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What Angel Investing & Florida Condos Have in Common

Both Sides of the Table

And so it happened that between 2000-2008 I was the biggest buzz kill at dinner parties. Instead investors are looking for the next flash sale, private sale, game dynamic, social games that rely on mobile platforms with geo-fenced, location aware offers. That is conformity. People buy at the wrong times. Why should you care?

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Open Source Business Model

SoCal CTO

Mobile Internet Apple Facebook ► 2009 (32) ► December (3) Startup Software Developers Startup Software Development – Do Your Homework Be. However, Elgg could power 100,000 networks and it would make no difference - there is no revenue stream as we give everything away under a GPL license. I understand his frustration.

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Starting an Online Casino

The Startup Magazine

Conduct your research and find what works best, for example many online casinos allow customers to deposit and withdraw via their mobile phone bill using a premium rate SMS service. The launching of the site took happened in the year 2000, and since then, it continues to leave a mark in the people’s lives.

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The rise of the “successful” unsustainable company

A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks

Witness, for example, this terrific Fast Company article on Bill Nguyen , serial entrepreneur who’s seventh startup “Color” famously raised $41m for a new mobile app before it even launched. They said I don’t understand mobile. invested, IPO’ed in 2000 for $32/share — stock price now $2.

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App is Crap (why Apple is bad for your health)

Both Sides of the Table

I was living in Europe in 2000 when the first WAP phones (Wireless Access Protocol) were introduced. They were going to bring the Internet to your mobile phones ushering in the era of “m-commerce.&# Gag. Within a year WAP became the laughing stock of the mobile industry. Absolute Power Corrupts, Absolutely.

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French Tax Law for Start-ups: Ringing the Alarm Bell

Cracking the Code

the European leader in ride-sharing) and Shopmium (offering coupons via a mobile app) and as a result have contributed to creating close to 600 jobs. While our investment focus covers all of Europe, we consider France to be a very important market for our business and we are actively seeking new investment opportunities.

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Be Careful What You Wish For…

Pascal's View

Compounding the IPO drought is the fact that the entire NASDAQ market has shrunk—since December 2000 the NASDAQ has contracted by 38% to approximately 1,786 companies. Innovation is global, and risk capital is mobile. It is a fact that the lack of IPOs is harmful to job creation and to the American economy.