billbarhydt

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More thoughts on patents... (billbar.posterous.com)
1 points by billbarhydt 17y ago|0 comments
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by billbarhydt 17y ago
More thoughts on patents... http://billbar.posterous.com/patents-use-them-or-lose-them
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by billbarhydt 17y ago
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 benefit from the IP in some way then it should fall back i
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by billbarhydt 17y ago
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.
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Use patents or lose them?
15 points by billbarhydt 17y ago|16 comments
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by billbarhydt 17y ago
Every successful entrepreneur who has failed at least once should have his picture in the dictionary next to the word tenacity!
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by billbarhydt 17y ago
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 back in product development makes very little sense to me.
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by billbarhydt 17y ago
Alex3917 is there a link to your company I could check out. Congratulations on a huge milestone. I hope you take time to celebrate.
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by billbarhydt 17y ago
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 most start-ups have to change direction/pivot multiple times
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by billbarhydt 17y ago
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 customer validation effort. "gruseom": In regards to cultural,
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Developer passion and how to find it
7 points by billbarhydt 17y ago|3 comments