As expected, Apple’s announcement of the new 3G iPhone, and the new AppStore, has the press aflutter. I have heard predictions of Apple selling 60 million units or more over the next year, and the AppStore becoming a major revenue generator for the company. Its easy to come to this conclusion, as people [...]
Over the past year, I have been intrigued about the opportunities in the mobile phone industry, specific to application development. Google and Apple have fueled the excitement among software developers with their activities in this space, with Google developing the Android platform, and Apple’s announcements of the iPhone SDK coming AppStore. These two [...]
A new model is emerging for VC’s. As noted in this Industry Standard article, Benchmark Capital, a prominent VC in the Silicon Valley who funded ebay back in the day, has been hiring “entrepreneurs in residence”. These people are entrepreneurs who reside at the VC while looking for business ideas. Once [...]
Inc.com has a piece which discusses the growing use of online resumes. If individuals can do this, why can’t start-up’s do the same for their company in the form of a “YouTubed” online commercial?
As a software developer by trade, I have seen how free software has taken over some markets, and has pressured entrenched players, such as Microsoft, into being innovative in at least making some of their products less expensive, and in some cases free for developers use. SQL Server Express Edition is one such example. [...]