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 IP + Open Source
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| Page 1 of 1 | Previous | Next | WILL PRICE JANUARY 24, 2007 The Three Most Important Letters in Open Source: CYA In the software VC world, the merits of open source are regarded as givens- a business model innovation that brilliantly aligns customer and vendor interests. However, outside of the software VC market, open source remains an enigma wrapped in a mystery. Is open source a backdoor towards communism? | | | | | | |
| ASK THE VC MARCH 13, 2012 Parker: Open Source and For-Profit Companies On the heels of Yahoo suing Facebook for patent infringement followed by Tim Armstrong at AOL saying “hey Wall Street – look at me – I’ve got great patents also “, Andrew Parker (Spark) wrote a post that brought me out of my “intellectual property depression” titled Open Source and For-Profit Companies. | | | | | | | | | | |
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IP LAW FOR STARTUPS | FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 2011  Don’t Destroy the Value of Your Software
Because of the complicated nature of IP laws, many companies have a muddled IP mess and have destroyed the value of the core software. Don’t Require Assignment of IP Rights To Your Company. If you don’t own the IP rights to the software, you can’t sell it. And don’t think you can hide the open source code. MORE >> -
IP LAW FOR STARTUPS | TUESDAY, MAY 10, 2011  My Website’s Software Foundation: Do I Own the Code or Can I Sell My Site?
If your business is based on your website, and someday you want to sell your business or your site, the IP rights and licenses to the website’s software foundation are important. You need to consider the following questions: 1) Do I exclusively own the underlying IP rights to the site’s foundational software? MORE >> -
INSTIGATOR BLOG | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2012  Clean Up Before Raising Funding
Deal with IP Assignment as quickly as possible; you don’t want to leave any loopholes in there that will scare investors away. Contractors need to sign proper agreements, with non-disclosures and IP assignment. (Powered by LaunchBit ). Raising money is a dirty job, but someone has to do it right? Get your house in order. MORE >> -
STARTUP LESSONS LEARNED | MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2008 Lessons Learned: The lean startup
But by taking advantage of open source, agile software, and iterative development, lean startups can operate with much less waste. One that is powered by three drivers, each of which is a part of a major trend: The use of platforms enabled by open source and free software. What are the characteristics of a lean startup? MORE >> -
FELD THOUGHTS | WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2011  PBS Newshour on Accelerators
This makes me happy as part of our goal when we started TechStars was to “ open- source” the mentor driven accelerator process. PBS Newshour has a neat eight minute segment on accelerators. TechStars is featured, along with several others. The punch line from the interview is in the first 30 seconds. MORE >>
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