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This Week in VC: Michael Montgomery (President, Montgomery & Co.)

Both Sides of the Table

He said that there remains a very healthy market for “data oriented&# software companies because the world is moving more toward measurability and software companies with differentiated IP often get a premium in the market. Give up a box of clothes and receive one in the size you designate. total funding $1.7 My-Wardrobe.

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One More Time: No NDAs

dashes.com

If you can, design for circumstances where, once youre ready to start talking about your idea, youre encouraging people to "disclose" your efforts. However, there is the concept of "mutual" NDA, which should give your IP equal protection if you share any of yours. I guess the design will go to my grave with me. or Portland.

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Startups in stealth mode need one piece of advice.

www.humbledmba.com

I had taken classes on IP, first-mover advantage, etc. If we werent careful about this, our IP claims would be worthless. The first advice I got when I came up with the design was apply for a patent. I started my first internet company while getting my MBA. And while I knew she wouldnt steal it, I needed to be very careful.

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

blog.expensify.com

Because.NET is designed to extend, not disrupt. NET is designed to tightly integrate with and seamlessly extend the Microsoft stack in extremely powerful but ultimately incremental ways. Some us have evolved past the visual designers. Did you confused the Visual Studio WinForms designer with C#, then accidentally call it.NET?

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