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Bill Foster: “I think it's a very bad predictor of success, but it's one of the--it's easily measurable, so we use it, but it's not at…”

On the recordFebruary 25, 2019
I think it's a very bad predictor of success, but it's one of the--it's easily measurable, so we use it, but it's not at all good.
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Bill Foster
Democratic · Illinois

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Foster critiques the reliance on patents as a measure of success for new technology companies.

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