Yet2.com

Article summary

yet2.com is a global open innovation consulting company and technology marketplace founded in February 1999. The company is based around the idea of matching large companies with smaller companies, inventors, startups, and academic institutions, as well as allowing all types of technologies to be bought and sold on an online marketplace. Shortly after the company's founding in 1999, it became the largest global market for patents.

Key claims

1. date of foundation: 1999 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of foundation: 1999 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
2. The record states that the date of foundation is "1999". What evidence would count against this claim?
3. The record states that the date of foundation is "1999". What evidence would count against this claim?
4. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
5. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359648783