Berkonomics

JUNE 1, 2023

And I’m sure they had no idea what they were fathering with that effort which eventually became ARPANET, and then of course, the Internet itself. Yet, so far, we have the foundation, thanks to development teams at OpenAI, Google and Microsoft among others. Commissioner of Patents in 1899. That was Charles H. Duell, U.S.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2010

I’m sure you all realize that there could be quite a distance between a great idea and a great startup. So, trying carefully not to rain on his parade, I suggested to my friend that he complete the following analysis as due diligence on the idea before spending his life savings (and others) to roll out a solution: Few competitors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 27, 2022

Meanwhile, Apple and Google came up with real innovation through touchscreen logic and a whole new user interface controlled by finger swipes, and even voice and image recognition. Generously reward your team for learning from innovative ideas, including failures. BlackBerry was left behind. Always practice thinking outside the box.

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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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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

In my experience, consummate entrepreneurs tend come up with more startup ideas than they can ever implement, and some of the ideas may not even make business sense. But how does any entrepreneur know which ideas to implement, and which ones are best left behind? Separate nice-to-have ideas from ones solving painful problems.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

The same is true for filing patents, registering trademarks, and filing copyrights. With Google, you get all the storage you need in the cloud for free. You don’t need to count on the old myth that all you need is a new idea on the back of a napkin, and investors will throw money at you.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2014

There are those amongst us the are willing to abandon the comforts of a job with a salary and perhaps the prestige of being able to tell family members, loved ones and friends that “I work for Google, Goldman Sachs, Apple, FedEx, Verizon or Coca Cola” and instead put out selves out there to potentially look stupid one day.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2017

In my role as an advisor to entrepreneurs and new businesses, I often get asked to critique an idea, but rarely get asked to comment on an implementation plan, or execution actions to date. For the record, my experience tells me that success in a new business has very little to do with the idea, and everything to do with execution.

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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. Watsup makes it extremely simple for you to get an idea of what is happening around you.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

What was Bill Gross’s heretical idea as portrayed to the tech elite? So much so that if you read Ken Auletta’s wonderful book “ Googled ” you’ll see that Larry and Sergey had for years stated they would never do paid search results. Yes, Google won. Google’s Ad Sense did, too.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

Trademarks, copyrights and even patents can be completed online by anyone through the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office site for a few hundred dollars. Of course, not all new startup ideas can be developed this way, so pick an idea that fits. Use virtual assistants online to supplement your efforts.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 1, 2016

Aspiring entrepreneurs often approach me as an angel investor, touting their innovative idea for yet another online dating site. Thus, I encourage you to consider these challenges as reality checks for your own business idea -- dating or otherwise -- before spending all your time and someone else’s money in vain.

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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. billion to Yahoo!

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

They count on learning from their mistakes, and use the experience to move to the next idea. The discipline of writing down a plan is the best way to make sure you actually understand how to transform your idea into a business. Idea has limited business opportunity. Not every good idea is a good business.

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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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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 1, 2012

They count on learning from their mistakes, and use the experience to move to the next idea. The discipline of writing down a plan is the best way to make sure you actually understand how to transform your idea into a business. Idea has limited business opportunity. Not every good idea is a good business.

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Entrepreneur Ideas Resource Statistics 109

socalTECH

APRIL 8, 2014

Rami Rostami: One of the things about the new crowdfunding phenomenon, is that everyone is raising money, validating their ideas, and maybe raising $500,00, or $50,000, or $5 million. Plus, there are companies like Yahoo, Google, and others who have set up shop here. But, what do they do from there?

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 30, 2013

Dean Kamen, while still struggling with the Segway Human Transporter, holds 440 other device patents. Entrepreneur examples include Larry Page and Sergey Brin at Google, who turned a new search technology into a tool that most of us couldn’t live without. Good ideas can come from anyone at any time.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2016

If your new venture is still in the idea or development stages, don’t even think about a high valuation. Patents and other intellectual property are a necessary initial “barrier to entry,” but these are just the beginning. Scalability in the worldwide arena must already be demonstrated, with plenty of growth potential ahead.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2012

Dean Kamen, while still struggling with the Segway Human Transporter, holds 440 other device patents. Entrepreneur examples include Larry Page and Sergey Brin at Google, who turned a new search technology into a tool that most of us couldn’t live without. Good ideas can come from anyone at any time.

