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Getting A Software Patent Is Valuable But Frustrating

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For a software startup, a patent can be the intellectual property providing the key competitive advantage, or it can be an expensive non-defensible bureaucratic nightmare -- or both. Some argue to simply eliminate software patents, while others put their hopes in U.S. Patent offices can’t keep up with software technology.

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Guerrilla Marketing Genius: Is It The Beer Or The Band?

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A version of this article previously appeared on Forbes. If you haven''t already subscribed yet, subscribe now for free weekly JohnGreathouse.com articles! As noted on the label, each bottle of beer, "includes the full length album" in the form of a download code displayed under each cork. The Sounds Of Silent Partner.

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One of the Biggest Mistakes Enterprise Startups Make

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This article initially appeared on TechCrunch. The era of VCs investing in successful consumer Internet startups such as eBay led to a belief system that seemed to permeate many enterprise software startups that hiring sales or implementation people was a bad thing. We only want software revenue.” Let me explain why: 1.

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What Entrepreneurs Can Learn From The Grateful Dead

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free weekly Infochachkie articles! The owners had failed to anticipate the psychological kinship that radio created between fans and players. The intimacy of radio caused fans to establish personal rapports with players which was previously not possible. Old School Software Distribution Is Doomed. Baseball Radio.

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What is the Right Burn Rate at a Startup Company?

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But what IS the right amount of burn for a company? Turns out like most things there are no simple answers. Let’s set up a framework. Here’s overall what you need to know. Gross Burn vs. Net Burn. Burn rate in case you don’t know is the amount of money a company is either spending (gross) or losing (net) per month. (it

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Interview with Marc Friedmann, SciVee

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One is software, which is very much like software-as-a-service, where we deliver that software to publications and conferences, to enable rich media on their sites. That helps the reader figure out what are the key elements of the research, and whether the reader wants to spend more time digging into the article.

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Conforming To Your Customers’ Realities: Your Stakeholders’ Perceptions Are Your Reality

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He also spearheaded a number of fundamental software breakthroughs, including creating the basic hardware / software architecture which resulted in the creation of the third-party personal computer (PC) software industry. free weekly Infochachkie articles! Designed CD-ROM filing system and created Universal Software Bus.

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