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. According to statistics , there are more than 5,000 dating sites worldwide with 1,000 new ones appearing every year. For starters, 40 percent of frequent site users are already married.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

For example, I’m not sure the world needs one more social media niche site, or another dating site, or yet another flavored drink alternative. I do recommend non-disclosures and patents, but more can be gained than lost by talking to outside experts. Two heads are better than one.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 29, 2013

It''s a place where people can submit their ideas and patents, and we provide a platform for them to try to find entrepreneurs who would like to work on those patents together with us an the crowd. A case scenario is, let''s say you come to our site, you can submit your business idea. and NASA, as well as universities.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 18, 2022

They only want a quick overview of the product, not detailed features and patent secrets. Excuse the typos and cleanup -- I’ve been too busy to finalize.” “Look how many social media ‘likes’ my site has generated.” “I don’t have a business plan, but the technology is disruptive.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 21, 2020

They only want a quick overview of the product, not detailed features and patent secrets. Excuse the typos and cleanup -- I’ve been too busy to finalize.” “Look how many social media ‘likes’ my site has generated.” “I don’t have a business plan, but the technology is disruptive.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 25, 2010

Online dating sites usually fail because online dating usually fails. This business suffers from what Paul Graham calls the ‘chicken and the egg problem‘ – no one wants to use a dating site with only a few users. It’s hard to invent and patent more “scientific” methods on how to match people. Intellectual property is tough.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2015

They only want a quick overview of the product, not detailed features and patent secrets. Excuse the typos and cleanup that I’ve been too busy to finalize.” “Look how many social media ‘likes’ my site has generated.” “I don’t have a business plan, but the technology is disruptive.”

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