“"Patents make our product defensible." The optimal number of times to use the P word in a presentation is one. Just once, say, "We have filed patents for what we are doing." Done. The second time you say it, venture capitalists begin to suspect that you are depending too much on patents for defensibility. The third time you say it, you are holding a sign above your head that says, "I am clueless."” DoneUseNumbersBusinessToo MuchProductsThirdsSuspectsCapitalistVenturePresentationPatentsCluelessOptimalThird TimeVenture Capitalists Book:Reality Check: The Irreverent Guide to Outsmarting, Outmanaging, and Outmarketing Your Competition Source: Reality Check: The Irreverent Guide to Outsmarting, Outmanaging, and Outmarketing Your Competition
“I suspect that someday in a world with legal marijuana for adults, you will probably have branding that occurs for different types of the product.” WorldDifferentProductsTypeAdultsSomedaySuspectsMarijuanaBranding Author:Jared Huffman
“I have no direct knowledge of this, but I suspect that Apple will launch a living room product that redefines people's expectations really strongly, and the notion of a separate console platform will disappear concurrent with Apple's announcement.” PeopleRoomsProductsExpectationsDirectNotionDisappearApplesSuspectsPlatformsLiving RoomConsoleAnnouncements Author:Gabe Newell
“Go into business, sell a product, sell a service, you're automatically a suspect to people like Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton - unless you donate to them, and then you become their closest friends, and then we get cronyism.” PeopleProductsSellsClintonBarackSuspectsClosestDonateClosest FriendsCronyism Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I suspect that Donald Trump is going to be very tough with those countries that don't spend at least 2 percent of their gross domestic product on defense. He will ask them why should we allow a free-ride policy.” ShouldCountryAsksPolicyProductsTrumpPercentToughDefenseSuspectsGrossGross Domestic Product Author:Newt Gingrich