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Welcome to About Mobility. My name is C. Enrique Ortiz and this is my blog where I cover mobile computing in general - my views on mobility, software, technologies & products, and related areas; with the occasional tangent into other unrelated thoughts. I try to blog at least once per week, if time permits.
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Category Archives: Entrepreneurship
The Central Texas Entrepreneur Funding Symposium ’10
The Central Texas Entrepreneur Funding Symposium ’10 is a one-day conference for entrepreneurs ready to go to the next level and looking for the funding to make it happen. The event designed to provide entrepreneurs with the information they need … Continue reading
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The Austin Entrepreneur Network and The Idea Finishing School
A quick announcement about two great resources that are available to Central Texas entrepreneurs who are starting or who had started a business (a start-up) and need some help or direction. First my friend Hall Martin who runs the Austin … Continue reading
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On Startups – Internal vs. External Pressures
Internal vs. external pressures impact the (potential for) success of your startup in different ways. I’ll argue that internal pressures are the worst… how do I know? I’ve learned this the *hard way*. But remember that what doesn’t kill you … Continue reading
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Paul Graham on Why Start a Company in a Bad Economy
Great read Why Start a Startup in a Bad Economy by Paul Graham. Which means that what matters is who you are, not when you do it. If you’re the right sort of person, you’ll win even in a bad … Continue reading
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Going Big (Jason Calacanis)
Great set of slides by Jason Calacanis — the three most important factors in predicting the next big thing. | View | Upload your own
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Patents as Barrier to Entry
Josh Kopelman (Redeye VC blog and managing Director of First Round Capital) wrote a piece titled Depending on pending… where he argues about the importance of patents w.r.t. barriers to entry vs. focusing on going to market first: Most people … Continue reading
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On Startups, the economy, VCs, and calculated risks — Will VCs invest in your company?
Investors don’t invest based on the state of the economy. Investors invest in people, technologies, potential opportunities. It is all about taking calculated risks… Assuming that you have something of interest and with great potential, if an investor is hesitant … Continue reading
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The second idea is always the important one
From Founders at Work: “Over the years, I’ve learned that the first idea you have is irrelevant. It’s just a catalyst for you to get started. Then you figure out what’s wrong with it and you go through phases of … Continue reading
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On Startups: Blyk and Management-to-Developers Ratio
Blyk is a startup company. What they are doing seems pretty cool. They have an interesting management team, ex-Nokias and other. That said, I’ve seen and experienced startups that are management heavy. But Blyk is an extremely management-heavy startup… 30 … Continue reading
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On Startups — How Not to Die
A great read by Paul Graham, How Not to Die: So I’ll tell you now: bad shit is coming. It always is in a startup. The odds of getting from launch to liquidity without some kind of disaster happening are … Continue reading
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Numobiq raises $4.5MM — Congrats to Mark Young and his team
I want to congratulate my friend Mark Young, and his team, who recently raised $4.5 Million Investment from Benchmark Capital on their 1st round of funding. His company, Numobiq Inc. has been pretty much stealth for a while, are going … Continue reading
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Jeff Fedor’s CTO Handbook
A very interesting read by Jeff Fedor titled CTO Handbook — How to care for and feed your CTO describes the various characteristics and personalities of CTOs. Jeff covers three types of CTOs: The Technical Founder – the person that … Continue reading
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Startup Tips: From Software Engineering to PR and More!
ReadWriteWeb has a very good article that anyone starting or heading a Startup should read… see 36 Startup Tips: From Software Engineering to PR and More! Below I have added some Startup-tips of my own that complements the ones above. … Continue reading
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Guy on “The Top Ten (Sixteen) Lies of Lawyers”; also, a tidbit on this topic
Guy Kawasaki writes The Top Ten (Sixteen) Lies of Lawyers, a good fun read (especially if you have to deal with attorneys)… On this topic I will add the following though: –> Keep lawyers and your business separate… One of … Continue reading
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