How Large Software Companies Destroy Startup Value
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How Large Software Companies Destroy Startup Value
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Re: How Large Software Companies Destroy Startup Value
#2There in lies the opportunity, as soon as a startup gets acquired by one of the larger companies, might be a good idea to start such a company with the same/similar idea.
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#3There in lies the opportunity, as soon as a startup gets acquired by one of the larger companies, might be a good idea to start such a company with the same/similar idea.
This is also where IP comes in... can you reproduce someones product without violating their patents?
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#4There in lies the opportunity, as soon as a startup gets acquired by one of the larger companies, might be a good idea to start such a company with the same/similar idea.
This is also where IP comes in... can you reproduce someones product without violating their patents?
Most of the time, I reckon, yes.
Does feedburner even have patents?
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#5There in lies the opportunity, as soon as a startup gets acquired by one of the larger companies, might be a good idea to start such a company with the same/similar idea.
This is also where IP comes in... can you reproduce someones product without violating their patents?
Have you actually looked at patents? They are a cesspool of legalese and trolling for settlements.
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#6Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is also where IP comes in... can you reproduce someones product without violating their patents?
Have you actually looked at patents? They are a cesspool of legalese and trolling for settlements.
Aren't you just conceeding the point? Patents are crafted like that precisely to prevent people from reproducing the work without violating them. Precise statements are easy to get around... fuzzy ideas and claims are much harder to circumnavigate.
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#7Earlier quoted context omitted.
Have you actually looked at patents? They are a cesspool of legalese and trolling for settlements.
Aren't you just conceeding the point? Patents are crafted like that precisely to prevent people from reproducing the work without violating them. Precise statements are easy to get around... fuzzy ideas and claims are much harder to circumnavigate.
Yes, but if this cesspool were a real barrier, nothing would ever get done! Ignore at first. You'll be too small to sue. When you start to get somewhere, you can attract those with the resources to defend you.
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#8There in lies the opportunity, as soon as a startup gets acquired by one of the larger companies, might be a good idea to start such a company with the same/similar idea.
I'd think that even taking into account the phenomenon described in the article, it would be quite difficult for a new startup coming that late into the game to build enough traction to be a threat, barring any new and significant ideas.
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#9Sometimes destroying the value of the company they acquire is the entire point of the exercise:
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#10I think the article was missing the '...And What To Do About It' part. Although, it may be a system that is perceived to be broken but in reality serves its masters well. The startup gets their payday and the acquiring entity may make some additional revenue and most likely get some sort of tax write-off.