On this episode of our podcast The Confounded Founder we’re joined by John Dawes, Executive In Residence, at Costanoa Ventures.  John advises Costanoa portfolio companies to help them navigate the waters of building successful product and created an insightful framework about how to navigate the four stages of product market fit.

How to Navigate the Four Stages of Product Market Fit

Chris Mann, product leader at LinkedIn, Bizo, IBM, and ex-CEO at BrightFunnel discusses his actionable framework to align corporate and product strategies, improve collaboration amongst leadership teams, and what a triple cheeseburger of planning is.

How to Reach Strategic Planning Utopia (Corporate + Product Strategy FTW)

On this episode of our podcast The Confounded Founder we’re joined by California patent attorney Sherrie Flynn of Coleman & Horowitt, LLP.  Sherrie has 30+ years experience in business and mechanical engineering and represents clients in intellectual property registration and enforcement, including patents, trademarks and copyrights, business and business torts, and construction.  

Sherrie has secured patents for clients from physical/mechanical inventions to virtual reality products.

Mythbusting Patents for Aspiring Entrepreneurs and Inventors

On this episode of our podcast The Confounded Founder we’re joined by inventor and attorney Gary Shuster of Coleman & Horowitt, LLP. Gary has over 200 patents to his name and is a patent attorney who talks us through 8 common mistakes inventors make with patent attorneys.

8 Mistakes Inventors Make with Patent Attorneys

Valley Innovators chats with 2019 startup pitch contest prize winner HermetiaPro about their entrepreneurial journey and what they've learned in the past year to benefit new founders. Learn more at www.hermetiapro.com.

Sustainable Ag Startup HermetiaPro Tells Their Entrepreneurial Story

Founder Dr. Leo Nguyen tells the Five Microns story about how a passion to help people with tremors led to a lab invention on Fresno State University's campus and is now a commercially viable product sold across the US. Learn more at www.fivemicrons.com.

Five Microns Discusses its Startup Mission to Reduce Tremors

Valley Innovators is a mission-driven company focused on education, mentorship, and access to capital for early-stage companies. Our podcast The Confounded Founder, provides unique insights to help entrepreneurs succeed, the first time.

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