Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

Google was clear that they WOULD NOT go into this business. They were a juggernaut and Google was a small company. But obviously Google won the war. Mostly, Google just had way better organic results (“the loss leader&# ) so it was always preferred by consumers. That gave Google a huge cost advantage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2020

As an angel investor, I see plenty of startups focusing on building an innovative product, but I’m looking for the few who are also leading with an exponential growth strategy, to put them in the category of the next Amazon or Google. Examples include the Nike Run Club app where people participate in challenges and win trophies.

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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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Technical Review Startup Software Review Course 417

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

These days, you can find existing patents and trademarks through Google and the US Patent Office online site without spending thousands of dollars with your favorite patent attorney. Of course, existing patents don’t stop you from innovating, but charging ahead into a wall is no fun.

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Ideas Technical Review Patents Startup 83

Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

I hear it right after people have decided to come by for a few days to “check out what all the fuss is about.” 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.

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Entrepreneur Snapchat Startup Google 376

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2012

I have a certain friend who called me a while back, all excited about his latest revelation. Use Google or one of the many other search engines to search for existing solutions to this problem. No known patents filed. Of course, you could pay a Patent Attorney a few thousand dollars to do the same search.

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Ideas Patents Startup Google 97

socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2012

We asked the same four questions of a variety of top technology entrepreneurs, investors, and others, to hear what they're thinking about, and are sharing it here over the next week. We've also invented and patented a new technology called "MasterKey" that allows people to play our games natively on all relevant social and mobile platforms.

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Technical Review Southern California Incubator High Tech 223

InfoChachkie

MAY 19, 2014

Maybe you said Apple or even Google, but I bet Facebook didn''t come to mind. In fact, it''s patently obvious, which makes it even more shocking that many digital ad executives do such a poor job of prompting mobile engagement and conversions. According to Google, 61% of mobile searches result in a phone call. Share and Enjoy.

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Company Companies Mobile Advertising 200

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 14, 2011

I have a certain friend who called me again a while back, all excited about his latest revelation. Use Google or one of the many other search engines to search for existing solutions to this problem. No known patents filed. Of course, you could pay a Patent Attorney a few thousand dollars to do the same search.

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Ideas Patents Startup Google 94

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 7, 2020

In fact, marketing is all about connecting your solution with the broadest possible customer set, and creating a relationship between the two of you. Google and others have since emulated this feature. Unfortunately, even today many engineers and product developers believe that marketing is just for advertisements.

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Startup Custom Customer Design 141

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

These days, you can find existing patents and trademarks through Google and the US Patent Office online site without spending thousands of dollars with your favorite patent attorney. Of course, existing patents don’t stop you from innovating, but charging ahead into a wall is no fun.

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Ideas Entrepreneur Technical Review Patents 106

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

We spoke with Ali Khoshgozaran , founder and CEO of the company, to learn more about the startup. What is Tilofy about? How did Tilofy come about? About 100 teams participated in that competition, and 10 teams were selected to be part of USC''s Viterbi Startup Garage program. My degree is from USC in big data.

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USC Southern California Organization UCLA 236

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 7, 2014

Right or wrong, the name you choose, or don’t choose, speaks volumes about your business savvy and understanding of the world you are about to enter. These days, it even helps if the name can easily be turned into a verb, like Google me. Try to adopt a business name that provides some information about what your business does.

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Google Custom Customer Sample 117

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2015

Business success requires customers to see a solution as exciting, and they rarely care about the technology behind it. Patents are not worth the effort, since big companies will win. Patents can raise startup valuation by investors by as much as a million dollars, and will attract acquisitions rather than copycats.

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Technical Review Patents Entrepreneur Custom 101

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

As a self-made entrepreneur and former chairman of Diamond Resorts International, he asserts that the five biggest companies by market value today, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon, and Apple, aren’t really tech, but hospitality companies. Cloobeck, “ Checking In: Hospitality-Driven Thinking, Business, and You ”.

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Technical Advisors Artificial Inteligence Custom Customer 82

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

plus a large settlement on patent disputes paid from Google) so Bill did well on it. Google had huge destination traffic. Google monetized this with AdWords (ads on their home page). So when Google started pushing AdSense (ads for affiliate or 3rd party sites) they had a HUGE cost advantage. Overture sold for $1.6

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Venture Capital Capital Google Platform 271

SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

The Startup UCLA Accelerator Is About Entrepreneurship Not Investment Returns. The long-term model will figure itself out over the next few weeks, but today, it’s all about the inaugural class and Jadon and his colleagues are extremely proud and excited about this group. Share on Google+. About PandoDaily.

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UCLA Invest Startup Class 47

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

These days, you can find existing patents and trademarks through Google and the US Patent Office online site without spending thousands of dollars with your favorite patent attorney. Of course, existing patents don’t stop you from innovating, but charging ahead into a wall is no fun.

