InfoChachkie

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

Microsoft was one of the first successful high-tech companies to not distribute its profits to shareholders. Unless your venture is focused on researching potential scientific breakthroughs, it is likely that your technology can be easily copied and your patents circumvented. In 1997, Bill finally purchased a private jet.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 10, 2010

Patents held by startups generally have a limited ability to reduce competition. The average time required to obtain a patent is 36-to-40 months, during which there is no guarantee your adVenture will ultimately receive patent protection. Even if you are granted a patent, the scope of your claims may be significantly denuded.

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socalTECH

MAY 14, 2010

We've got a relatively small organization--just five full time employees and usually somewhere between six and seven in total including interns and contractors--but I've been impressed with what we've been accomplish in my first year. You see that it's pretty high here in Orange County, as it is in San Diego.

OCTANE 174

OCTANE Orange County Technical Review Southern California 174

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

Often times, in the world of cell phones and high tech software, you don't know the challenges throughout the process of creating a product. Angels have lost lots of net worth because of the stock market meltdown, so we've kept it small, and plan to keep it small--at most three to five people at the most by the end of the year.

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