Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

He presented the idea at the TED conference in the mid 90′s and was literally boo’d while he was on stage. The idea actually came to him from the Yellow Pages business. Google was clear that they WOULD NOT go into this business. They were a juggernaut and Google was a small company. Overture (Goto.com).

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FEBRUARY 17, 2021

It wasn’t so many years ago that starting a new e-commerce business on the Internet was a complex custom development project, usually costing a million dollars or more. With Google, you get all the storage you need in the cloud for free. A programmer can build a new smartphone app for a few thousand dollars.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

Because GoTo.com was his idea. plus a large settlement on patent disputes paid from Google) so Bill did well on it. But bill is a BIG idea guy. Google had huge destination traffic. Google monetized this with AdWords (ads on their home page). It kicked Google Video’s ass. Overture sold for $1.6

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Guide to Evaluating Startup Ideas - Tony Wright dot com , May 27, 2010 A great developer I once worked with was kvetching at lunch one day. He’d been working at a well-funded startup for about a year and had come to terms with the fact that the startup was really a pretty dumb idea. 8211; are mostly a loss leaders for Google.

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JULY 27, 2014

It wasn’t so many years ago that starting a new e-commerce business on the Internet was a complex custom development project, usually costing a million dollars or more. With Google, you get all the storage you need in the cloud for free. A programmer can build a new smartphone app for a few thousand dollars.

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Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 5, 2012

We had over 35 ideas pitched Friday night, certainly on the higher side than normal with some really killer ideas. Attendees then cast their votes and 12 winning ideas were selected. Those with their ideas selected were out on the prowl, looking to recruit the top designer or developer in the room.

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DECEMBER 1, 2010

Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. And I tried to evaluate the idea and figure out: What did the founder really need here? Was it a Startup Founder Developer Gap ? know that you're afraid.

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