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Re:Ways Startups Can Deal With Patent Troll Demands by StavrosK on Sunday October 07, 2012 @08:32PM (#4624971)
What are rogue angels, and why are investment bankers bad?
Re:Ways Startups Can Deal With Patent Troll Demands by tisme on Sunday October 07, 2012 @08:48PM (#4625017)
Rogue Angel -> Angel that will use some of their money in order to get a bit of stock which they then use in a minority shareholder lawsuit in order to try to leverage that into a larger amount. Start-ups can't have distractions like that so people that pull that stunt can hold you over a barrel. I've seen this up close and it isn't pretty.

Investment bankers are not bad by definition, but on the whole they're worth a lot less than they give themselves credit for. They presume to be an in-dispensable part of the deal universe but in actual fact they can be as much of a hindrance as they can be a help. Oh, and they always want to be paid, even when they don't perform at all.

Re:Ways Startups Can Deal With Patent Troll Demands by StavrosK on Monday October 08, 2012 @08:19AM (#4626490)
I see, thanks. I didn't know about rogue angels, it's too bad such scammers exist.