Published on
August 11, 2010.
The summer of 2010 has provided me with an amazing learning experience. At one point during my summer internship, I became a founding member of a New York City startup. My company, Netmobo, LLC, offers infrastructure technology solutions to mobile app developers. More specifically, Netmobo provides an advanced and flexible mobile billing solution. You can learn more about us on our website.
Currently, I am addicted to building Netmobo and I barely sleep as we prepare our product to enter a Beta test. In the meantime, our team is commencing a capital raise, implementing a comprehensive sales and marketing strategy, and forming strategic relationships.
The most significant reason for my growing passion for our business–the mobile back office–is our focused and experienced management team. Even though Netmobo operates in a competitive market where internet blue chips, such as Google and Facebook, are beginning to invade. Our team understands that Netmobo’s unique solution is well positioned to fill the need of a a large and fast growing market that wants our product.
Working in an exciting industry this summer has been a blast. As I complete my second and final year at Stern this fall, growing Netmobo will remain a priority.
Published on
June 4, 2010.
I intend this to be the first of a few posts discussing important trends I see in the digital media and Internet space. You may also recognize these trends, but they move quickly and it is important to understand how and where these trends move and which companies successfully embrace this change. With that said, I believe that what we are seeing on the Internet right now is just the tip of the iceberg. Onto the trends:
Greater use of location based apps: These apps have enormous creative potential and will prove profitable. Foursquarewas the first to shift the way my friends and I use our mobile devices, but Gowalla and Yelp have followed suit. Continue Reading
Published on
April 26, 2010.
A favorite application of mine is iConcertCal, which cross references my iPhone (and now my iTunes) music library with the local concert schedule to create a list of local concerts being put on by the artists whose music I own. While there are a few competitor applications (such as LiveKick and, Eventful), I am loyal to iConcertCal. As much as I like the app, however, there are more features I hope the developers address in future releases:
Speed: The application is slow to boot-up as it cross-references the music on my iPhone.
Genius: Similar to the genius function on iTunes, I would like iConcertCal to suggest those concerts it “thinks” I would like based on the genres I listen to, not just what I own. I don’t store my entire library on my iPhone and I can’t stay on top of 100% of the latest music. So, suggesting a Yeasayer concert based on the fact that I enjoy Phoenix, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Vampire Weekend would be very useful.
More than iTunes: iConcertCal should also cross-reference what I listen to on Pandora, or any other audio app. This may open up the potential to go beyond music—think movies or Broadway shows based on Youtube videos I watch.
Push Service: Why not provide an optional push service so you know about new shows immediately? And, this would alleviate constantly searching through the applications concert list to find new shows.
I love the idea for iConcertCal but I think a bit of innovation is needed.
