SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

Why Lawyers Don’t Run Startups - Steve Blank , May 27, 2010 Startups need to have a great lawyer, accountant, patent attorney, etc. Why Entrepreneurs Hate Lawyers. In many of them I get asked similar questions, including the inevitable “what makes a great entrepreneur?” 8211; are mostly a loss leaders for Google.

Startup 248

Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2010

What if you could go to a web site and find all the recipes you could make today, with just the ingredients you already have in your kitchen? Use Google or one of the many other search engines to search for existing solutions to this problem. No patents filed. Tags: entrepreneur startup reality check great idea.

Ideas 48

Ideas Patents Startup Google 48

socalTECH

JULY 29, 2009

This morning, Knowledge Genie (www.myknowledgegenie.com) launched a new web site that helps experts and authors publish online information to the web. As part of your launch, we can integrate Google or Paypal payment options into the login page. We have patents filed on this process.

Geni 100

Geni Web Guide Platform 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

Every price comparison out there, whether that's Google Products, Bizrate, or other sites, can find books, but you can only do it one at a time. How did you come up with the web site? Had you thought you'd be an entrepreneur when you were in college? You've got to find each one, and research them online.

UCSD 185

UCSD Course Startup Sites 185

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

Think about how many images are on the web. Tanz has been featured in Entrepreneur Magazine “Young Millionaires of 2011 Special Report.” Perhaps one of the reasons it took 20 years for the commercial web to monetize images is because matching images with content is a very difficult. Millions, billions, trillions?

Advertising 98

Advertising Santa Monica Startup Content 98

SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

If you look at why Google is so successful today, the overwhelming majority of their revenue is from sponsored search. Google out-executed us, so, you know, hats off and theyve been victorious, but a lot of that kind of innovation happens in L.A. Google acquired that and incorporated it. Well, that technology came from an L.A.

Los Angeles 50

Los Angeles Company Companies Angel 50

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

To say he has had an impact on the web would be an understatement. He was a life-long entrepreneur and the first business he created out of college (actually, he founded it while he was at Caltech) was a company that manufactured high quality audio speakers. Google was clear that they WOULD NOT go into this business.

Competition 350

Competition Idealab Product CitySearch 350

socalTECH

JULY 15, 2009

The idea is we do not want to go down the current path of the Web 2.0 The sort of support mechanisms and networks in place really are about pharmaceuticals, biomedical, and patents. It's not like Stanford, where you can just call someone you know at Google. What's the business model behind this?

Startup 100

Startup Research UCI Social Network 100

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

At Microsoft, I was part of Bing Maps, which is Microsoft''s response to Google Maps. We now have a team of nine engineers and scientists, with experience from companies like IBM, Demand Media, and Google, all part of our core engineering team. I spent five years researching interesting ways to organize data on time and location.

USC 236

USC Southern California Organization UCLA 236

SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2010

Just because a product has a patent, deep complexity and an obvious competitive advantage does not mean that it can fly by itself into the market. How-to learn about angel/vc term sheets - Gabriel Weinberg , June 28, 2010 I think every startup entrepreneur (and angel investor) should have a good understanding of financing term sheets.

Startup 175

Startup Venture Capital Slides Blogging 175

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

Program head Robert Jadon describes Startup UCLA as more of a pre-accelerator than anything, meaning the the ideas are typically earlier stage and the entrepreneurs less experienced. Share on Google+. Love the student entrepreneur scene in LA right now! It also won a number of key patents bit.ly/RiJCFI Share on Facebook.

UCLA 47

UCLA Invest Startup Class 47