Rick Alber - Legal Entrepreneurship

About the Speaker:

Rick Alber is a Stanford Law graduate (J.D. 1977) who currently manages

marketing and business development matters for Local2Me, a

geography-based online community service based in San Carlos. After

graduation, Rick practiced corporate and securities law in San Francisco

before yielding to his technical/business instincts and joining a

Silicon Valley startup as product manager and in-house counsel. A few

years at Ansa Software led to some time with Borland International and a

career metamorphosis from legal practitioner to technical geek.

Working for early tech startups, Rick was involved in several legal

matters including look and feel litigation, database copyright, and fair

use on the Internet. Rick?s legal background and tech knowledge gave him

a unique perspective on these first-look issues. In the 90?s Rick

managed online operations for Senator Boxer?s reelection, created the

popular Ask Dr. Science website, and developed ?Dr. ROM?, the

opinionated tech product reviewer heard every Saturday morning on KSFO

radio.