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He should disguise his invention as a social network for the energy industry -- BOOM! instant funding.



Haha 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?!?


You nailed it! A social network for carbon credit sharing. Call Sequoia.


I 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/

But since they aren't doing it in the bay area it's an easy run for a motivated team with strong leadership.



true/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.




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