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Back to The Future: Power of SMS-Native

View from Seed

It is the one message-space on your phone that you always pay attention to: SMS text messages. And SMS text messages are at the top. Yes, there is something truly special about SMS… it’s: Universal. Most important, yet the most subtle, SMS implies a personal interaction. They don’t. Call it the ultimate priority inbox.

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“Small Business” Does Not Mean “Disadvantaged”. Here’s Why.

YoungUpstarts

This global network has eliminated geographic barriers and dramatically reduced timeframes. SMS, video conferencing, and file sharing on the cloud can keep different locations or traveling sales and management in sync in essentially real time. Innovation requires businesses to rethink how their resources can be used.

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Building a better board of directors

Reid Hoffman

The ideal board member should have skills, knowledge, and a network that is mission-critical to the company, but that you cannot easily hire. Thought leaders share what they’ve learned while serving and managing boards, what they wish they knew when they started, and what they’re focusing on now. Here are a few of my reflections.

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Traveling the world, meeting startups: What We learned

The Next Web

With Safari Yetu, you pay online or via mobile, receive an SMS reservation or ticket and go to the bus station once; the day you are traveling. Many Africans don’t have bank accounts and use M-Pesa as a way to store money as well as paying for goods and services- it works like Google Wallet but via SMS instead of NFC.

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25 Entrepreneurs Discuss The Technologies That Will Have the Biggest Impact On Entrepreneurship

Hearpreneur

3 – 5G Networks. Telecommunications companies started rolling out 5G networks this year. Technologies that promote remote working and make the experience more productive for both businesses and employees will have the biggest impact on entrepreneurship. This creates serious chaos in the business and in their minds.

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HOW TO: Build an App for Your Small Business

mashable.com

You don’t need a developer to use App Inventor, and you can create Android applications that use a smartphone’s features, including GPS and SMS. There are also tons of tools for creating your own microsites, Facebook apps, social networks, blogs and more. Google’s App Inventor is a good example of a DIY tool.

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This Week in VC with @VCMike Hirshland of Polaris Ventures

Both Sides of the Table

I’ve already started the business modeling. Operates a ‘Voice and Visual Mobile Advertising Network’ called MobileAd Xchange that delivers in-call voice advertisements and follow-up visual engagements (SMS, MMS). I spent a couple of days hanging out in DogPatch San Francisco and I was both impressed and envious.