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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 link] Harry.

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Gaming is Eating the World

VC Cafe

Guest post by Kevin Baxpehler, Managing Partner at Remagine Ventures. Popular games like the Lineage IP, released by NCSoft in 1998, has generated over $4 Billion in revenue over its lifetime, most of it driven by its mobile version. Yes, the title is “click-bait” but there is some truth to it, bear with me. This is not new either.

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The Best Entrepreneurs Are Hyper Competitive & Hate Losing

Both Sides of the Table

I ran a marathon with my colleague in 2003 – I’m still bummed that he beat me even though he was clearly more athletic. She asked if she could fly the next day to meet with me and my partners. 6 months afterwards they laid off 75% of their staff and are existing on fumes to protect their IP to this day.

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One More Time: No NDAs

dashes.com

If I honor your NDA, and I meet a great investor or potential employee or valuable partner for your new venture, I wouldnt be able to tell them about it. However, there is the concept of "mutual" NDA, which should give your IP equal protection if you share any of yours. � Howard Aiken. irregulator. | May 10, 2010 6:11 PM.

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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. They seed funded my second company and even let me buy some IP in exchange for debt to get started. I knew my partners for 8 years before joining GRP. The things you learn in tough environments.

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How To Bootstrap Your Startup

www.readwriteweb.com

We are on the high end of the range, and I think expecting less would be unrealistic unless you are building something really simple (and therefore with limited inherent IP). link] for Microsoft ISV partners Posted by: Arthur Hu | September 10, 2007 10:30 AM Very fresh article Posted by: Adi | September 10, 2007 10:37 AM Good luck!

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Behind Every Great Product

SVPG

From Microsoft she went on to Netscape, where she was responsible for marketing of the Netscape Browser, and then LoudCloud, and now I’m happy to say she’s been my partner at SVPG for over a decade, and she also teaches marketing at UC Berkeley. Legal wasn't used to distribution via IP enabled devices.

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