2008-8-9 Venturebeat, Mobile Web Megatrends
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Mobile Opportunities for Start-Ups Matthäus Krzykowski
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Is this the time to make it big in mobile ? These are the slides from my presentation at Mobile Web Megatrends.
Transcript of 2008-8-9 Venturebeat, Mobile Web Megatrends
Mobile Opportunitiesfor Start-Ups
Matthäus Krzykowski
Is this the time “to make it” in mobile ?
Source: Rutberg, July 2008
Investments in mobile marketing tech and services fell off precipitously in the first half of 2008, slowing to $80 million from $291 million a year ago, according to the latest M&A report from investment bank Petsky Prunier.
Source: MediaPost, July 2008
The mobile eco system continues to be much morehostile to startups than the online one.
We believe this is changing, though.
I. There are some interesting developments in Distribution/Monetisation
http://venturebeat.com/2008/07/07/five-trends-driving-the-mobile-web/
Selected Issues in Mobile Monetisation/Distribution
http://venturebeat.com/2008/08/13/google-ally-t-mobile-looks-poised-to-compete-with-apples-app-store/
Sources:
http://venturebeat.com/2008/08/28/android-market-googles-response-to-apples-app-store-for-third-party-developers/http://venturebeat.com/2008/08/28/mobile-advertising-ads-analytics-and-opportunities/
Rich Miner’s Definition of Android:
1) "An Open Source mobile phone platform that encompassed every layer of the phone2) A series of phones powered by that platform3) A go to market strategy to guarantee global distribution of both platform and phones."
Source: Mobile Facts, September 2008An Abstract Overview of Android As An Architecture
Source: Google, August 2008
http://venturebeat.com/2008/05/09/analysis-myspace-and-facebook-challenge-mobile-only-social-networks/
