If LimitNone LLC wins the lawsuit it just filed against Google, it could send a warning signal to other start-ups: don’t show Google your wares, because it will steal your technology out from under you.

That’s effectively what LimitNone is saying, with its lawsuit alleging Google stole its system for migrating Microsoft Outlook customers to Gmail.
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A few days ago, my startup HubSpot, launched a new app called Press Release Grader. It’s not our core product, but a free tool for marketers and PR folks to analyze a press release and provide suggestions.

The launch has gone exceptionally well for us (and by that, I mean, the uptake in the community is much, much better than we were expecting). Would put some stats here, but it’d seem a bit like bragging and the focus of this article is not on press release grader or its specific results, but things I learned from putting it out there. Continue Reading…