Freese: Lack of patents does not preclude business defensibility
Kalle Freese · After the Pitch: Sudden Coffee · Mar 3, 2025 · at 5:27
Sudden Coffee co-founder Kalle Freese pushes back against investor Jillian Manus on whether a company can be defensible through trade secrets rather than patents.
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“Well, I don't think that having no patent means that there's no defensibility.”
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