Inside the Speakeasy Podcast - Your Key to Hidden Strategies & Success Stories from Top Entrepreneurs
Welcome to Inside the Speakeasy—the entrepreneur podcast that hands you the keys to rooms most never get access to.
Hosted by Eric Berman, this show is for founders, startup builders, marketers, and empire-minded creators who are done with surface-level noise and ready to unlock the hidden strategies, pivotal success stories, and raw truths behind elite business growth.
This is your key to the real game—the unfiltered conversations happening behind closed doors, at mastermind retreats, in late-night deal rooms, and during the “what the hell do I do now?” breakdowns that never make it to LinkedIn.
You’ll hear from the scrappiest, boldest, most unreasonably driven entrepreneurs in the U.S.—the ones who are scaling to 7–8 figures, failing forward, innovating under pressure, and rewriting the rules of success while no one’s watching.
No recycled advice. No fake “10X hacks.” Just what’s actually working right now—from people actually doing it.
Because let’s be honest:
You’re doing well.
You’re sharp.
But deep down… you know you’re still playing small.
So stop chasing comfort.
You’re not here for safe.
You’re here to evolve.
This is Inside the Speakeasy.
And once you’re in…
You don’t go back.
Inside the Speakeasy Podcast - Your Key to Hidden Strategies & Success Stories from Top Entrepreneurs
The IP Mistake Entrepreneurs Make that Will Cost You Millions of Dollars
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Entrepreneurs often assume they can handle IP later. Rich Goldstein has watched this assumption destroy hundreds of million-dollar opportunities. After securing over 2,500 patents, he's seen the same brutal pattern: founders who wait just one day too long lose everything they could have protected forever.
The stakes aren't just about stopping copycats. When done right, IP strategy can multiply your exit valuation by 100x. When done wrong, it can make your entire business worthless to acquirers. Rich breaks down the non-negotiable deadlines, the trademark traps that cost six figures to fix, and why AI is leading entrepreneurs straight into patent disasters.
It’s a critical conversation for founders building real leverage in their companies especially in a world where tools like Go High Level, the AI-driven business operating system trusted by over 2 million businesses, are helping entrepreneurs automate, scale, and build companies that actually work for them. Visit gohighlevel.com/speakeasy-mastermind-promo to claim your exclusive 30-day trial.
Key Timestamps:
0:00:00 Introduction
0:02:26 Mindset and misconceptions about IP Law
0:03:31 What to focus on with IP?
0:07:46 Avoid the high costs of not getting your trademarks registered
0:11:15 Different patents and protecting your products
0:12:57 When can a software become patentable?
0:15:15 Physical products and patents
0:18:02 The misconception about copyright
0:25:22 When is an information product trademark-able?
0:30:15 Formulations and patents
0:32:39 Understanding licensing
0:33:39 The patenting mistake not everyone knows
0:36:07 The whole point of the patenting system
0:39:18 Rich and his legendary parties
0:45:45 IP strategy and building your business with the end in mind.
Memorable Quotes:
"When it comes to trademarks, it's not just about whether the identical thing exists. It's about likelihood of confusion." [00:05:26] – Rich Goldstein
"The biggest return on IP investment comes at exit. You can get a hundred time return on IP investment when you get to exit." [00:45:34] – Rich Goldstein
Links Mentioned:
Go High Level: http://www.gohighlevel.com/speakeasy-mastermind-promo
Connect with Rich Goldstein:
Website: https://www.goldsteinpatentlaw.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/richgoldstein
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardwgoldstein/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@patentquestion750
Connect with Eric Berman:
Website: https://speakeasymastermind.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/speakeasymastermind/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/speakeasymastermind/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ericberman/
Produced by Evolved Podcasting: www.evolvedpodcasting.com