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He should disguise his invention as a social network for the energy industry -- BOOM! instant funding.
by dstein 16y ago
He should disguise his invention as a social network for the energy industry -- BOOM! instant funding.
- nickpinkston 16y agoHaha I think you've got that backwards. It's probably better to make a social network look green and sell the carbon credits! How that for monetization?!?
- dstein 16y agoYou nailed it! A social network for carbon credit sharing. Call Sequoia.
- olefoo 16y agoI expect to see this very thing funded by this time next week. Looks like someone else has already proven the market http://sandbag.org.uk/ http://sandbag.org.uk/ But since they aren't doing it in the bay area it's an easy run for a motivated team with strong leadership.
- sandGorgon 16y agoOr rather, Kleiner-Perkins http://money.cnn.com/2010/03/26/news/companies/terralliance_tech_full.fortune/index.htm http://money.cnn.com/2010/03/26/news/companies/terralliance_...
- mkramlich 16y agotrue/funny but one factor is the relative costs involved. the cost to create the basic "technology" for a new social network is basically zero (ok, assuming one talented programmer, working for self/equity, one weekend to write the core, plus several more weeks to flesh it out incrementally, etc.). Whereas the cost to take the JTEC to a productized, profitable, polished device in the marketplace could be many millions USD.