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Thanks! I also love that book, as it's full of practical advice. I really recommend reading Contagious if you haven't because it really made me realise how important all the offlin…

Just finished making the first version of an iPhone app and have started press releasing it. I've found the whole app review thing a bit of a minefield and discovered that app revi…

Hi! I'm busy building an iPhone app, which is optimised for commuters and I was wondering what sort of things people like to fill their commuting time with? If you use public trans…

Hi, I previously submitted a dilema in Ask HN regarding trademark infringement. Another company had pursued us claiming that we were infringing their trademark. Not having the mean…

Thanks for your reply. In answer to some of your questions - no, this letter is not from a lawyer, it's from the company's chairman. Their trademark was registered in 2010 and I ca…

I see you have experience of the 'picking your battles' thing and that is exactly what we need to do. This has been very useful and given me valuable perspective. I'll research as …

Yes, they do have registered trademarks. Do you think we should rebrand even if we both have different names (with only thw 'owl' part in common), different branding (colour, desig…

For us wisdom is a positive connotation and also due to the owl's hearing range: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owl#Hearing But, that's probably a bit off topic - our name and the me…

Thanks - you make good points here. Weighing up the importance of our name / brand is definitely worth thinking about. Unlike the company approaching us, luckily we haven't spent a…

Thanks, Milly. I think the tricky bit would be how to establish if our logo / name is close enough to theirs to breach their trademarks. I wonder if there are any guidelines on thi…

I'm one of the Cofounders of a startup called Super Owl and we are busy working on an iPhone app which delivers spoken word content weekly to subscribers. We have recently been fea…

Hi, You'll find all the details on the meetup page: http://www.meetup.com/Mavericks-Breakfast/ In general around 8 people meet up for breakfast and after a brief intro each person …

Hey, Thought I would put this link up to a new meetup that I'm co-organising in London. It's really to serve a personal problem while working on a startup with a view that others m…

Thanks Zeeshan - I've e-mailed you.

Hi, We're looking for a really, really good iPhone app designer who understands how to design natively for the iPhone, interactions and overall experience. As a boot-strapped start…

Thanks for this link - it's super useful :)

Really good examples - I agree there's more we can do, in terms of content, on our FB page. We can give samples of playlists to spark conversation and also as a taster of what to e…