Thursday, February 11, 2010

private note

Met three interesting people over the last one week. An entrepreneur, an intrapreneur and a patent attorney. Meetings reaffirmed how perspectives are tinted by one's personal biases.

The intrapreneur raised several if's about the biz plan, and in general sounded risk-averse. He emphasized the strategy part several times.

The entrepreneur was gung-ho about the long-term prospects, and tended to downplay specific aspects of the roadmap. Emphasized the tactics more than the strategy.

The patent attorney was all in favor of protecting core parts of the concept with IP. A defensive approach, intended to raise money "atleast" by selling IP, if the business doesnt work.

Wonder how tough it is to evaluate advice objectively... Hmm...

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