Feld Thoughts

MAY 14, 2011

My partners and I have continued to invest aggressively in what we believe is social media’s secret weapon which we refer to as the comm channel in a hat tip to the TV show 24. While mobile phones used to only really work effectively with SMS, you now have SMS, email, and push notifications.

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SMS Social Media Channel Email 138

thebarefootvc

DECEMBER 16, 2011

Farmers subscribed to daily updates via SMS on weather and crop prices. Villagers in rural areas are now connected to health services via SMS updates and “dial a doctor” services. Armed with new information via mobile phones, they are able to make more informed decisions about when to plant and where to sell their goods.

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Technical Review India Mobile Hockey Stick 110

mashable.com

JUNE 30, 2012

How Web APIs Unlock Value in the Cloud. There he heads product definition, marketing, and sales of the Tiggzi , a platform for mobile development. The cloud is where it’s at. Unfortunately, the cloud is also the place all that good stuff stays, unused and unloved. That is where a web API comes in.

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API Cloud Web Social Media 68

steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

interactions, widgets, effects Django – high-level Python framework Cappuccino – open source framework for app development Kodingen – cloud development environment, code editor, hosting service, collaboration platform.

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Software Review Startup Silicon Valley Analytics 110

www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Mobile Tools: If you are a web developer, you donâ??t Aptana Cloud (svn, IDE, php, java, rails etc…). Cloud Infrastructure. see the Libcloud -compatible cloud providers. cloud-based survey, free account. s been around before the web even existed. Cloud-based drawing tool. Use Sendgrid!

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