Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

Web-based client for user stream data including Twitter (original focus), FaceBook, MySpace, Google Buzz, FourSquare and many others. Users can send digital Giiv card with store credit (via SMS, for now) that is redeemable at retailer. Competitors: SMS gifting– KangoGift , Online/E-mail gifting: Lottay , GiftCertificates.com.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JUNE 17, 2011

Of course, for some businesses mobile and text messages (SMS) are synonymous – and not always in a good way. Anyone that has received a spam text message may view that evil activity as the only use of SMS and that would be a shame. The use of text messaging has skyrocketed. Note: There have been some updates since I published th.

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The Next Web

SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

Kik Chat had been a bit of a complicated service, offering both free SMS when a user’s phone was offline, and free Internet-based messages when they were online. The relaunched app dropped the SMS element, and focused entirely on Web-based messages using usernames not phone numbers. The Web-based platform. It was a hit.

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 12, 2009

  Ever since, he has been using the phone to take pictures nonstop, send emails and SMS messages, stay connected to Facebook, and surf the web looking for the latest news or directions.   If anything, I see wireless as just a natural extension of any web-based product or service.  appeared first on BeyondVC.

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aweissman.com

MAY 6, 2015

“Who can unlearn all the facts that I've learned” One way of looking at a publisher’s chain of business operations is that there are five core things it must do: (1) produce content; (2) market/promote content; (3) distribution; (4) figure out the best user interface or experience for its content; (5) and monetize the business.

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Startup Lessons Learned

OCTOBER 7, 2008

Lessons Learned by Eric Ries Tuesday, October 7, 2008 The App Store after the gold rush I wrote earlier about the issue of distribution advantage on the iPhone. I think its helpful to think about two kinds of competition for distribution: acquisition competition and retention competition. So what can you do? Expo SF (May.

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Start Up Blog

APRIL 17, 2013

Amazon - we’ll sell books online, even though users are still scared to use credit cards on the web. Tesla – instead of just building batteries and selling them to Detroit, we are going to build our own cars from scratch plus own the distribution network. Twitter – it is like email, SMS, or RSS.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 21, 2013

Mobile device data and functionality, such as the user’s address book and SMS, are being leveraged to drive growth and engagement today, but there are many ways these can be used to improve the core product experience. the network connection type and abstractions like patterns of physical movement. Attracting and growing a user base.

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VC Cafe

JUNE 18, 2012

Innovate Israel 2012 aims to connect Israeli web, mobile & digital entrepreneurs & businesses with their UK & European counterparts. Cell Buddy has developed the only seamless, carrier grade solution, for low cost Voice calls, SMS and Internet, while abroad. We live, think and breathe digital music distribution.

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Agile VC

JUNE 12, 2012

That sounds like a lot of responsibility for someone fresh out of undergrad as I was then, but in reality both of these were peripheral elements of PayPal’s core web-based payment product which was still heavily concentrated on eBay auctions at the time. NFC, SMS). A new form of user authentication (e.g. Facebook Connect).

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Collaboration & Workgroups Homecourt – Homecourt is a Web-based collaboration tool. WorkflowPerfect – A Web-based business process tool that facilitates collaboration. 280Slides – A free online presentation software that allows you to import existing documents, download to PowerPoint, publish to the Web and more.

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ConversionXL

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Browserling offers live interaction, web-based browser testing. BrowserStack is a live, web-based browser testing tool. Google PageSpeed Insights analyzes the content of a web page, then generates suggestions to make that page faster. I also love the ability to trigger push notifications, SMS and emails. When (or if!)

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The Next Web

DECEMBER 8, 2013

One of the most important trends in how traffic is distributed on the Internet is that individuals are increasingly able to manipulate, control, even direct their personal network value no matter the platform in which they built their network. Leverage influencers for liquidity.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 18, 2010

GB over the web. The POS functionality is extensive: sales transactions, inventory management, CRM system, backup, email and SMS alerts, real time statistics, POSE’s site is currently in Hebrew only (and the product seems to be as well). Started by Jonathan (Yoni) Meiri in 2010 and has recently announced a $50,000 seed round.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 27, 2017

A customer can transfer money or pay for goods and services by sending an SMS , using a Java application or other mobile communication technologies. Retailers have a variety of methods from which to generate transactions: using SMS text messaging, mobile application or the web.

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Start Up Blog

JUNE 6, 2019

To simply connect to the web with dial up took ‘minutes’ and now it takes 4 seconds to download a 2 hour movie using 5g. But when the web 2.0 Try going for a week without using a computer, smartphone, search engine, ecommerce, social media account, SMS, private message or email, to name a few services.

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VC Cafe

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

Ceedo Technologies – Founded in 2005, Ceedo AppCenter allows fixed and mobile operators to deliver PC software applications over the web to the subscriber’s desktop, to manage those applications remotely and us the platform to provide additional services direct to the PC.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 10, 2011

Or in utility speak, they are transmission and we are last-mile distribution. Or the ability of the Center for Disease Control to be able to track pandemic distribution of viruses. Referral Network – Twitter started as a way to integrate web messaging with text messaging. What does that mean?

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VC Cafe

JANUARY 16, 2011

. - Spacecom is offering a wide range of Pan African satellite services, including: Cellular backhaul, Rural telephony, Broadband VSAT networks, e-government, e-learning, e- health, Direct To Home (DTH) Multi-channel platforms, DSNG, Video Distribution & Contribution. BoomeRing Communication. Flash Networks.

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ConversionXL

JANUARY 17, 2017

They have a ratings system and build distribution algorithms to best distribute lawn care providers to customers. Since LawnStarter involves more than the traditional add-to-cart and then complete purchase conversion metrics, they utilize their customer and web data in various channels.

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steveblank.com

JULY 8, 2011

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www.vccafe.com

MARCH 11, 2013

Amazon Web Services. Web Tools: Hereâ??s We have an iOS SDK as well, for web-web, mobile-mobile, web-mobile video chat and video messaging. We have an iOS SDK as well, for web-web, mobile-mobile, web-mobile video chat and video messaging. Mobile Tools: If you are a web developer, you donâ??t

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pandodaily.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

She is an award winning journalist and author of two critically acclaimed books, "Once Youre Lucky, Twice Youre Good: The Rebirth of Silicon Valley and the Rise of Web 2.0" (Gotham Books, May 2008) and "Brilliant, Crazy, Cocky: How the Top 1% of Entrepreneurs Profit from Global Chaos" (Wiley, February 2011). Source: The Next Web ]. -

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