Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2013

Quirky words (Yahoo, Google, Fogdog) or trademark-proof names concocted from scratch (Novartis, Aventis, Lycos) are a big risk. Patent Office for Trademarks. These days, it even helps if the name can easily be turned into a verb, like Google me. Make some sense. Occasionally, business owners will choose names that are nonsense words.

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socalTECH

APRIL 8, 2014

Anyone can talk a good game, and put together a proforma that looks great, and there are lots of great looking ideas, and people can even all have filed a provisional patent. Plus, there are companies like Yahoo, Google, and others who have set up shop here. We''re really looking for that first and foremost.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2011

Quirky words (Yahoo, Google, Fogdog) or trademark-proof names concocted from scratch (Novartis, Aventis, Lycos) are a big risk. Patent Office for Trademarks. These days, it even helps if the name can easily be turned into a verb, like Google me. Make some sense. Occasionally, business owners will choose names that are nonsense words.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 24, 2010

Quirky words (Yahoo, Google, Fogdog) or trademark-proof names concocted from scratch (Novartis, Aventis, Lycos) are a big risk. Patent Office for Trademarks. These days, it even helps if the name can easily be turned into a verb, like Google me. Make some sense. Occasionally, business owners will choose names that are nonsense words.

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Company Companies Google Custom 92

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

billion to Yahoo! plus a large settlement on patent disputes paid from Google) so Bill did well on it. Because GoTo.com was his idea. It was the first company to do “paid search&# back when Larry & Sergey were saying they would never do it. Overture sold for $1.6 But bill is a BIG idea guy.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

The patents Overture held became known in small circles as Google’s ’361 problem as outlined here. The monetization engine of the Internet that powers the most profitable business perhaps in history was invented and perfected in Los Angeles and is what you now know as Google Ad Words. acquired Overture for $1.63 Yes, Google won.

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socalTECH

APRIL 28, 2010

Dave Waldman: While creating our email product, we'd done quite a bit of work on patenting the processes we were going through, and liked the concept of private messaging. Once we get the Gmail application in place, we're going to start looking at expanding support for other platforms, such as Yahoo, AOL, and Hotmail.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 23, 2014

Prior to founding Grokker, I was President of publicly traded Move Inc and also held a number of executive positions at Yahoo! Grokker’s patent-pending approach allows us to cost effectively shoot and produce beautiful, compelling video classes of all kinds at scale. I founded Grokker in 2012. I am a retired Internet executive.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 9, 2011

As shown at left, Google’s initial go-to-market strategy included syndication of its search capabilities to third-party sites, including Yahoo and AOL. If there is not a valid business reason for granting one-sided terms, reject the language on the grounds that it is patently unfair.

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Outsource Development Entrepreneur Press Technical Review 170

InfoChachkie

MAY 9, 2011

As shown at left, Google’s initial go-to-market strategy included syndication of its search capabilities to third-party sites, including Yahoo and AOL. If there is not a valid business reason for granting one-sided terms, reject the language on the grounds that it is patently unfair.

Outsource Development 124

Outsource Development Entrepreneur Press Technical Review 124

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

GoTo.com went on to ink huge distribution deals with Microsoft, AOL & Yahoo! Overture was sold to Yahoo! We talked about patents. I brought up the fact that I find many larger companies abusing the patent system to slow down smaller competitors which is actually anti competitive. But obviously Google won the war.

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Competition Idealab Product Ideas 350

SoCal Delicious

MARCH 1, 2010

The city has, however, quietly been home to some of the most successful online companies to date, including CitySearch (sold to Ticketmaster for $260 million in 1998), Overture (acquired by Yahoo for $2 billion in 2003), eHarmony and LowerMyBills (bought by Experian for $330 million in 2005).

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SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

For example Yahoo truncates the trailing slash. Hardcore SEO Porn Harrys explicit SEO Dojo Peeping Geeking with Greg Bills search patent close-ups Tomorrows Free SEO Porn Edwards SEO TGP FAQ Sexy T-Shirts. For example add trailing slashes –if necessary–, and remove clutter from query strings. Thanks for your time.

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SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

Hardcore SEO Porn Harrys explicit SEO Dojo Peeping Geeking with Greg Bills search patent close-ups Tomorrows Free SEO Porn Edwards SEO TGP FAQ Sexy T-Shirts. Sebastians picked gems A new approach to China ( The Official Google Blog ) A new approach to China ( The Official Google Blog ) Evil Found in Google Sidewiki Patent ( !

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SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Her patented product, Swiggies (wrist water bottles), have been a NASDAQ product of the year semi-finalist and are currently sold in 24 countries. ” Court also likes the Red Sox. Check out Court’s talk at IdeaMensch Los Angeles, an event for entrepreneurs. Julie Austin – Inventor of Swiggies.

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Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78