YoungUpstarts

MAY 23, 2012

Online Gaming, Mobile Entertainment and the Video Game Design Boon. Meanwhile, mobile gaming on smart devices – an industry worth $33 billion – is a field swelling with potential for designers. Mobile Gaming. What makes mobile games so appealing is that they don’t require an outlet, a controller, or a rulebook.

Mobile 157

Mobile Video Design Initial Public Offering 157

Steve Blank

JUNE 15, 2011

Today, the signs of the new bubble are the Linked-In initial public offering (IPO), Facebook’s stratospheric valuation and the rapid rise of early-stage startup valuation. In the case of this bubble, it was social networks, consumer and mobile applications, and the cloud.

Silicon Valley 327

Silicon Valley Stealth Valuation Mississippi 327

Steve Blank

MARCH 18, 2011

The reward for doing so was a liquidity event via an Initial Public Offering. This next wave of web startups; Social Networks and Mobile Applications, now reached 100’s of millions of customers. Show and talk at conferences, be on lots of blogs, use social networks and build a brand.

Internet 334

Internet IPO Silicon Valley Agile 334

Austin Startup

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

We had raised a small round of funding in 2013, led by a local angel investor who was a member of Central Texas Angel Network, and used the funds to build our first product (a mobile website) and launch with recommendations from friends of mine in Austin the week before South by Southwest Festival.

Silicon Valley 48

Silicon Valley Technical Review Venture Capital San Francisco 48

Gust

DECEMBER 16, 2011

The division manager at Google who’s tasked with driving more mobile ads can drop $17 million on your social network that makes it happen. That group lead at Microsoft will cough up $8 million for a feature that lets Windows Mobile steal a march on Android.

IPO 87

IPO .Net Social Network Mobile 87