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How to Build the Next Huge Mobile App

Lightspeed Venture Partners

The advent and growth of social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and, now, Pinterest has heralded a new era in the Internet where people are connected to one another to share, discover, curate, and collaborate. Thus the application developers would have to think differently about getting user attention and engagement.

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The Consumerization of Business Software ? AGILEVC

Agile VC

3) UI/UX Matters in B2B - For decades, B2B application developers could skimp on innovating in the presentation layer. I hate indulging in wanton portfolio self-promotion, but my partners & I are incredibly excited about these companies and will undoubtedly continue to make more investments in this vein.

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Revolution at the Edge

Ben's Blog

With the pending arrival of the iPhone 5 in September, as well as new tablets from Amazon, Microsoft and Apple expected in the fall, the world is progressively mobile first and the Windows duopoly has been completely cracked, resulting in more end user computing device application development in the last two years than in the previous 10.

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Revolution at the Edge

Ben's Blog

With the pending arrival of the iPhone 5 in September, as well as new tablets from Amazon, Microsoft and Apple expected in the fall, the world is progressively mobile first and the Windows duopoly has been completely cracked, resulting in more end user computing device application development in the last two years than in the previous 10.

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It’s Morning in Venture Capital

Both Sides of the Table

The movie, “The Social Network” might have had more of an impact on creating future entrepreneurs than any other event of the past 5 years. It’s also worth noting as data would suggest from this SVB venture funding report, lower costs to build tech & operate businesses implies the possibility of lower loss ratios in portfolios.

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Special: 72 Israeli Companies Exhibit at the 2010 Mobile World Congress

VC Cafe

Datanetis’s solutions enable organizations to leverage, for the first time, social networks and social influencers as part of their marketing activities on a large scale. helps manage their networks and services effectively. Mobile operators and device manufacturers can utilize Perfecto Mobile’s unique Private.

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How to hire a programmer to make your ideas happen

sivers.org

for anyone needing user interface, design and branding for their project visit my portfolio: [link] we love to build bold identities for fresh ideas. Many good freelancers are very busy right now and can be found through networking with friends or linked in. "Fortunately",I am a developer cum wannabe entrepreneur.I