Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Since that date the S&P 500 is up 2.45% while Accenture stock is up 206% with revenue of $23 billion and a market cap of $32 billion. And coming to the end of 2010 I feel a sense of reminiscence of some of the trends from a decade ago. Double-down on great people, process & IP.

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 30, 2007

I think we thought that the good product guys could get away with it because the detail of good customer service was unimportant with strong IP. So, they were frequently out of stock on the fastest moving orders, usually at the end of the week. Then their days out of stock would grow.). Then their days out of stock would grow.).

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Steve Blank

MAY 4, 2009

My way of explaining our support and service role to the marketing department was that: Sales is the sharp end of the stick, and marketing at best, is the stick. But while the sales team works for commission, the rest of the employees have equity (stock) in the company. No one was confused after that. Who’s on the Sharp End?

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www.metamorphblog.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

We launched in January 2010 after burning through just $4k of cash. Make sure you own all the IP created during this trial period, and make no promises for later. Starting a company without vesting your stock is like getting your girlfriend pregnant on the first date. Need to learn about IP, patents, etc.? Remember that.

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uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com

NOVEMBER 17, 2011

For example, pre-select the user’s country based on their IP address. It should be possible to switch the formatting based on location, either by prompting for location or by IP lookup. 100 Wordpress Themes 2010. Smart defaults Use smart defaults to make the user’s completion of the form faster and more accurate. More cartoons.

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www.currentlyobsessed.com

MAY 28, 2010

i never thought about it like investing in stocks before. blog comments powered by Disqus top Copyright ®2010 - Currently Obsessed - Log in Slightly hacked Evidens Theme by Design Disease and lifted ideas from Tony Wright. You alluded to this in your post. joe heitzeberg Great point! That analogy works very well, thanks!

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

You can measure this yourself: go to any list of startups, maybe look at YCombinator’s recent graduate class , or Scoble’s list of picks for 2010 , or Sequoia’s list of seed companies — or go find a list you like better. Purchase IP from the vendors. of course, you’re allowed to have your opinions.

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

IP Location Tools. British Library Business & IP Centre : Funded by the London Development Agency, the British Library supports inventors, small businesses and entrepreneurs from that first spark of inspiration to successfully launching and developing a business. Lodestone Innovation Partners (IP) Ltd are spin-out specialists.

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