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When The Mobile Evolution Turns To Revolution

YoungUpstarts

The advent of mobile platforms has rendered all of those tools passé. We are now a mobile society and the proliferation of smartphones and tablets has given rise to a new paradigm in digital marketing: the mobile app. New releases can be distributed and sold directly to the consumer via the mobile app.

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This Week in VC with Dana Settle of Greycroft Partners

Both Sides of the Table

Booyah – Develops a location based service platform that pairs the virtual world with mobile gaming. In the show we talked about why this is important to mobile application developers. Platform that provides radio music programming via crowd sourced contributions from social community; programming is syndicated nationally.

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Beyond the Lemonade Stand: How to Teach High School Students Lean Startups

Steve Blank

For the second startup, we chose a year-old web/mobile startup whose market is college bound teens, with a founder who had skipped the initial customer validation process. Sharks, in turn, argued with one another and even attempted to form syndication in one instance. The semester concluded with pizza and ice cream.

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The most important 2021 Predictions in entertainment tech and gaming

VC Cafe

According to the Economist , video game internet traffic, including mobile games, has increased 75% in the U.S. The State of Mobile 2021 report by App Annie goes in-depth into the consumer trends in mobile. Mobile adoption boomed in 2020 – $143 Billion Consumer Spend, 3.5 The “creator economy” will prosper in 2021.

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Native App vs. Web App: Which Is Better for Mobile Commerce?

mashable.com

May 23, 2011 by Christina Warren 20 Share on Tumblr email share Share on Tumblr email share The Mobile App Trends Series is supported by Sourcebits , a leading product developer for mobile platforms. Sourcebits offers design and development services for iOS, Android, Mobile and Web platforms.

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The Market Is Hot for Code Climate, NextView’s Newest Investment

Genuine VC

Chad is the CEO of thoughtbot, a consulting firm that makes web + mobile apps for early-stage startups. Joining us in the syndicate are Lerer Ventures, Trinity Ventures, and Fuel Capital. When Chad Pytel introduced me to Bryan Helmkamp , CEO/Co-founder of Code Climate , I knew that I had to pay attention. It’s indispensable.”

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5 Free Platforms Entrepreneurs Should Be Using To Manage And Streamline Their Business

YoungUpstarts

Founder and CEO of Appsbar, Scott Hirsch, is a noted entrepreneur and expert in mobile marketing. Scott pioneered many of the most utilized concepts in online media including opt-in data collection, email to postal data appending, affiliate marketing, web syndication, internet reality shows and internet pay per view.