Tag Archives: Mobile

Mobile startups and small payments opportunity

I gave a presentation at the TechStart event of Aalto Entrepreneurship Society on mobile and startups. Why mobile is now an interesting opportunity for a small early-stage startup? In short, App Store and it’s rivals are solving a distribution problem … Continue reading

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TechStart event at Aalto Entrepreneurship Society today

I’ll be giving a talk at TechStart event at Aalto Entrepreneurship Society today. The talk will be from a bit different view point than before. I’ll explore why focusing on mobile is suddenly interesting for small startup companies.  The event is sold-out, … Continue reading

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ArcticEvening panel in Stockholm tonight

I’ll be discussing about startups and the future of mobile in a panel at ArcticEvening in Stockholm tonight. Feel free to come to discuss after the panel. I’m interested in various topics including but not limited to: startups protopunk Brixton, … Continue reading

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Is selling mobile applications a new business fad?

Selling iPhone apps is becoming a new business fad that people make fun of. It’s adopting a role of clown that an ad based model of free web services has held for a while. However truth is that App Store … Continue reading

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iPod Touch – The Christmas present of 2008?

A short followup to my previous analysis of AdMob’s data. AdMob released a December 2008 report and it contains a fascinating data point: iPod Touch requests doubled overnight on Christmas. Worldwide there were 3.4 times more monthly requests and for … Continue reading

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