When Your Former Boss Sues You for Starting a Startup

Re:When Your Former Boss Sues You for Starting a Startup by toomuchtodo on Tuesday September 22, 2015 @06:14PM (#10262079)

If they have the resources to bleed you in litigation, would they not have the resources to care little about bad PR?

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Re:When Your Former Boss Sues You for Starting a Startup by jegutman on Tuesday September 22, 2015 @06:21PM (#10262107)

Depends on the company. PR is a proportional thing. If the CEO of a company is caught on video killing kittens that can kill 50% of a $100,000,000 company or 50% of $1,000,000 company. Public relations / branding is proportional in that way. Money on the other hand is slightly more constant, so in the two cases above it might be a 2 million dollar hit to each. A possible gamble to the 100 million dollar company but not to the 1 million dollar company.

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Re:When Your Former Boss Sues You for Starting a Startup by rancur on Tuesday September 22, 2015 @06:31PM (#10262158)

> is caught on video killing kittens

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Re:When Your Former Boss Sues You for Starting a Startup by TallGuyShort on Tuesday September 22, 2015 @07:04PM (#10262299)

Just an extreme example of bad PR.

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Re:When Your Former Boss Sues You for Starting a Startup by brongondwana on Tuesday September 22, 2015 @08:20PM (#10262624)

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-09-09/dentist-walter-palmer-...

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Re:When Your Former Boss Sues You for Starting a Startup by pbh101 on Tuesday September 22, 2015 @06:22PM (#10262117)

Maybe if it were Oracle, but in this case it is another startup which runs in the same circles and benefits from credibility from a similar audience, even if only for developer recruiting.

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Re:When Your Former Boss Sues You for Starting a Startup by toomuchtodo on Tuesday September 22, 2015 @07:04PM (#10262300)

Oracle is exactly who came to mind when I was typing out my reply :)

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