Going Mobile: The Year of the Smart Phone Startup | Linux Today

Going Mobile: The Year of the Smart Phone Startup

Written By
AU
Andy Updegrove
Feb 17, 2008

“If you’ve always been itching to launch a startup but just
couldn’t come up with a killer idea, well, your ship is about to
come in. No, it won’t be quite as good as the Internet Bubble
years, when any fool could raise a few million (hell, $30 or $40
million) to sell dog food online–no, really–but not bad,
either.

“When things are more or less steady state, you have to do
something new and original to have a viable business plan in the
tech space…”


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AU

Andy Updegrove

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