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The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly Of Software Patents

Startup Professionals Musings

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. This hit RIM (Research In Motion) a few years ago, and cost them $650M to recover.

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5 Ways To Cut Back On Employee Health Care Costs

YoungUpstarts

It may seem intrusive to some, but small business owners concerned about cutting back on costs need to consider every avenue of cost-reduction. Hold company-wide sports games in your down time on a regular basis. Others employee welfare health care healthcare healthcare costs managing costs' Sports Games.

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The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly Of Software Patents

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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. This hit RIM (Research In Motion) a few years ago, and cost them $650M to recover.

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30 Machine Intelligence Startups to Watch in Israel

VC Cafe

The company emerged from stealth in November 2016 and announced a $100 million investment round from Sir Ronald Cohen, Lloyd Dorfman, OCAPAC Holding Company, and Horizons Ventures. the company raised a strong $3.3M Raised $8M in series B in September 2016. All key technologies for autonomous driving.

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How Investors Are Increasing Their Returns Through Collaboration and Technology

David Teten

With a unique vision for starting and successfully managing innovative companies, he is the Managing Partner of Social Leverage, a holding company that invests in early stage web businesses. He holds a Master of Science in Finance from the London Business School and a Bachelor of Arts from Tulane University.

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

Agile VC

’s leadership team, I personally would have vigorously opposed this move because I think any benefit which might accrue to the org would be overwhelmed by a range of costs. It is more remarkable for a large, well-known company that’s an actual operating business like Yahoo! If I were involved with Yahoo!’s

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With New 21 Percent Corporate Tax Rate, S-Corps Are Taking A Second Look At C-Corp Status

YoungUpstarts

In addition, if your business operations are located overseas, repatriation provisions under the new tax law may make a switch to C-Corp status tax advantageous. The operative word here, though, is qualified. Costs of Retaining Cash. New Deductions for Qualified Business Income.

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