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Annual IP Case Law Review

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Thursday, November 4, 2010 -- CommNexus Presents: Annual IP Case Law Review. Supreme Court which affected whether software and business methods are patentable. Join in a panel discussion of the cases that were decided and that have affected the landscape of patent law this past year.

IP 100
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Adding Human-Centered Design to Software Requirements Engineering

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Friday, October 8, 2010 -- Adding Human-Centered Design to Software Requirements Engineering. In earlier SPIN presentations, the speaker covered several topics in software requirements, in particular use cases and examples of their use and misuse. See [link].

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Social Networking (the Shorter Version) Past, Present, Future

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Social Networks: Past, Present & Future. I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). So … November 2010 and Facebook has 500 million users. provides you.

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Congrats To The Spotlight: LA Tech Summer Presenting Companies at CalTech

Tech Zulu Event

And now without further ado I present the Spotlight: LA Tech Summer Winners: Spotlight Companies. 10 min per presenter). As of May 2010, CallFire has over 20,000 customers! Critique^It is peer-review without barriers—feedback without managing emails, commentary and document versions. RSVP: AGENDA. Diamond Sponsor.

CalTech 100
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Why Hearing “No” in a Fund-Raising Process is Actually Healthy

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This is true of any buying process where a customer has to make a large investment decision on your software or when an investor must decide whether to give you $5 million. I spend a lot of time coaching entrepreneurs through their fund-raising processes by doing “pipeline reviews” of all of the firms with whom they are speaking.

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Top 57 Online Startups Meets Technology Meets Product Posts for November 2010

SoCal CTO

aka: An Open Letter to the Next Big Social Network) - 500 Hats , November 1, 2010 I've held off writing this post for a long time, because I couldn't quite get my head around all the issues. When It’s Darkest Men See the Stars - Steve Blank , November 24, 2010 When It’s Darkest Men See the Stars. but: Something is Still Missing.

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Digital Health Becoming a Reality

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Yet 2010 is already showing me how connected our lives and our health are starting to become. My favorite new software tool is DailyBurn. So as I contemplated the kick off to 2010 I thought again about Weight Watchers. Problem is – Weight Watchers software TOTALLY SUCKS. Seemed such a fantasy back in 1992.