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How the current patent system actually hurts innovation (and how patent trolls are being fought)

Idea to Value

Originally, patents had a simple purpose: By filing a patent, an inventor or company showed how their new technology worked, in exchange for legal protection for the duration of the patent. billion , predominantly for the approximately $4 billion worth of patents it possessed around smartphone technology. Does this system still work?

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How to Run the Ultimate Corporate Hackathon

Qmarkets

“Programmers and software professionals squeezing time in against packed evenings and weekends to accelerate productivity.” He continues to describe the hackathon format as one of “decentralized, disintermediated, distributed computer programming [that] proves an industry standard for software development.”.

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How to Run the Ultimate Corporate Hackathon

Qmarkets

“Programmers and software professionals squeezing time in against packed evenings and weekends to accelerate productivity.” He continues to describe the hackathon format as one of “decentralized, disintermediated, distributed computer programming [that] proves an industry standard for software development.”.

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Open Sourcing May Be Worth the Risk

Harvard Business Review

In early 2012, my company made the decision to open source a key piece of our technology platform. We open sourced Mobify.js , our core framework that enables web developers and designers to create a mobile-friendly version of their website. But allowing others access to a piece of your business could open you up to criticism.

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Open Sourcing May Be Worth the Risk

Harvard Business Review

In early 2012, my company made the decision to open source a key piece of our technology platform. We open sourced Mobify.js , our core framework that enables web developers and designers to create a mobile-friendly version of their website. But allowing others access to a piece of your business could open you up to criticism.

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Brexit Could Deepen Europe’s Digital Recession

Harvard Business Review

The UK tech sector has been among the groups most vigorously opposed to exiting. A survey of members of Tech London Advocates, an industry group, revealed that 87% opposed Brexit. These are real concerns for the UK economy overall as the tech sector accounts for around 10% of British GDP. The prognosis is not good.

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Zappos’ CEO on Using Corporate Relocation to Preserve Customer-Led Culture

Harvard Business Review

Our belief is that as unsexy and low-tech as it may sound, the telephone is one of the best branding devices out there. We also lost some good people: Our star software developer loved San Francisco and decided not to leave. We don’t hold reps accountable for call times. Culture That Drives Performance. An HBR Insight Center.

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