From the business point of view - not to overstate it - intellectual property is dead; long live intellectual process. Long live service; long live performance.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Longevity in this business is about being able to reinvent yourself or invent the future.
Tech companies have a finite lifespan: For the successful ones, an IPO or exit is never more than a few years off. But by recruiting locally and developing homegrown talent, companies can build something that remains after they're gone. People, skills and a culture of innovation persist.
The ability of a successful company to add functionality to its product has long been upheld.
Unlike the objective of far too many companies, manufacturing is not about a quick 'exit.' It is centered on long-term value creation.
There is a science to managing high tech businesses, and it needs to be respected. One of them is that in technology businesses, leadership is temporary. It's constantly recycling. So the asset has limited lifetime.
Entertainment, really, is a dying industry.
Intellectual property has the shelf life of a banana.
I personally think intellectual property is an oxymoron. Physical objects have a completely different natural economy than intellectual goods.
I personally think intellectual property is an oxymoron. Physical objects have a completely different natural economy than intellectual goods. It's a tricky thing to try to own something that remains in your possession even after you give it to many others.
I came up with the idea that I wanted to develop products because I saw services businesses being a dead end long term.