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Missing A Guest

Missing out on the missing day: Guest Speaker Shadrach White Due to prior and unavoidable commitments I was unable to attend Shadrach White’s visit to the University of Washington, where he spoke to the entrepreneur class of students. I say “the” in reference to the class, because it is the only entrepreneur class on campus to my knowledge. I did learn something about the opportunity I missed during Shadrach’s visit by doing a little research on Mister White, hereafter referred to as Shadrach. And I certainly hope that he does not mind. But to me, it is oddly impersonal, on approach to insult, to refer to someone so formally and in, perhaps an antiquated manner, throughout written content on getting to know the person. Shadrach has quite a presence in our Tacoma community and a good reputation. He has established an influential presence in the academic circles, with his involvement in the University of Washington’s School of Engineering and Technology advisory board. His pres

Protecting IP

To protect the intellectual property of what may become a thriving product and service line I must consider both the idea and implementation as having critical value to the product and service. In this consideration I will address these concerns for both the idea and the implementation  as pertaining to the service concept and the product concept. The reason for this separation is because the implementation will be sequenced by first starting the service line as a 3d printing alternative shipping, and then expanding this service as a limited line of products the company 3d prints and provides directly. I will discuss these in order of implementation according to the plan. The separation of the implementation of the 2 parts is also a strategy of protection I will discuss. The service line has value in the idea. There may be other entrepreneurs willing to go at a true, start- from-scratch, implementation of this service. There are also established 3d printing services that would h