longer version of the story by Maria Perez in the Maples Daily News (and TBO.com).
During that time about 2010, we were trying to meet with Goodman to springboard off of the wild success he was having with 3 incubators. No success, for us on a meeting. All three incubators were rumored to be full and hugely successful. In Highlands County, we were aiming to advance the inventions from USF that were better commercialized in the heartland of Florida, not the cities.
Well let's see how far $3.8M goes in Collier county. With an assurance of 10 to 15 companies within 6 months, how can they possibly go wrong?
Can't wait to see where this one goes.
Keywords: Business Incubator, Economic Development
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Monday, October 20, 2014
Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Building a Business Plan: The basic components video, and IP too.
Building a Business Plan: The basic components - YouTube: "
Here's the basics about a business plan by yours truly, Dr. Elmer Hall, President of
Strategic Business Planning Company. We help develop the plans that every business needs(tm).
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A business plan helps to plan out the future of the business and estimate its profitability. Also, as the company grows quickly it may outgrow itself. That is, you can fund the growth with profits, but if you exceed that rate then outside funding will be needed. Look at the sustainable growth rate model in finance.
This is the basics of a business plan, but we modify a basic business plan to accommodate Intellectual Property protection (read, sustainable competitive advantage). As you watch Shark Tank to see how venture capitalist think, you will see how seriously important intellectual property is to the success of a business -- and the likelihood of a shark investor taking a BIG bite of the action.
A business plan would likely include these component, as shown in the video, and then have some modification to show the (potential) strength of the IP. We call this IP-centric plan a Patent Business Plan., or for larger companies an IPplan.
Look at the Patent Primer to get an idea of the various aspects of IP and how to build a strong patent competitive advantage.
As it pertains to environmental sustainability -- triple bottom-line planning -- look at discussions over at www.SustainZine.com. The plan here would be a specialized business plan we call a Sustainability Plan. This would be a business plan that also maps out moving to full zero foot print over time: say 5, 10, 20 years, depending on the business/industry.
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Here's the basics about a business plan by yours truly, Dr. Elmer Hall, President of
Strategic Business Planning Company. We help develop the plans that every business needs(tm).
"
A business plan helps to plan out the future of the business and estimate its profitability. Also, as the company grows quickly it may outgrow itself. That is, you can fund the growth with profits, but if you exceed that rate then outside funding will be needed. Look at the sustainable growth rate model in finance.
This is the basics of a business plan, but we modify a basic business plan to accommodate Intellectual Property protection (read, sustainable competitive advantage). As you watch Shark Tank to see how venture capitalist think, you will see how seriously important intellectual property is to the success of a business -- and the likelihood of a shark investor taking a BIG bite of the action.
A business plan would likely include these component, as shown in the video, and then have some modification to show the (potential) strength of the IP. We call this IP-centric plan a Patent Business Plan., or for larger companies an IPplan.
Look at the Patent Primer to get an idea of the various aspects of IP and how to build a strong patent competitive advantage.
- Patent Guide 2.0 & Patent Primer 2.0: http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/SBPlan
- (Primer 2.0 Kindle eBook: www.tinyurl.com/IPPrimer2e)
As it pertains to environmental sustainability -- triple bottom-line planning -- look at discussions over at www.SustainZine.com. The plan here would be a specialized business plan we call a Sustainability Plan. This would be a business plan that also maps out moving to full zero foot print over time: say 5, 10, 20 years, depending on the business/industry.
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Friday, June 13, 2014
BioLite BaseCamp Stove | Turn Fire into Electricity by BioLite — Kickstarter
BioLite BaseCamp Stove | Turn Fire into Electricity by BioLite — Kickstarter:
I love it. But only 62 hours to get in on the KickStarter offer. They are at twice goal with $800k+ and 3,000 backers.
Yes, it was DARK in Miami, when Hurricane Andrew came through South Miami/Homestead on August 24, 1992. Well, afterwards really. It would be weeks before most of us would get power. So bar-b-q grilling was the norm. That was not quite as much fun after a week or two without baths and without air conditioning. Little or no ice and warm drinks. Muggy and humid.
You did want to cook, obviously, but all the heat from the grill was the last thing we needed.
