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'''Jaz Banga''', also known as '''Jasminder Banga''' (born August 5, 1973) is an entrepreneur who lives and works in San Francisco, California.<ref>{{cite web|last1 = Miller|first1 = Lee|title = Legion of Honor's Man Ray|url = http://www.modernluxury.com/san-francisco/scene/legion-of-honors-man-ray-lee-miller/img61613|website = San Francisco magazine|publisher = Modern Luxury}}</ref> Banga's most high profile work was a project that intended to deliver Google Wi-Fi for free to the city of San Francisco during [[Gavin Newsom]]'s tenure as mayor.<ref>{{cite web|title = San Francisco's first official Wireless Hotzone|url = http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/10/prweb163801.htm|website = PR Web|accessdate = 4 October 2004}}</ref> In 2011 Banga co-founded Connected Patents, a firm focused on patent portfolio development.<ref>{{cite news|last1 = Finn|first1 = Holly|title = A Patently Obvious Problem|url = http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303513404577351723039568072|publisher = Wall Street Journal|date = April 20, 2012}}</ref>

== UnWireNow, Inc. ==
Banga's first company, UnWire Now was awarded the first Wi-Fi contracts in the city of San Francisco.<ref>{{cite web|title = San Francisco's first official Wireless Hotzone|url = http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/10/prweb163801.htm|website = PR Web|accessdate = 5 October 2004}}</ref>In April of 2005 a billboard was spotted advertising free Wi-Fi in Union Square offered by UnwireNow and Google.<ref>{{cite web|last1 = Fleishman|first1 = Glenn|title = GoogleWiFi|url = http://wifinetnews.com/archives/2005/04/googlewifi.html|website = WNN Wi-Fi Net News|accessdate = 22 April 2005}}</ref>

== Feeva Technology, Inc. == 
By October of 2005 Banga’s new company, Feeva was handling the San Francisco Wi-Fi project.<ref>{{cite web|title = Google Offers to Unwire San Francisco|url = http://www.internetnews.com/wireless/article.php/3553081/Google-Offers-to-Unwire-San-Francisco.htm|website = Internet News|publisher = IT Business Edge|accessdate = 1 Oct 2005}}</ref>He was working under the guidance of the late Dr. John Freeman, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business Incubator, when Freeman unexpectedly passed away. 
Banga was quoted in Freeman’s obituary as saying, "After all the years of effort, our company, Feeva, is a thriving, venture-backed business in San Francisco, working in active partnerships with some of the biggest technology companies in the world."<ref>{{cite web|last1 = Maclay|first1 = Kathleen|title = John H. Freeman, business professor and entrepreneurship pioneer, dies|url = http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2008/03/07_freemanobit.shtml|website = Berkeley.edu|publisher = University of California, Berkeley|accessdate = 7 March 2008}}</ref>Banga served as CTO and President of Feeva Technology.<ref>{{cite web|title = Feeva|url = https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/feeva#/entity|website = Crunchbase|publisher = Tech Crunch}}</ref>In 2008 Feeva was named as a runner-up for a Spiffy Award by the [[Telecom Council of Silicon Valley]].<ref>{{cite news|title = 25 Global Carriers Recognize 7 Telecom Startups with SPIFFY Awards|url = http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=60323|publisher = Web Wire|date = 3 March 2008}}</ref>

Feeva partnered with several major tech companies: 

Cisco – on February 12, 2009. Feeva announced that it had “integrated its addressable digital advertising application with the Cisco® 7600 Series Router to substantively improve performance for the entire online content and advertising value chain.” <ref>{{Cite web|title = Feeva helps advertisers target users with new precision|url = http://venturebeat.com/2009/02/12/feeva-helps-advertisers-target-users-with-unprecedented-precision/|website = VentureBeat|access-date = 2016-02-16}}</ref>

Juniper – February 14, 2010. Juniper announced several new partnerships (including Feeva) to develop “software and solutions for mobile operators to improve the experience and economics of their networks.” <ref>{{Cite web|title = Juniper Networks - Feeva and Juniper Networks Partner to Boost Performance of Addressable Digital Content and Advertisi|url = http://juniper.mwnewsroom.com/manual-releases/2010/Feeva-and-Juniper-Networks-Partner-to-Boost-Perfor|website = juniper.mwnewsroom.com|access-date = 2016-02-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Juniper's Feeva Pitch {{!}} Light Reading|url = http://www.lightreading.com/junipers-feeva-pitch/d/d-id/673882|website = Light Reading|access-date = 2016-02-16}}</ref>    

Microsoft – February 23, 2010. Feeva announced that it was selected to join the Microsoft BizSpark One program. This is an invitation-only program designed to accelerate the growth of high potential startups through a one-to-one relationship with Microsoft and a global community of advisors, investors and peers. Banga said in a press release, "Feeva is looking forward to participating in the BizSpark One community of top-tier start-ups.” <ref>{{Cite web|title = Startup of the Day - Feeva Technology - BizSpark Featured Startups - Site Home - TechNet Blogs|url = http://blogs.technet.com/b/bizspark_featured_startups/archive/2010/03/26/startup-of-the-day-feeva-technology.aspx|website = blogs.technet.com|access-date = 2016-02-16}}</ref>  


== ProximityWare and Founder's Den ==
As of January 2011 Jaz Banga was working on a new company, ProximityWare, Inc. at the Founder’s Den in San Francisco.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Founders Den a new spot for startups|url = http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Founders-Den-a-new-spot-for-startups-2479313.php|website = SFGate|access-date = 2016-02-16}}</ref>

== Connected Patents ==
Banga founded Connected Patents, a Silicon Valley consulting firm aimed at helping entrepreneurs protect their intellectual property. The company brainstorms with clients, lawyers and writers to develop defensible patent portfolios for inventors who want to protect their ideas from patent trolls.<ref>{{Cite news|title = A Patently Obvious Problem|url = http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303513404577351723039568072|newspaper = Wall Street Journal|access-date = 2016-02-16|issn = 0099-9660|first = Holly|last = Finn}}</ref> 

SV Entrepreneurs hosted a Palo Alto Tech Meetup in November, 2012 where Banga presented a company pitch.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Silicon Valley Entrepreneurs & Startups|url = http://www.meetup.com/sventrepreneurs/events/86384192/?action=detail&eventId=86384192|website = Meetup|access-date = 2016-02-16}}</ref>  In November 2013, the company partnered with Zero 1 to host an Oxford Style Debate during which the question was posed, “Does the U.S. Patent System stifle innovation?” Banga and [[Scott Snibbe]] argued against this statement while NPR correspondent [[Laura Sydell]] and UCLA Professor, [[Christopher M. Kelty]] supported it. <ref>{{Cite web|title = Does the U.S. Patent System stifle innovation? {{!}} ZERO1|url = http://www.zero1.org/events/oxford-style-debate|website = www.zero1.org|access-date = 2016-02-16}}</ref>

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