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

Agile VC

CEO Scott Thompson alluded to their plan a couple weeks ago but the IP lawsuit itself was only official late afternoon yesterday (and now public). ’s claims of IP infringement or offer a litigator’s perspective of Yahoo! Thompson reportedly dealt with this IP lawsuit personally along with Yahoo!’s

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This Week in VC: Michael Montgomery (President, Montgomery & Co.)

Both Sides of the Table

He said that there remains a very healthy market for “data oriented&# software companies because the world is moving more toward measurability and software companies with differentiated IP often get a premium in the market. Founded by Matt Rutledge in 2004 and based in Dallas. Acquired by Amazon for $110m. TechCrunch.

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5/25-NYC – Investing in Intellectual Capital: Patents, Trademarks, Domain Names, Litigation, Government Rights, and other Intangible Assets

David Teten

Chernesky was Cofounder, President and Chief Operating Officer of IPotential, where he brokered patent sales transactions, developed and managed patent licensing programs and completed complex IP consulting projects. Cost: $15 Members; $40 Non-members & Guests; please register by 3:00pm on May 24th. Wednesday, May 25, 2011.

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The Long-Term Value of Loyalty

Both Sides of the Table

I was paid less in salary in 2004 than I was paid at the job I quit in 1999 (a job I had held 8+ years). I learned how to get press coverage when we were no longer “hot.&# I learned how to manage costs effectively. They seed funded my second company and even let me buy some IP in exchange for debt to get started.

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28 Entrepreneurs Explain How They Came Up With Their Business Name

Hearpreneur

When I decided to quit the corporate world and build my company in 2004, I saw very few companies focused on helping SMB with digital marketing services. I started saving and investing young, and have been fortunate with a strategic, low cost approach. an international voice over IP company, was sold to Yahoo!

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Fixing Tech – A Manifesto from a Raving Capitalist

Start Up Blog

era emerged circa 2004, it really did feel like we’d discovered some kind of utopia. The High Cost of Free. While many of our digital services (like Facebook and Google) are free, they come with real costs. Another key feature of natural monopolies is that their marginal costs go down with more people using a single system.

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

blog.expensify.com

Shame on you for spinning your desire for junior developers as being solely related to cost. there are start ups who are legitimately using.net because they don’t need to look directly into the tcp/ip stack. Purchase IP from the vendors. of course, you’re allowed to have your opinions. it takes no intelligence.

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