Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 27, 2014

The bad news is that patent trolls (non-producing companies that make their money from licensing patents) can squeeze the lifeblood out of unsuspecting entrepreneurs, as exemplified by the recent mess around Lodsys suing small Apple IOS developers. We need a global solution. Yes, the software patent process is a mess.

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Gust

OCTOBER 19, 2014

The bad news is that patent trolls (non-producing companies that make their money from licensing patents) can squeeze the lifeblood out of unsuspecting entrepreneurs, as exemplified by the recent mess around Lodsys suing small Apple IOS developers. We need a global solution. Yes, the software patent process is a mess.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2012

The bad news is that patent trolls (non-practicing companies that make their money from licensing patents) can squeeze the lifeblood out of unsuspecting entrepreneurs, as exemplified by the continuing mess around Lodsys suing small Apple IOS developers. We need a global solution. Yes, the software patent process is a mess.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 7, 2011

This patent holding company is charging infringement and demanding royalties from every app developer for the iPhone and Android, for a feature most agree has been in apps for many years. We need a global solution. Yes, the software patent process is a mess. So what’s the answer?

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Reid Hoffman

MARCH 2, 2021

Khosrowshahi, who previously served as CEO of Expedia before taking the reins at Uber in 2017, sat down with Greylock general partner Reid Hoffman to discuss the past, present and future of the mobility and delivery business that now operates in 71 countries around the world and employs around 20,000 people globally. Iconversations [guest].

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YoungUpstarts

SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

Too often, managers demand diligence about the wrong things: filling out forms is one glaring example. The vice chairman of the holding company that includes Revlon said in the Wall Street Journal : “[W]e aren’t going to spend $30 million to launch a deodorant.” Copyright © Robert L.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

Too often, managers demand diligence about the wrong things: filling out forms is one glaring example. The vice chairman of the holding company that includes Revlon said in the Wall Street Journal : “[W]e aren’t going to spend $30 million to launch a deodorant.” Copyright © Robert L.

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