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| Page 1 of 1 | Previous | Next | CHRIS DIXON JANUARY 31, 2012 Who should learn to program? I’d also argue that if you are a non-technical person working at a web company the the first thing you should learn is internet architecture (DNS, http, html, web servers, database, TCP/UDP, IP, etc). There has recently been a lot of talk in the tech world and beyond about getting more people to learn computer programming. startups | CHRIS DIXON APRIL 25, 2012 The risks of being a small investor in a private company Small investors invest in entity 1 that licenses IP from entity 2. Value of IP increases and entity 2 is sold and eventually cancels entity 1′s license, making entity 1 worthless. With the passage of the JOBS act , it seems that many more Americans will soon be able to buy equity in private companies. Here are a few examples. | | | | | |
| | | CHRIS DIXON SEPTEMBER 10, 2012 Notes on the acquisition process The most prominent one lately is “IP indemnification.” ” This is a complicated issue, but in short, as a response to patent trolls going after IP escrows, acquirers have been trying to get clawbacks from investors in case of IP claims. Ten years ago, startups financing was an insider’s game. startups | CHRIS DIXON MAY 2, 2010 Old VC firms: get ready to be disrupted VCs develop no real IP and rarely have serious apprenticeship programs. If the U.S. economy were a company, the VC industry would be the R&D department. The financing for the VC industry comes from so-called LPs (Limited Partners) – mostly university endowments, pension funds, family funds, and funds-of-funds. Here’s why. | |
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