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A Seriously Great Story and Why We Funded Them

Both Sides of the Table

Because the hundreds of millions that it takes to greenlight a theatrical film could never be absorbed by a startup and because they way we experience media & characters has evolved dramatically over the past 20 years to a point where the starting point for media is often digital, gaming or even graphic novel oriented. The results?

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5 Lessons From the Garage48 Helsinki Hackathon

ReadWriteStart

It gathered 120 hackers from Finland, Estonia and Latvia under the same roof and challenged them to go from zero to demo in 48 hours. Sixteen startups were created during the weekend. At Garage48, the goal is to produce a small startup, rather than just a really nice hack like you would at a traditional hackathon.

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10 Companies Want To Show You The Money

YoungUpstarts

Requirements: You must be a safe driver, not afraid to put miles on your ride and an iPhone or Android in order to use the Lyft mobile app. An on-demand mobile marketplace allowing busy people to outsource their errands and tasks for a fee. Paul, San Francisco, LA, San Diego, Seattle, Chicago, Boston, and Washington, DC. Task Rabbit.

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Finnish Police To Tap On Location-Based Service Grafetee.com To Make Neigborhoods Safer

YoungUpstarts

But in the case of Helsinki, Finland-based location-based app Grafetee (www. Grafetee is a mobile location-aware application for smartphones and other mobile devices that allows users to update their status with images and text in real-time. You know something’s serious when the police gets involved.

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6 Customer Journey Mapping Examples: How UX Pros Do It

ConversionXL

Kofi Senaya, Director of Product at Clearbridge Mobile , a Canadian-based mobile app development agency, argues that “mapping out the customer journey is an effective way to understand what turns a viewer into a long-term, loyal customer.” Startups generally come prepared with an idea. .” Leadfeeder. Dapper Apps.

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Mobile is Global

Austin Startup

Intellectually, most people “get&# that the market for mobile technology and apps is a global one. Innovation in mobile can happen anywhere, as nicely highlighted in an excellent, free eBook by Tomi Ahonen. Pay attention to international – mobile is global. mobileTech Tuesday, by Steve Guengerich.

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Lessons Learned: Lo, my 5 subscribers, who are you?

Startup Lessons Learned

Pick a similar product that they do use, and ask them "who was the first person you know who started using [social networking, mobile phones, plasma TV, instant messaging.]? I want to get an idea of how startup guys think. The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Customer Development ► June (3) What is a startup? Dont know yet.