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Jason Nazar

MAY 2, 2016

Ideation & Protecting Ideas. If you are inventing or creating a product, understand patents and register for one at the USPTO. Vet your idea with the idea checklist. Protect your ideas when sharing them with others by using an NDA. Get paid online ads, such as Google AdWords and Facebook Advertising.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 27, 2014

The same is true for filing patents, registering trademarks, and filing copyrights. With Google, you get all the storage you need in the cloud for free. You don’t need to count on the old myth that all you need is a new idea on the back of a napkin, and investors will throw money at you.

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Entrepreneur Startup Social Media Commerce 104

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 6, 2016

Dean Kamen, while still struggling with the Segway Human Transporter, holds 440 other device patents. Entrepreneur examples include Larry Page and Sergey Brin at Google, who turned a new search technology into a tool that most of us couldn’t live without. Good ideas can come from anyone at any time.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 31, 2017

When you are starting a business with an exciting new idea, it’s easy to dismiss potential competitors as not being in the same space, or too fat, dumb, and happy to be concerned that you even exist. A strong work ethic is great, but patents and intellectual property are critical. Just because Google sales hit $1.5

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socalTECH

MARCH 31, 2014

It''s about as complicated as Google Adwords. That''s really where the genesis of this comes from, and we have patents around the idea of continually analyzing both structure and semistructured data from a wide variety of sources, simultaneously. It''s designed for business people. That''s the unique nature of this technology.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 4, 2010

The short story is that he received 400+ responses and goes through how he categorized/vetted the responses: 300 Didn’t Fit – Outside expertise/interest, pushing for immediate funding assistance, too many ideas (not focused), looking for sales agents. see When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication?

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SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2010

" And in the spirit of how to get your ideas to happen, they asked me to talk about entrepreneurship and the myriad ways you can "be your own boss." 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. " Patterns in Chaos.

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Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

After Tanz had sold his pre-Instagram photo-sharing app called MoJungle, he was intrigued with notion of bringing advertising to photos, and had no idea if it was even possible. They have built proprietary ad serving, video serving and image recognition technology, complete with patents, and invented in-image advertising.

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socalTECH

JULY 29, 2009

What is the idea behind Knowledge Genie? As part of your launch, we can integrate Google or Paypal payment options into the login page. We have patents filed on this process. You can integrate Google or PayPal options--either or both--and it provides a big chunk of storage.

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SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

A little bit Berkeley, but more Stanford to the point where three PhDs graduating from Stanford and a huge idea can get a $20 million check to swing for the fences and build a huge company. If you look at why Google is so successful today, the overwhelming majority of their revenue is from sponsored search. Thats not Los Angeles.

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Xconomy

JUNE 29, 2016

For those who follow IP law, this is the tension behind the “abstraction test” in copyright and the recent Supreme Court software patent decision in Alice Corp. I didn’t play the descending line separately as you get the idea now. A lot depends on exactly how abstract the tool is that is being claimed. UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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socalTECH

FEBRUARY 10, 2009

We've created a patent pending technology called Autobuild. Addressing the other point, of automated tools--led by companies like Google, which allows advertisers to manage their own campaigns--have actually opened up a door to us. That's what we've done, and what we're calling PageGage. It's an automatic proposal builder.

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socalTECH

JULY 15, 2009

What's the idea behind Quub? 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.

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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+. It also won a number of key patents bit.ly/RiJCFI Share on Facebook. Share on Twitter. Share on LinkedIn. Michael Carney.

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SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

Here’s a man with all the brains of a Silicon Valley engineer and all the big ideas and known-how of an LA entrepreneur. Google quickly bought AdSense in 2003 and Elbaz’s AS team became Google Santa Monica. Elbaz’ AdSense accounted for 28 percent of Google’s total revenue, or more than $2 billion. Share on Google+.

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Technical Review Entrepreneur Riot Games Southern California 75

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

Topsy , for example, does respect the content producer — so morons using “Python-urllib/1.17″ or “AppEngine-Google; (+[link] appid: mapthislink)&# could obey the Robots Exclusion Protocol (REP), too. On my side, the time and money wasted with the idea to educate people is immense. Don’t be shy.

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SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

Actually, handling short URIs in your error handler is a pretty good idea when you suffer from a mainstream CMS. Here are a few ideas how to block rogue (crappy, not behaving, …) Web robots. And Google badly messes up your URIs for click tracking purposes. Sometimes even smart developers do evil things with your URIs.

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