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App is Crap (why Apple is bad for your health)

Both Sides of the Table

They were going to bring the Internet to your mobile phones ushering in the era of “m-commerce.&# Gag. I had just returned from living in Japan where I witnessed the hugely successful launch of i-mode by NTT DoCoMo so I knew the potential that the mobile web would ultimately bring, but I saw so many flaws in the launch of WAP.

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Domain Experience Gives Entrepreneurs an Unfair Advantage

Both Sides of the Table

Are you launching a mobile application? My first company launched in 1999 and we were offering a SaaS document management in the cloud (we were called ASPs back then). Traffic.com sold 10-second in-content advertising spots to local TV broadcasters. I’ll always point out when I am.). I learned the domain lesson myself.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register?

Frank Addante

the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Internet Advertising ASP) Exit: $112M IPO and acquisition Lesson: Think big. Recently, I have been looking very closely at the online advertising market. Inventing Stuff, Obviously Impossible?

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