Barrier to Entry
In the old days, 20 years ago, "Developers, developers, developers" was probably all you needed. But these days the biggest barrier-to-entry for start-ups is misuse of IP laws by established players to stifle competition.
It's a shame that the technology industry is being slowed-down and resources sucked out by the legal profession (check out the cost of lawyers vs. "developers"); we definitely need IP laws to protect genuine invention, but software patents?