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Implementing Social Media’s Secret Weapon

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Fred and I are both investors in Return Path which he calls out in his post as the category creator and market leader in email deliverability. Everyone that uses apps on a mobile phone is likely experiencing push notifications as an increasingly important as a form of engagement. But email isn’t the only comm channel.

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Foundry Group Backed Mobile Startup Looking for First Developers In Boulder

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If you are looking to be in on the ground floor of a hot, new mobile startup based in Boulder, now is your chance. We’ve funded a new company focused on the business conferencing / collaboration market that uses a unique mobile approach. The company is looking to build its core development team here in Boulder.

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The Power of Connected Play

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just before the end of 2011 so their first real year in the market was in 2012. When the iPhone and iTouch came out, there was an incredible shift to mobile devices for games. Their first product will “reinvent the ball” through the creation of a robotic ball controlled by a smart phone. They shipped Sphero 1.0

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The R/GA Connected Devices Accelerator, Powered by Techstars

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R/GA creates advertising and marketing products based in technology and design and has earned countless accolades over the years, including Advertising Age’s “Digital A-List” and “Agencies of the Decade.” They are the force behind the opening title sequence for 1978? They are the force behind the opening title sequence for 1978?s

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More Coders. More Diversity.

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Some choose to stay at Techtonic Group, where they become part of a team to build custom software, mobile applications and content-managed websites, while others move on to Techtonic Group clients. After about six months, graduating apprentices are qualified junior developers, ready to work. The benefits are obvious.

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Accelerating Technology Change and Continuous Learning

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Though the notion of a “lean startup” that uses both Agile and Customer Development approaches is ostensibly strongly customer focused, the purpose of these methodologies is for the company to find an maximize its market, not specifically to optimize the user experience.

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Create the Best Product

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It’s 18 months later and there’s 10x the amount of competitive dynamics going on, some because of the maturity, scale, and market leadership of some of the companies I’m an investor in; some because of the increased number of companies in each market segment, and some based on the heat and intensity of our business right now.

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