mobileTech Tuesday, by Steve Guengerich A couple of items that recently crossed my desk inspired today’s post. The first item was a wonderful list of incubator/accelerator programs, sorted by their respective deadline dates for participation, from the team at Launch. My own firm, Appconomy, had the opportunity to work with the Launch team and conference [...]
Mobile-palooza!
July 19, 2011 by Leave a Comment
mobileTech Tuesday, by Steve Guengerich Yes, I know it’s mid-July. Summertime is in full swing. The heat is hot and the rain is not in Austin. The next “official” US holiday, Labor Day, is a nearly seven weeks away on September 5 – an eternity in mobi time. But, my friend, there’s no time like [...]
Mobile Alchemy Makes 20
June 28, 2011 by Leave a Comment
mobileTech Tuesday, by Steve Guengerich It was good to see the announcement in Austin’s paper of record, the Statesman, today about the launch of Catapult Systems‘ mobile business. Last Thursday, at the Austin Tech Happy Hour, I caught up with founder and CEO Sam Goodner for a few minutes and he talked about Mobile Alchemy [...]
The ABCs of Mobile PCI
June 21, 2011 by 3 Comments
mobileTech Tuesday, by Steve Guengerich One of the things that they teach you in B-school strategy class is SWOT analysis. SWOT (pronounced “swat”) is an acronym standing for Strengths – Weaknesses – Opportunities – Threats. One of the things you learn relatively early is that externalities like government regulations and industry certifications are often threats [...]
Without Chips, Mobile Is Nothing
June 14, 2011 by 1 Comment
mobileTech Tuesday, by Steve Guengerich As I was on my way to pick up my Monday morning coffee at 6am, I had an audio double-take when I heard this exchange on the morning news report between the KUT anchor and a reporter from the Austin Business Journal about chipmaker Altera Corp’s announced intentions to move [...]
Margaret Mead and Mobile
June 1, 2011 by Leave a Comment
mobileTech Tuesday, by Steve Guengerich It’s Wednesday, not Tuesday (the holiday through me off) and this is a bit more of a pure editorial piece than my normal contribution, but bear with me. There was as good article in a recent edition of the Sunday Statesman by Brian Gaar on the greater Austin mobile scene. What [...]
Access: Mobile
May 18, 2011 by Leave a Comment
mobileTech Tuesday, by Steve Guengerich – Special Edition What if you could increase the addressable user base in the US of your mobile app by up to 10%? Or what if you could increase the total addressable size of the US market that you can sell your app to by up to 20%? And, finally, [...]
Super Bowls and Scenes
April 26, 2011 by Leave a Comment
mobileTech Tuesday by Steve Guengerich The University of Texas and the other great public and private universities in Texas – from my alma mater Texas A&M in College Station, to Rice University in Houston, and many more – serve to educate each new generation’s youth with the skills and knowledge to make their mark in [...]
Mobile is Global
April 12, 2011 by 1 Comment
mobileTech Tuesday, by Steve Guengerich This week’s article is cross-posted from its original in The Appconomy. Intellectually, most people “get” that the market for mobile technology and apps is a global one. But, sometimes, we lose sight of the examples that remind us the pros and cons of this reality. Pros, in the sense of [...]
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