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07.21.0820 is the new 40Headlines about "college students" and "twenty somethings" finding early success no longer impress me. Not only has the Internet made age irrelevant, but it has debased experience as a key indicator of success. The Internet has exponentially increased the opportunities available for those whom are agile and fast enough to react to the ever broadening scope of opportunity. That said, why don't we expect that most people who change the world to be young, uncommitted, and industrial? After all, that is an apt description of most hungry and frugal 20 year old college students I know. ...
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07.01.08Mobile sales 8x PC sales, both hard businesses without effortStaggering numbers from Jonathan Yarmis' interview on TechTicker today: PC market 200M units shipped per year sales growth of 9-11% year-over-year Now compare that to: Mobile market 1.6B units shipped last year sales growth of 20% year-over-year average device life-cycle of 21 months which means the device install base is completely cycled every 2 years The strong growth hasn't translated into bottom line profits for mobile incumbents. In fact, most mobile manufacturers have been hammered (see NOK ...
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06.05.08The cycle of progressWhile striving for something: Usually the start is the hardest part.
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04.08.08The Mobile Web is (currently) boringHave a look at the top 10 mobile sites for February 2008: [via MarketingCharts] Just a bunch of ring tone offerings and service provider distribution hubs. If you are looking for the next big opportunity, mobile looks wide open.
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