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Yahoo! vs Facebook: Lame Lawsuit, Good Timing ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

CEO Scott Thompson alluded to their plan a couple weeks ago but the IP lawsuit itself was only official late afternoon yesterday (and now public). ’s claims of IP infringement or offer a litigator’s perspective of Yahoo! Thompson reportedly dealt with this IP lawsuit personally along with Yahoo!’s

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27 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Names

Hearpreneur

Remember, we’re on the Internet right now, and the Internet is owned by cats. Ran reports through a IP lawyer, they were all taken or didn’t sound good. Peacock didn’t sound as good but Conure another name for parakeet sounded good and passed the IP/trademark test. It was 2004 and my wife and I were in New York.

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The Long-Term Value of Loyalty

Both Sides of the Table

Most of what I learned about operating startups I learned from the really tough years at my first company from 2001-2003. That is when no customers wanted to work with Internet startups because we as an industry had burned so many customers. The things you learn in tough environments.