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A Special Web Innovators Group Next Monday – Mobile Growth Masters

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Mobile is changing the world. Not just in our “mobile-first” companies, but all of them. However, the consistent challenge which we’re observing in the mobile ecosystem is acquiring customer distribution. However, the consistent challenge which we’re observing in the mobile ecosystem is acquiring customer distribution.

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The Market Is Hot for Code Climate, NextView’s Newest Investment

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Chad is the CEO of thoughtbot, a consulting firm that makes web + mobile apps for early-stage startups. When Chad Pytel introduced me to Bryan Helmkamp , CEO/Co-founder of Code Climate , I knew that I had to pay attention.

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Boston’s WebInno Is Now BIG

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era to a mobile-first one, and soon beyond even that. And the number of tech networking events available on any one given night is exciting (and tiring if you were to try to attend them all). Plus, tech has moved on from the Web 2.0 The Web Innovators Group, with innovation in its namesake, should reflect this changing environment.

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Searching for the Kinect Killer App

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Of course that includes “mobile-first” applications and companies which ride the adoption of tablet devices (more on those in upcoming posts). We at NextView have been thinking about and looking for investments in seed-stage startups which leverage the megatrend of transitioning computing away from a standard fixed-web PC world.

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Our Investment in tapCommerce is the Real Deal

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It isn’t a secret that there is a huge platform shift underway as consumers transition from the desktop web to mobile + tablet devices. Mobile is literally eating the world. native app vs. mobile web) which weren’t issues on the previous generation’s platform. And it’s further exasperated by technical obstacles (e.g.

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Searching for the Kinect Killer App

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Of course that includes “mobile-first” applications and companies which ride the adoption of tablet devices (more on those in upcoming posts). We at NextView have been thinking about and looking for investments in seed-stage startups which leverage the megatrend of transitioning computing away from a standard fixed-web PC world.

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Seed Stage Firms are Dead, Long Live Micro VCs

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But leveraged distribution via platforms (organic/paid search, social networks, mobile devices) and self-service monetization (ad networks, app stores, payments) is what has truly empowered startups to become real scalable businesses on very small amounts of initial capital.