Entrepreneurship
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Like it or not, Android is huge. Creating an open source mobile platform was one of the smarter things Google has done. It's too bad that they haven't done that great of a job doing it. Android has succeeded despite Google. In fact it's safe to say that Android is successful for one primary reason.…
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interesting article on freemium model for mobile app development He and his company decided that an app was a trade with customers — customers would pay money to have the company fill out their free time. And that’s how the company attached itself to the concept of DAUs. DAUs, explained Young, are “daily active uniques”…
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Great article on techcrunch about a Beijing tech conference; was in town a month ago, too bad I missed it, would have been great to attend: After exploring the mobile and Internet landscapes in Shanghai and Beijing, the GeeksOnAPlane (GOAP) group (30+ techies mostly from the Silicon Valley) continued their Asian field trip to Korea…
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Thought this was a great quote describing “bootstrapping” (quite literally too) at Zappos… Nick talked about the progress that the website had made over the past few weeks. They were already getting $2,000 worth of orders a week, and the numbers were growing. They weren’t making any money, because anytime an order was placed, Nick…
David Mantilla 