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More thoughts on patents... http://billbar.posterous.com/patents-use-them-or-lose-them

I also think licensing a patent to a company that actually uses it qualifies the owner not to lose the patent. Bottom line is that if the owner doesn't actually allow the public to…

Sorry I had copied the link to the original story and Andy Grove quote and then forgot to paste in my comment (duh). Thanks tsally for adding for me.

This week's Economist: "[Andy Grove] insists that firms must use their patents or lose them." I agree 100%. What do you think?

Every successful entrepreneur who has failed at least once should have his picture in the dictionary next to the word tenacity!

The current super soaker models are very disappointing to me. I've held a few "battles" with neighbors in my yard and the power is not what I remember from years ago. Taking a step…

Alex3917 is there a link to your company I could check out. Congratulations on a huge milestone. I hope you take time to celebrate.

I would say that the operative questions is more about founders who become successful after they were not accepted into a YC "class." YC themselves are good at pointing out that mo…

Thank you for the thoughtful responses. Interesting points. We're actually doing a trip to Mexican villages in the coming weeks. We're bringing the VP Engineering as part of a cust…

Question: We have started a company to solve one of the biggest problems in financial services: providing basic financial services such as money transfer and micro-purchases to unb…