{"podcast":{"title":"Finding Brave","slug":"finding-brave-9725","podcast_index_feed_id":9725,"rss_url":"https://findingbrave.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://findingbrave.org","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/6/5/1/a/651a7cc7b15d7f9c40be95ea3302a6a1/finding_brave_cover.png","author":"Kathy Caprino","episode_count":330,"summary":"Finding Brave with Kathy Caprino helps listeners access the courage they need to honor their true passions, talents, and values in life and work, and leverage them for more success and happiness. Listen in as Kathy and her inspiring, top-level guests share a wealth of strategies and tips for building a braver, more rewarding life and career.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/finding-brave-9725"},"episode":{"title":"317: How to Attract Great Investors For Your Products and Business","slug":"317-how-to-attract-great-investors-for-your-products-and-business","published_at":"2025-10-30T07:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/finding-brave-9725/317-how-to-attract-great-investors-for-your-products-and-business","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/finding-brave-9725","url":"https://findingbrave.libsyn.com/317-how-to-attract-great-investors-for-your-products-and-business","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/findingbrave/How_to_Attract_Great_Investors_For_Your_Products_and_Business.mp3?dest-id=591402","summary":"Protecting your ideas is a critical step for attracting excellent aligned investors. In this episode of Finding Brave , I sit down with intellectual property expert and attorney David Postolski , senior partner at Gearhart Law , to demystify what it really takes to secure funding and safeguard innovation. Drawing on his extensive experience helping inventors, entrepreneurs, and creative professionals, David shares how a strong IP strategy serves as both protection and proof of your business's credibility. A registered patent attorney and professor at Temple University, Parsons School of Design, and Radzyner Law School, David teaches emerging leaders how to navigate intellectual property, ethics, and regulation in today's innovation economy. He is also the author of several books, including Marketing Your Invention, Product, or Journey and IP Strategies for Medical Device Technologies: Be Your Own Incubator . His work spans patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets, all of which are essential tools for creators seeking to turn ideas into sustainable businesses. In this in-depth conversation, David unpacks how startups can strengthen investor confidence through IP, what to watch for when choosing partners or consultants, and why skipping early legal groundwork often leads to costly setbacks. He shares a client story that shows how clear agreements and solid contracts are as critical as creativity when launching a brand, and explains that taking these steps early not only prevents legal issues but also builds a foundation of trust with investors and collaborators. From patents and trademarks to investor readiness and due diligence, this episode offers a practical roadmap for anyone turning ideas into impact. Tune in to hear David's vital insights on protecting yo…","meta_description":"Protecting your ideas is a critical step for attracting excellent aligned investors. In this episode of Finding Brave , I sit down with intellectual prope…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2234,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/finding-brave-9725/episodes/317-how-to-attract-great-investors-for-your-products-and-business/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/finding-brave-9725/317-how-to-attract-great-investors-for-your-products-and-business.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}