Comments for iFundVC http://ifundvc.com Insights Into the iPhone, iFund, and iFund Companies Fri, 19 Dec 2008 07:01:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 Comment on The Next Steps to Accelerate the Tectonic Shift in Mobile, Part 2 by Dharm http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CommentsForIfundvc/~3/489401791/ Dharm Tue, 16 Dec 2008 07:02:03 +0000 http://ifundvc.com/?p=87#comment-115 Thanks for the "tech-tonic shift" series. All three problems are immensely important. For usage scalability, you mention two very important facilitating factors (1) We need a only couple of good platforms like Windows,Mac,Linux for PCs. iPhone, Android and may be WinMo/Symbian. But how to convince others to give up ? (2) This is absolutely must - powerful browsers for billions of low-end handsets. And I would add (3) Localized content - because English is not the primary language of most of these billion users. We also need a shift in funding strategy: instead of a $100M iFund for a bunch of companies, a <a href="http://www.iphonedev.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=54:inifund-could-outperform-ifund&catid=34:iphone&Itemid=56" title="How in.iFund can outperform iFund" rel="nofollow"> $1M in.iFund for a bunch of companies can do better</a>. You can call it micro-VC-ing because for the Indian example, most of the 300M users don't use data services due to the 3 reasons cited above. And there aren't REALLY appealing apps being developed/caught on due to multitude of platforms issue AND very importantly the crooked deployment mechanism provided by the carriers. But iPhone, despite of its high cost, has revolutionalized mobile landscape. An example of that is the launch of O2 Litmus dev platform. I am all tuned up for your next post on revenue scalability, because that is what "business" is all about :) Thanks for the “tech-tonic shift” series. All three problems are immensely important. For usage scalability, you mention two very important facilitating factors (1) We need a only couple of good platforms like Windows,Mac,Linux for PCs. iPhone, Android and may be WinMo/Symbian. But how to convince others to give up ? (2) This is absolutely must - powerful browsers for billions of low-end handsets. And I would add (3) Localized content - because English is not the primary language of most of these billion users.

We also need a shift in funding strategy: instead of a $100M iFund for a bunch of companies, a $1M in.iFund for a bunch of companies can do better. You can call it micro-VC-ing because for the Indian example, most of the 300M users don’t use data services due to the 3 reasons cited above. And there aren’t REALLY appealing apps being developed/caught on due to multitude of platforms issue AND very importantly the crooked deployment mechanism provided by the carriers. But iPhone, despite of its high cost, has revolutionalized mobile landscape. An example of that is the launch of O2 Litmus dev platform.

I am all tuned up for your next post on revenue scalability, because that is what “business” is all about :)

]]> http://ifundvc.com/2008/12/08/the-next-steps-to-accelerate-the-tectonic-shift-in-mobile-part-2/#comment-115 Comment on Looking for Killer Apps by martin http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CommentsForIfundvc/~3/484767422/ martin Sat, 13 Dec 2008 09:08:38 +0000 http://ifundvc.com/?p=78#comment-113 <a href="http://www.gifterapp.com" rel="nofollow">Gifter App</a> is a good example of a killer app. Gifter App is a good example of a killer app.

]]> http://ifundvc.com/2008/10/02/looking-for-killer-apps/#comment-113 Comment on The Next Steps to Accelerate the Tectonic Shift in Mobile, Part 2 by Eric Santos http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CommentsForIfundvc/~3/480696656/ Eric Santos Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:24:04 +0000 http://ifundvc.com/?p=87#comment-112 I agree with you that there's a huge opportunity of creating mobile services for people in developing countries. As an entrepreneur in Brazil, we have a few services that already have a relevant traffic (+3mi mobile pageviews/month), and the iPhone only comes in the 20th position among the most acessed devices. What we see is that the mobile browsers are getting better, and it's becoming a viable option to prioritize mobile sites to deliver the services, as it reaches both the low-end handsets and the high-end ones (including iPhone), with a lot less portability burden. I agree with you that there’s a huge opportunity of creating mobile services for people in developing countries.

As an entrepreneur in Brazil, we have a few services that already have a relevant traffic (+3mi mobile pageviews/month), and the iPhone only comes in the 20th position among the most acessed devices.

What we see is that the mobile browsers are getting better, and it’s becoming a viable option to prioritize mobile sites to deliver the services, as it reaches both the low-end handsets and the high-end ones (including iPhone), with a lot less portability burden.

