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AI, Blockchain, Web 2.0, and Self Driving Cars

View from Seed

This is not dissimilar to the explosion of applications we saw in the mid-2000’s fueled by declining computing costs, cloud infrastructure, and social platforms. Much like the early 2000’s, the market environment is fairly tepid given a prolonged period of weakness in startup financing activity and exits. have to do with timing.

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15 Mobile Security Best Practices For SMBs (Or Anyone Else For That Matter)

YoungUpstarts

It’s hardly a stretch in this day and age to say that everyone in the corporate workforce has a mobile device, whether it is company issued or personal. Here are some mobile security best practices that people can easily implement to protect themselves (and their devices): 1. by Don DeBolt, Total Defense, Inc.

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Is the Lean Startup Dead?

Steve Blank

Their idea is that consumers will want a subscription service for short form entertainment (10-minute programs) for mobile rather than full length movies. Will consumers want to watch short-form mobile entertainment? Most entrepreneurs today don’t remember the Dot-Com bubble of 1995 or the Dot-Com crash that followed in 2000.

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Transforming Corporate Mobility with Car Sharing Software

The Startup Magazine

Carpooling is one such corporate mobility service. The Importance of Corporate Mobility Corporate mobility, thanks to car sharing services, brings immense benefits to businesses worldwide. Corporate mobility also has environmental advantages due to its reduced impact.

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Social Music Streaming With Frenzapp Music

YoungUpstarts

Wireless music sharing must be the “hot new thing&# – right after we wrote about MyStream , Singapore-based mobile application developer Bitsmedia announces and launches Frenzapp Music , an application that allows iPhone and iPod Touch users to share and discover music.

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Millennials got Mail: 6 ways to successfully target the ‘always connected’ generation through email

The Next Web

age group varies according to source, but the generation is roughly composed of those born between 1981 and 2000, according to Pew Research. However, industry averages may not apply to a demographic of mobile-attached millennials. Make it mobile. Additionally, subscribers are most likely to open an email after 12 p.m.

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A Non-Profit Lean Startup: The Story of Adopt-a-Pet

Startup Lessons Learned

David Meyer founded Adopt-a-Pet.com (formerly 1-800-Save-A-Pet.com) in 2000 as a way of ending pet overpopulation. And as the site has evolved, so has the technology that allows potential pet owners to connect with Adopt-a-Pet, more than half of whom now access the site through a mobile device. “I

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