Technical Review 58

Technical Review Ideas Patents Startup 58

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2013

Right or wrong, the name you choose, or don’t choose, speaks volumes about your business savvy and understanding of the world you are about to enter. These days, it even helps if the name can easily be turned into a verb, like Google me. Try to adopt a business name that provides some information about what your business does.

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Startup Google Custom Customer 104

SoCal CTO

JUNE 9, 2010

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. Why Lawyers Don’t Run Startups - Steve Blank , May 27, 2010 Startups need to have a great lawyer, accountant, patent attorney, etc. 8211; are mostly a loss leaders for Google.

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Startup Venture Capital Conference Social Media 248

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. In a new startup, there is tremendous competitive value in registering intellectual property early, but you don’t need to contract these tasks to expensive experts any longer.

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Startup Search Engine Optimization Social Media Outsource Development 108

socalTECH

APRIL 8, 2014

We spoke with Rami Rostami and Gerard Casale , who are behind TYLT Labs, and who told us a bit about their new fund, its investment criteria, and where it sees the promise here. Tell us a little bit about your investments and firm? Plus, there are companies like Yahoo, Google, and others who have set up shop here.

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Seed Funding Santa Monica Funding Startup 220

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2011

Right or wrong, the name you choose, or don’t choose, speaks volumes about your business savvy and understanding of the world you are about to enter. These days, it even helps if the name can easily be turned into a verb, like Google me. Try to adopt a business name that provides some information about what your business does.

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Company Companies Google Custom 108

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 30, 2017

People rarely achieve success at something they really don’t like doing, or don’t know anything about. Patents and other intellectual property go to the first person who files, rather than the first person with the idea. For example, many technologists love to invent things, but can’t stand the realities of running a business.

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Ideas Entrepreneur Examples Satisfaction 72

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2010

I have a certain friend who called me again a while back, all excited about his latest revelation. Use Google or one of the many other search engines to search for existing solutions to this problem. No patents filed. Of course, you could pay a Patent Attorney a few thousand dollars to do the same search.

Ideas 48

Ideas Patents Startup Google 48

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 13, 2011

We spoke with Jonathan about the advantages of SwoopThat over existing sites. 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. What's SwoopThat? It seems like all that course information would be difficult to pull, how do you do that?

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UCSD Course Startup Sites 185

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Right or wrong, the name you choose, or don’t choose, speaks volumes about your business savvy and understanding of the world you are about to enter. These days, it even helps if the name can easily be turned into a verb, like Google me. Try to adopt a business name that provides some information about what your business does.

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Company Companies Google Custom 92

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. Of course, not all new businesses can benefit from all these recommendations, so think carefully about what you can do, and what you can’t. Martin Zwilling.

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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. Richard Branson, now worth about $4.2 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. He is always looking ahead.

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Examples Startup Coach Patents 76

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 30, 2013

Dean Kamen, while still struggling with the Segway Human Transporter, holds 440 other device patents. Richard Branson, now worth about $4.2 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. He is always looking ahead.

Entrepreneur 104

Entrepreneur Startup Examples Ideas 104

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. It helps to have a following of loyal advocates in the mainstream press.

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Company Companies Startup Statistics 100

SoCal CTO

MARCH 4, 2010

Background This post partly really came about as a result of a great conversation yesterday with David Croslin a former CTO at HP who recently conducted an interesting experiment. Later he posted about his experience in Challenges of Startups. see When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication?

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Technical Review Technical Advisors CTO Coach Startup 170

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 1, 2016

If you check your market on Google and find numbers like these, I suggest you look for another opportunity where the number of competitors you can find is less than 10. For a new startup, the best way to assure survival is to file patents or other intellectual property to keep future competitors from copying your success.

Sites 51

Sites Ideas Statistics Google 51

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Based on my experience as a mentor and an entrepreneur, if you fail on your first startup, you are about average. It’s all about the execution. Having no competitors is a red flag (may mean no market), but finding ten or more with a simple Google search means this may be a crowded space. How can you improve your odds?

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Startup Ideas Entrepreneur Resource 100

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 9, 2012

Dean Kamen, while still struggling with the Segway Human Transporter, holds 440 other device patents. Richard Branson, now worth about $4.4 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. He is always looking ahead.

Startup 104

Startup Examples Entrepreneur Ideas 104

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 1, 2012

Based on my experience as a mentor and an entrepreneur, if you fail on your first startup, you are about average. It’s all about the execution. Having no competitors is a red flag (may mean no market), but finding ten or more with a simple Google search means this may be a crowded space. How can you improve your odds?

Entrepreneur 109

Entrepreneur Ideas Resource Statistics 109

Tech.Co

MARCH 1, 2018

And while that cliché has been said about everything in the Lone Star state for years, it rings particularly true for the hottest startups showcasing their big innovations at SXSW Startup Night 2018 presented by the Kauffman Foundation and TechCo. The company offers backup and disaster recovery of Google files. DatavizVR (Austin, TX).

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