I actually wrote a post yesterday about how custom IP / software shouldn't be a requirement for a new startup: http://planscope.io/blog/a-programmers-advice-to-

I actually wrote a post yesterday about how custom IP / software shouldn't be a requirement for a new startup: http://planscope.io/blog/a-programmers-advice-to-startup-founders/ http://planscope.io/blog/a-programmers-advice-to-startup-fou... A lot of people would be surprised how many startups could be created leveraging just email and and maybe Excel, and only graduating to custom software when that becomes too much of a pain in the ass.