EVENT: Top Legal Mistakes Startups Make
On Monday, November 1, 2010, I will be moderating a panel on Top Legal Mistakes Startups Make.
Thanks to Mario Tapia and the rest of the Mobile Monday team in the Silicon Valley for putting this together.
Moderator:
Eric Chan – Mobileslate
Panelists:
Roger Royse, Attorney at Law, Royse Law
Yokum Taku, Attorney at Law, Wilson Sosini Goodrich & Rosati
Pietari Grohn, Co-Founder and General Counsel, Vivio
Date: November 1st, 2010
Time: 6:30pm Registration Opens | 7:10pm Panel Begins
Cost: Free, but is required to attend
Drinks: Provided
Location: Microsoft Silicon Valley Campus Conference Center – 1065 La Avenida, Bldg. 1, Mountain View, CA
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Mobileslate Launches Angel Investment
Today I am formally announcing that I have added a new title: Angel Investor. I am investing in what I know best: mobile and wireless ideas. Just as software ideas have gotten significantly less expensive to start and grow, I am also noticing the same trend in mobility. The tools, components, networks and devices have reached ubiquity and there still remains a lot of innovation only investment can advance. Here are some observations that guide my thinking:
- Earlier this year, the CEO of Ericsson stated that in 10 years, there would be 50 billion devices connected to the Internet.
- By the end of this year, ABI Research predicts that there will be 5B mobile users in the world. As we narrow in on 100% global penetration, the remaining population will have a mobile phone within the next 10 years, many of them experiencing the Internet and other data services through a mobile device.
- Public Safety Broadband is estimated to be a $10 billion market in the United States allowing for greater access in real-time to data and collaboration across law enforcement and other public safety organizations.
- The tablet market will hit 64 million units shipped by 2014, while in 2007 Gartner reported that over 1 billion phones had been sold a year.
- IDC predicts that there will be 25 million mobile applications by 2014
Based on this and more, it is clear to me that mobile is still evolving and the best is yet to come. I am committed to investment in mobile and wireless in the following areas: access, enterprise, entertainment, messaging, and payment.
As I start this new chapter with Mobileslate, I will continue to provide Business Advisory Services in mobile and wireless that encompass strategy and product roadmaps.
More information about what I am looking for can be found here.
I look forward to hearing about your ideas. (ideas AT mobileslate.com)
Carnival of Mobilists #240
Well, after the double-shot of Carnival of Mobilists #239 where I wrote up two weeks of posts, I am hosting back to back with #240. Before we start the posts, Peggy asked me to make a special mention that this week, Carnival of Mobilists celebrates its Fifth Anniversary. Great that over the years, this list has continued on. Continue Reading →