But a really cool cooking stove popped up in New York. A tiny stove the burned wood (or charcoal) and produced focused head for cooking. No need to cook the cook too.
This technology works wonders in countries where there is little or no electricity, and wood is often scarce, and the smoke from open cooking causes some of the world's worst health issues (probably only exceeded by water/sanitation).
You gotta see how far the technology has come. This is a BIG stove, relatively, that generates electricity (USB power) and has battery. It has an internal fan, to fan the fire so it can produce some serious heat possibilities -- especially given the ability to focus the flame.
This version comes with an LED light so you can see what's cooking at night.
As they say, this is the first version of the BaseCamp that is crowd designed. When you jump in on the crowd funding at KickStarter (BaseCamp) you will get a free carrying case.
You also get the warm-fuzzy feeling of knowing that this technology will save millions and millions of lives in energy starved countries.
All very very cool.
Keywords: Crowdsourcing, crowdfunding, genius of crowds, kickstarter, invention, sustainability, renewable energy, health,
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I love it. But only 62 hours to get in on the KickStarter offer. They are at twice goal with $800k+ and 3,000 backers.
Yes, it was DARK in Miami, when Hurricane Andrew came through South Miami/Homestead on August 24, 1992. Well, afterwards really. It would be weeks before most of us would get power. So bar-b-q grilling was the norm. That was not quite as much fun after a week or two without baths and without air conditioning. Little or no ice and warm drinks. Muggy and humid.
You did want to cook, obviously, but all the heat from the grill was the last thing we needed.
But a really cool cooking stove popped up in New York. A tiny stove the burned wood (or charcoal) and produced focused head for cooking. No need to cook the cook too.
This technology works wonders in countries where there is little or no electricity, and wood is often scarce, and the smoke from open cooking causes some of the world's worst health issues (probably only exceeded by water/sanitation).
You gotta see how far the technology has come. This is a BIG stove, relatively, that generates electricity (USB power) and has battery. It has an internal fan, to fan the fire so it can produce some serious heat possibilities -- especially given the ability to focus the flame.
This version comes with an LED light so you can see what's cooking at night.
As they say, this is the first version of the BaseCamp that is crowd designed. When you jump in on the crowd funding at KickStarter (BaseCamp) you will get a free carrying case.
You also get the warm-fuzzy feeling of knowing that this technology will save millions and millions of lives in energy starved countries.
All very very cool.
Keywords: Crowdsourcing, crowdfunding, genius of crowds, kickstarter, invention, sustainability, renewable energy, health,
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Friday, March 21, 2014
Kickstarter CEO: 'Veronica Mars' proves 'the power of audiences' | Inside Movies | EW.com
Kickstarter CEO: 'Veronica Mars' proves 'the power of audiences' | Inside Movies | EW.com:
When you go to watch Veronica Mars, if you haven't already done so...
Think about this. It has been the greatest success for any movie launched by crowd funding!
Capitalism at work by the masses. Very cool.
They blasted through the goal of $2M and raised $5.7M from 91,000+ backers.
Here is the YouTube Video teaser that they used to raise the money and to recruit MARShmellows to jump into the backer frenzy.
Right now I can watch it on Xfinity for only $17.99.
Gotta love it.
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When you go to watch Veronica Mars, if you haven't already done so...
Think about this. It has been the greatest success for any movie launched by crowd funding!
Capitalism at work by the masses. Very cool.
They blasted through the goal of $2M and raised $5.7M from 91,000+ backers.
Here is the YouTube Video teaser that they used to raise the money and to recruit MARShmellows to jump into the backer frenzy.
Right now I can watch it on Xfinity for only $17.99.
Gotta love it.
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Friday, April 20, 2012
JOBS Act Makes Crowdfunding Accessible for Millennials
JOBS Act Makes Crowdfunding Accessible for Millennials:
Ways to fund have suddenly gotten a whole lot easier.
This way ideas and inventions have many more options available to them for fund raising (and partner development).
Cool.
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Ways to fund have suddenly gotten a whole lot easier.
This way ideas and inventions have many more options available to them for fund raising (and partner development).
Cool.
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