Published Articles

For a list of all articles I have published elsewhere, click here.

Books and Reviews

For a list of books I have read and reviews I have written of them, click here.

Research

You can explore my academic research.

Patents

Google+ Social Search Patents

As part of my work on the Google+ launch in 2011, my manager Frances Haugen and I spearheaded original research and development on social search and rankings as well as how to use search as a means of creating interactivity and connections among users. That work was eventually migrated into a series of patents and assigned to Google.

• Adjusting a ranking of search results (US8825644B1, granted 2014-09-02)
• Presenting search results (US8892591B1, granted 2014-11-18)
• Suggesting interaction among members of a social network (US9489458B1, granted 2016-11-08)
• Generating search results for people (US9244985B1, granted 2016-01-26)
• Suggesting participation in an online social group (US8977641B1, granted 2015-03-10)
• Suggesting a tag to promote a discussion topic (US9514198B1, granted 2016-12-06)
• Determining content of interest based on social network interactions and information (US9904703B1, granted 2018-02-27)

Presentations

• Venture Capital Disrupted (Princeton 2018 Spring Lecture) (06 Apr 2018)
• 2017 and Regulated Businesses (Princeton Fall 2017 Lecture) (20 Oct 2017)
• Searching for that Yellow Brick Road (Princeton Spring 2017 Lecture) (14 Apr 2017)
• The New Wave of Global Journalism (Key Platform 2014 Presentation) (22 Apr 2014)
• The Startup Life (Korea University 2014 Lecture) (19 Mar 2014)
• Startup Toolkit (Born2Global 2014 Lecture) (07 Mar 2014)
• Innovation Hubs and Engineering Education in Korea (31 May 2012)
• Growing Korea's Innovation Garden (KAIST Lecture 2012) (21 May 2012)
• Steve Jobs, South Korea and the Search for Innovation (Fulbright Forum 2012 Lecture) (20 Apr 2012)

Teaching

EST 364: How to Build a Startup (Summer, 2015)

State University of New York, Stony Brook University (Songdo Campus)

Summer 2015 Syllabus

This course was an accelerated introduction to startups and entrepreneurship for a special program of Korean University undergrads. Students learned the history and methodologies of startups, while also building their own company.

Lecture Slides (Theory)

• Business Model Canvas
• Marshmallow
• Metrics Intro
• Reading News
• Startup Metrics
• User Stories
• Why Startups

Lecture Slides (Activities)

• News Examples
• Business Models Activity

Lecture Slides (Case Studies)

• Airbnb
• Clinkle
• Yello Mobile
• Zenefits