Comments on: Jeers and Cheers for Prof. Duffy http://techliberation.com/2008/07/28/jeers-and-cheers-for-prof-duffy/ Keeping politicians' hands off the Net & everything else related to technology Sun, 27 May 2012 12:10:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Don Marti http://techliberation.com/2008/07/28/jeers-and-cheers-for-prof-duffy/comment-page-1/#comment-44342 Don Marti Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:38:45 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=11441#comment-44342 <p>Google doesn't even own the original PageRank patent. <a href="http://www.google.com/patents?vid=USPAT6285999" rel="nofollow">Stanford does</a>.<br><br>Where's the value in turning universities into the gatekeepers of their graduates' startups?<br><br>Google was fortunate to get angel investors early. How many graduates' startups never got off the ground because the founders couldn't get the money to license their own work?</p> Google doesn’t even own the original PageRank patent. Stanford does.

Where’s the value in turning universities into the gatekeepers of their graduates’ startups?

Google was fortunate to get angel investors early. How many graduates’ startups never got off the ground because the founders couldn’t get the money to license their own work?

]]> By: Don Marti http://techliberation.com/2008/07/28/jeers-and-cheers-for-prof-duffy/comment-page-1/#comment-42917 Don Marti Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:38:45 +0000 http://techliberation.com/?p=11441#comment-42917 <p>Google doesn't even own the original PageRank patent. <a href="http://www.google.com/patents?vid=USPAT6285999" rel="nofollow">Stanford does</a>.</p> <p>Where's the value in turning universities into the gatekeepers of their graduates' startups?</p> <p>Google was fortunate to get angel investors early. How many graduates' startups never got off the ground because the founders couldn't get the money to license their own work?</p> Google doesn’t even own the original PageRank patent. Stanford does.

Where’s the value in turning universities into the gatekeepers of their graduates’ startups?

Google was fortunate to get angel investors early. How many graduates’ startups never got off the ground because the founders couldn’t get the money to license their own work?

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