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JUNE 22, 2015

If a company wanted to distribute software on a mobile device it need to sell via a “portal” (US term) or a “deck” (UK term) of a mobile carrier. As the desk-based Internet emerged it was initially sold through telecom carriers (after players like AOL and EarthLink innovated the market).

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NOVEMBER 15, 2014

For example, Lookout is a mobile security company that was founded by three talented graduates of USC. And consider Snapchat – one of our hometown favorites as they’re based in LA (Venice Beach). Locally we call it “the Snapchat effect.” No – I’m not worried about the competition.

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DECEMBER 12, 2016

Part I, Team) Tact was founded by Chuck Ganapathi , who was formerly the SVP of Products at Salesforce.com having led initiatives like their chat product, CRM and mobile. Here’s how they did it … Mobile First —  It is now well understood that “mobile first” dominated the consumer Internet and we take this for granted.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2016

Turning the Urgency Addiction into a Competitive Asset. I also found that not having your computer or mobile phone available drastically increasing your engagement and lowers your distractions. So you know I prefer not to be distracted by a computer in a meeting and if I can help it also not by a mobile phone. Medication.

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JANUARY 13, 2021

I would plan a day around which calls I could take while I was walking and which meetings could be mobile. It’s like the kids with their obsession with Snapchat streaks. It pushed me harder, it became my own little competition with imaginary people I was riding against and with myself. On May 31st the competition ended.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Currencies only began in earnest about 2,500 years ago and ever since have been a great enabler of democracy and social mobility, not the other way around. This market structure in which the few, large players use their market position to eliminate competition is inevitable. It’s Hobbesian economics 101.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2017

Jonah said that didn’t map to his views on the history of the media business or to his own experiences at BuzzFeed where he contents that he is being paid to produce content by companies like Facebook and Snapchat. I asked Jonah about his started position in photos, lists, GIFs and text and where he thought video fit in.

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