This months I have chosen to write about a question that was raised in a 700 plus strong group of which I have membership and to which I am playing a small part in its steering. The person asked about the relevance of Intellectual Property for people in Technology. The second part is an attempt to differentiate between two forms of mining as a means of deciding if one is a distraction or if both should be pursued especially in developing (even this is a loaded term) countries. The third is a collaboration piece which we often share from Founders Freedom and Kenyan Organization that is in the business development and advisory space. My movie or series of choice is from Netflix. It is a further exploration of the subject of Intellectual Property with special attention to software. The series Billion Dollar Code is what I recommend and review for nuggets that are shared and that present quite a number of valuable lessons.