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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. Software technology changes rapidly. Yes, the software patent process is a mess.

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[Review] The Lean Startup

YoungUpstarts

Most of us have a tendency to develop a strong case of sour grapes when we come across successful ventures. While reading the book, my first impression was that the concepts generally seem geared towards technological companies. If you have any interest in entrepreneurship at all, this book is definitely worth your time.

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How Online Video Companies Can Increase Margin and Build Better Businesses

Both Sides of the Table

The main thrust of the post is that with YouTube taking a 45% of revenue and talent taking 70% of the remaining revenue, YouTube Networks didn’t have sustainable businesses unless they invested heavily in technology as a tool to increase margin and provide defensibility. Europe is roughly the same as the US. Not so fast.

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

Gust

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. Software technology changes rapidly. Yes, the software patent process is a mess.

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Is Going for Rapid Growth Always Good? Aren’t Startups So Much More?

Both Sides of the Table

Growth will slow, partly due to internal limits and partly because the company is starting to bump up against the limits of the markets it serves.” It might be for technical reasons or it might be for customer adoption reasons. But my definition of the word is much broader. That leverage technology or drive change.

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An ongoing discussion on linkedin about Offshore Web Development and building a team in Europe.

Scalable Startup

This discussion began last week and has fostered some great comments and resources… Offshore resources/Europe company for U.S. web development projects. Tom Nora Startup Whisperer, Web Market Development. Hire them 8 hours at a time and review daily by skype, g hangout. Hello Tom, I can answer your questions.

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[Interview] Benjamin Yee of EMERGE App

YoungUpstarts

Aggressive expansion plans will no doubt see Ben explore off-the-beaten-track towns in Europe and South America in the near future. The fear of failure is definitely in my mind all the time but at least I can minimise the fallout of failure on everyone around me while I’m still young. And he’s not stopping there.