]]> http://ifundvc.com/2008/12/08/the-next-steps-to-accelerate-the-tectonic-shift-in-mobile-part-2/#comment-112 Comment on The Next Steps to Accelerate the Tectonic Shift in Mobile, Part 1 by Edward Potter http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CommentsForIfundvc/~3/475334028/ Edward Potter Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:29:31 +0000 http://ifundvc.com/?p=84#comment-110 >>> The Silicon Valley developer community is quickly becoming a center of innovation for mobile. Dude, NYC is going to kick butt! WE are MUCH more into mobile. We don't even have trees! First shot fired across your bow! We eat bullets for breakfast here while you guys are figuring out what kind of berries to put on your waffles. MOBILE NYC iPhone developers INC ROCK! :-) >>> The Silicon Valley developer community is quickly becoming a center of innovation for mobile.

Dude, NYC is going to kick butt! WE are MUCH more into mobile. We don’t even have trees! First shot fired across your bow!

We eat bullets for breakfast here while you guys are figuring out what kind of berries to put on your waffles.

MOBILE NYC iPhone developers INC ROCK! :-)

]]> http://ifundvc.com/2008/10/29/the-next-steps-to-accelerate-the-tectonic-shift-in-mobile-part-1/#comment-110 Comment on The Next Steps to Accelerate the Tectonic Shift in Mobile, Part 1 by Dharm http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CommentsForIfundvc/~3/475334029/ Dharm Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:50:45 +0000 http://ifundvc.com/?p=84#comment-109 iFund still needs to harness the potential of the independent developers fully. The mere $100M size seems big for that segment. For example, focus on the Indian iDev community whose investment needs are not that great. You can start with just $1M fund and invest in 100 iDevs for $10K each for 10% stake fixed. That much money will easily keep the dev going for 1 yr. Now iPhone apps are not that much time-consuming to develop, so in 1 yr, a dev could develop 4 apps - total 400 apps. Out of these, there are bound to be some great apps that could reach the top-chart of App Store and return significantly on the total investment. iFund still needs to harness the potential of the independent developers fully. The mere $100M size seems big for that segment. For example, focus on the Indian iDev community whose investment needs are not that great. You can start with just $1M fund and invest in 100 iDevs for $10K each for 10% stake fixed. That much money will easily keep the dev going for 1 yr. Now iPhone apps are not that much time-consuming to develop, so in 1 yr, a dev could develop 4 apps - total 400 apps. Out of these, there are bound to be some great apps that could reach the top-chart of App Store and return significantly on the total investment.

]]> http://ifundvc.com/2008/10/29/the-next-steps-to-accelerate-the-tectonic-shift-in-mobile-part-1/#comment-109 Comment on Launching the iFund Blog…. by alarvexydax http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CommentsForIfundvc/~3/475334030/ alarvexydax Mon, 01 Dec 2008 10:10:35 +0000 http://ifundvc.com/?p=15#comment-108 Hello Wow, this is a great post. Thank you for taking the time to pen it… Hello

Wow, this is a great post. Thank you for taking the time to pen it…

]]> http://ifundvc.com/2008/09/15/launching-the-ifundvc-blog/#comment-108 Comment on The Next Steps to Accelerate the Tectonic Shift in Mobile, Part 1 by Oscar Salguero http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CommentsForIfundvc/~3/446248522/ Oscar Salguero Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:41:22 +0000 http://ifundvc.com/?p=84#comment-103 Nice article. I have faith that this shift will be a great thing to the independent developer communities and small software companies and mobile start ups... The revolution it´s on... the migration of "everything you can do on your PC or Mac" to mobile devices is unnstoppable. Nice article.
I have faith that this shift will be a great thing to the independent developer communities and small software companies and mobile start ups…

The revolution it´s on… the migration of “everything you can do on your PC or Mac” to mobile devices is unnstoppable.

]]> http://ifundvc.com/2008/10/29/the-next-steps-to-accelerate-the-tectonic-shift-in-mobile-part-1/#comment-103 Comment on The Next Steps to Accelerate the Tectonic Shift in Mobile, Part 1 by storedapps.com http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CommentsForIfundvc/~3/446248523/ storedapps.com Fri, 31 Oct 2008 08:10:25 +0000 http://ifundvc.com/?p=84#comment-100 We linked to your blog in our <a href="http://storedapps.com/store/healthcare/284976126/Steps-iPhone-App-Review" rel="nofollow">iphone apps site</a> We linked to your blog in our iphone apps site

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