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Why A Cellular Carrier Did Not Buy Skype - Watching A Big Dumb Company Fail In Real Time

InfoChachkie

In the course of one meeting, I observed the following trifecta of stupidity. During the course of our meeting, some of the mid-level executives chuckled over the fact that they had recently extended the length of the prompt a user heard prior to leaving a voicemail message. Sadly, I was right.

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How to Work with Lawyers at a Startup

Both Sides of the Table

Shame about not getting it in legal writing that you owned the original IP. Oh, they didn’t cover that in your Stanford CS course? Your cousin specializes in entertainment law – that’s different. But if you can stomach that he’s a star and contingency work / risk sharing on IP claims is key!

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The Most Interesting Online Video Trend

Both Sides of the Table

Of course you know Gangnam Style , which is now the most viewed video in history at 1.3 Most won’t be of the quality that you want but you now have tons of material and inspiration for your show and you own all of the submitted IP. It’s entertainment. Chart a different course. Gangnam Style Meets Torso TV.

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How To Write An Effective Answer On Quora: Communications 101

InfoChachkie

Listing a variety of bread-and-butter IP protection tactics would not have been as compelling. Analogy – As readers of this blog know, I enjoy drawing connections between seemingly disparate people, historical events and pop culture minutia because it is entertaining and can facilitate learning. John is a CPA and holds an M.B.A.

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REACH Connected Future: Gaming Recap

Tech Zulu Event

This is of course, assuming we’re discussing console. Concurrently, Scot also sees an overall pullback on original IP’s. She says the money is still in the “traditional” hardcore gamers, the profile of younger boys and men. That’s where the scale is, she explains.

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Interview with Chris Lyman and Corey Brundage, SendLove.to

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Effectively, what Corey and I are trying to do, is distill the course of opinions on the web, and turn that into a consumable format. We've got the name of every politician, entertainer, celebrity, athlete, business person, and brand -- you name it, we have it. First off, talk about SendLove.to and what is it all about?

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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

Both Sides of the Table

To interconnect these computers we needed IP-based telecommunications equipment build by the likes of Cisco Systems and Juniper Networks. Fred Wilson has done this for the NY startup scene but of course you also have mass media located there. Venture Capital. You also need marketing muscle. None of us are derivatives of Silicon Valley.

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