Mobile Monday Momentum Accelerator Applicants
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Team
Mario Tapia• 12+ years Mobile Industry
Experience• Yahoo Mobile, Disney,
GetJar, Danger• Founder of Mobile Monday
Silicon Valley• B.S. Cal State Fresno
Arte Merritt• 12+ years Mobile Industry
Experience• Motally, Yahoo, Vettro, Helio,
Turner• Founder of MIT Wireless
Forum• Founder & CEO of Motally• Sold to Nokia in 2010• Launched Turner Broadcasting’s
Accelerator Program, Media Camp• S.B. MIT
Greg Prosl• 15+ years of digital media
experience, 7+ in online video, • Core
Systems/Questar/Microsystems/MountainZone and BroadbandSports.• 5min Media (acquired
by Aol).• B.A Northeastern University
Team
Ryan Bloomer• 7+ years of experience in
mostly BD and Marketing• Blumberg Capital• Yushan Ventures• Merrill Lynch
• Currently at 1-Page, the next generation talent selection platform for enterprises• B.A. Boston University
Mike Chen• 10+ years of experience
• FriendFinder – acquired by Penthouse, • Xoom – Sequoia , • Ancestry – IPO • Cisco/Adobe/Wells Fargo
• Director of Corporate Innovation at RocketSpace,
• 120 brands & Fortune 1000 16000+ early stage companies
• MBA University of London
Mike Rowehl• Founder and CTO of
Metaresolver• First engineer at AdMob• Launch engineer at Chomp,
Skyfire, Ning• Founder Mobile Monday SV
Mobile Monday
Mobile Monday is a global community of developers, entrepreneurs and professionals fostering cooperation and business through educational and networking events
- World’s Leading Mobile Community• Operates in 140 cities in 50 countries
• Reaches over 100,000 developers
- Non Profit 501(c)- Community Goals:
To facilitate networking between small and large companies
To encourage innovation within the mobile industry
To contribute to the education of the broader public
To present innovative visions, trends, studies and forecasts
To facilitate and create partnerships
Accelerator Program
Weekly Workshops
- Taught by industry experts
- Topics include best practices for increasing user engagement, acquisition, and monetization, mobile development, and more
Weekly Dinners
- Guests include industry experts and mentors
Corporate Sponsor Days
- One-on-One in-depth day spent with corporate sponsor
- Demos, learn from and engage with sponsor
Mentorship
Demo Day
Corporate SponsoredTwelve Week Program
Workshop Classes
Kick-Off
- Mobile landscape- Device and app stats- Intros
Monetization
- Ads- in-app purchases- pay vs free
Negotiations
- Strategy- Techniques- Process
Effective Marketing
- PR and Marketing Best Practices
- Dev Acquisition- Making use of social
media and blogs
Analytics
- What to track- How to use data
Open Workshop
- Flexible topic
Legal Topics- Legal topics facing
mobile companies- Contracts issues
when working with large companies
- Licensing- Patent / trademark
UI/UX
- Best practices
Selling to the Enterprise
- Selling into a handset manufacturer, operator or brand
M&A- When should you
sell?- M&A “war stories”- How does the
process work?- Should you hire an i-
banker?
Scaling Development
- Scaling database- big data- hadoop- AWS- Handling load
Pitching
- Pitching tips and practice to the VC or partner
StartupApplicants
Startup Benefits
Community exposure
• Shared office space with other mobile startups
• Exposure to Silicon Valley ecosystem
Mentorship• One-on-one mentorship and
classes taught by industry experts
Global exposure
Accelerate commercial relationships
•Work closely with corporate sponsors
Funding Opportunity
• Private pitch sessions with leading VCs and angels
• Demo day opportunity to pitch to VCs and angels
Access to brands
• Executive level access to industry players, sponsors, and VCs
@RocketSpace Campus
• With a dedicated open innovation team, RocketSpace Campus supports brands and corporations with strategic relationship building with top-tier startups.
• With the highest concentration of top startups from all over the world, RocketSpace Campus provides the perfect ecosystem for Momentum startup finalists.
Target Applicants
- Minimum requirements for applicants• At least 2 people• Shipping Live Product• Angel funding or graduate of other startup program
(Pre-series A)• "Graduate" program, not startup basics
- Each application will be scored on five criteria:• Team• Product
- Finalists will be vetted with participating corporate sponsors before final selection
•Market Viability• Traction
• Fit for Mobile Industry
Application Process
- Where to Apply- momentum.mobilemonday.us/apply• Company Name
•Website
• Funding
• Size
• Presentation
• Video of product
Partners & Sponsors
Angels and Mentors
Spring 2013 Class
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Class of Spring 2013
Fiverun, www.fiverun.com - Fiverun brings the “Apple Store” shopping experience to any brick and mortar retailer, enabling retail associates to sell more, faster, directly from a tablet, which unifies online and offline products into a single shopping cart.
Locomizer, www.locomizer.com - Locomizer is an enterprise, location analytics platform that enables audience discovery for relevant targeting. Orbeus, www.orbe.us - Orbeus is a cloud-based, visual recognition engine that can make sense of faces, scenes, and objects in both images and videos. PocketMath, www.pocketmathc.om - PocketMath is a mobile Demand-Side Platform that optimizes ads through real-time bidding. Squrl, www.squrl.com - Squrl is a mobile platform for discovering and watching both long and short form video content.
Momentum Class In The Press
• http://techcrunch.com/2013/06/12/visual-recognition-api-for-google-glass/
• http://techcrunch.com/2013/06/17/squrl-updates-ios-apps-to-simplify-video-discovery-with-better-recommendations-and-social-features/
• Locomizer was named one of the top 25 UK startups:http://mashable.com/2013/06/27/uk-startups/
Mario [email protected]
Arte [email protected]
Sponsors and Partners contact us:
Startups Apply Now!!
momentum.mobilemonday.us/apply
