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User experience: ROI and methods to measure your investment in UX

mjvinnovation

The figures take into account a period of 10 years (2003-2013). Not to mention the improvement in productivity and the reduction of rework costs, especially in the development process. Statistics indicate that investing in UX during the conceptual phase of a project can reduce the solution development cycle time by 33% to 50%.

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How the current patent system actually hurts innovation (and how patent trolls are being fought)

Idea to Value

If you want to see just crazy the situation is, watch this video by software developer Austin Meyer, in which he describes his experience trying to fight these patent infringement claims with the companies that sued him. I highly recommend you watch it. In 2009, CoreValve was bought by Medtronic for $775 million.

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