Nathan Myhrvold and the Business Of Invention 137
elwinc writes "There's a great New Yorker story about Nathan Myhrvold's Intellectual Ventures company, whose business model is to nurture ideas, write patents, and sell them. Apparently they're filing about 500 patents a year including a passive thorium reactor which consumes waste from conventional reactors. On the lighter side, you can read how Nathan has achieved 'dominant T. rex market share.'"
Though we've discussed Myhrvold and his company in the past, the New Yorker focuses more on how incredible it is to have a group of very intelligent people sitting around a table developing ideas.
That's what we need... (Score:2, Funny)
What a great idea... (Score:4, Funny)
Hey, maybe the place where they THINK could be called a TANK. I can't believe no one's thought of this before!
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Re:That's what we need... (Score:3, Funny)
Pimps are the epitome of coolness.
I was like you once. Young, idealistic.
Now, how do I get these dead fish out of my shoes?
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