Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Visit Google during GOP Silicon Valley on 9 June 2011



Company Background
§Googleplex” in Santa Clara, California
§Founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while attending Standford University as PhD student
§Incorporated in 1998 
§Representative: Dr. Yuewei Wang

Discussion
§ The principal applied by Google to be what they are today
§Experienced their unique working environment
§ Google’s latest update: Android & 3D Google Maps
§20%  of their working is provided as free time – they can spend for example, for their hobby

 free to ride 




lunch time





Take Home Message:
  • “Users comes first, money will follow” quoted from the founders
  • Gives inspiration to be innovative

Meet outstanding person during GOP Silicon Valley visit on 8 June 2011


Dr. Anand Jagannathan (Founder and Chief Executive Officer), Newzstand Corp.



Background:
§Newzstand enables organizations to aggregate, extract, classify, and organize online and real-time content from online sources including news, websites, web logs, social media, search engines, and trade publications
§Anand Jagannathan, Ph.D, is Founder of Newzstand Corp. (formerly Kriyari, Inc.) and serves as its Chief Executive Officer. Dr. Jagannathan Founded Responsys, Inc. in April 1998 and served as its Chairman of the Board. He served as President of Kriyari, Inc. Dr. Jagannathan founded Reach Software. Dr. Jagannathan also founded Banyan Systems where he designed the first PC-based, multi-purpose network server, Banyan Vines. He started his career at Bell Labs and has received three patents for his work at Bell Labs, Banyan, and Reach. Dr. Jagannathan serves as a Director of Moai Technologies, Inc. Dr. Jagannathan holds a Ph.D and MS in Computer Science from Rice University, and a BS in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India.

Discussion:
§Concept of info is changing
§News, articles can be view/search online
§Using new technologies: Cloud Server (Amazon)
§Combine the technology
§Ideas that can solve people’s problem / that can make life more easier
§Technology is going to change – always updated
§Narrow down the idea
§Asian always scared to fail
§Don’t give up, moving forward and focus on your idea.

Take Home Message:
§Everyone can success, but just follow on your dream and do it!