The Next Web

JANUARY 24, 2014

So let’s take stock: What do we offer? Think of Werner Vogels (CTO of Amazon), Guido van Rossem (founder of Python programming language and senior engineer at Dropbox) or the more senior Gerard Kleisterlee (chairman of Vodafone). We have great intellectual property protection, and have efficient ways to enforce contracts.

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www.metamorphblog.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

Make sure you own all the IP created during this trial period, and make no promises for later. Tiny, contracting market. Starting a company without vesting your stock is like getting your girlfriend pregnant on the first date. Need to learn about IP, patents, etc.? “Stealth Mode&# = FAIL. Customers are technophobes.

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blog.expensify.com

APRIL 24, 2012

Do a curl (or your.NET equivalent) on each domain, and see how many are running a Windows server: I think you’ll find the fraction very small. there are start ups who are legitimately using.net because they don’t need to look directly into the tcp/ip stack. Nothing says contraction negotiation like the smell of cordite.

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