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In addition, due to Sarbanes-Oxley and other regulations, accounting costs have gone up an estimated four times for all businesses, and 2008-2009 represented the worst IPO market in forty years. Fix the patent office to keep up with the backlog. The average total fees for obtaining a patent are now way up to $38,000.

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Kathy Sierra at Business of Software 2009 - Business of Software Blog , May 4, 2010 "In the old days, getting customers was easy. Why Lawyers Don’t Run Startups - Steve Blank , May 27, 2010 Startups need to have a great lawyer, accountant, patent attorney, etc. You could just outspend. It's a great talk.

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We're really excited about 2009. We are not looking to fund people in 2009, who are learning a new market, on our nickel. Between 2005 and 2008, there were lots of companies raising half a million, and selling for 15 million. What I'm looking for in companies when pitching, is, first and foremost--the founders.

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He was Director of Online Marketing for Mota Motors, a BusinessWeek Top 50 Most Promising Startup of 2009 and TechCrunch50 finalist. He previously led business development for Affiliate Fuel, leading to its acquisition by Experian in 2005. Goodreads raised a Series A round of funding from True Ventures in the summer of 2009.