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Russell Beattie on: Make it Mobile

Posted on by charlie

Would one expect any less from Russ?

Mobile. Mobile. Mobile. 🙂

And scroll down for a biz idea. I love it when he gives them away.

Link: Russell Beattie Notebook � #12: Make it Mobile.

I’ll admit that since Ev has already started a company, sold it for big bucks, and started another one, that his ten rules for web startups (plus a bonus) have much more weight than anything you read about a startup on this blog. He’s done it and doing it, so by all means listen to him and ignore me.

That said, I humbly submit that Ev is missing the boat in his list by not including a rule on mobility. Number 12 on his list should be “Make it Mobile”. Actually, I think it should be #1, but that’s just me be fanatical. Mobility is where the most opportunities lie for startups over the next few years. The next big success will be mobile, but also a lot of the next little successes will be mobile as well. There’s just so many possibilities right now – around the world and even in the U.S. with mobile penetration rates climbing over 80%. This is the market to focus on.

charlie

2 Comments

  1. Russell says:
    ” … Mobility is where the most opportunities lie for startups over the next few years. The next big success will be mobile, but also a lot of the next little successes will be mobile as well … ”
    Not quite. Until the orifice problem is addressed (see Bob Franston and the Steve Job’s comment on the reference link: http://www.vonmag.com/issue/2005/sept/columns/frankston.asp)
    It is funny/scary to watch The Vally start ups repeat all the same mistakes made by all those Euro and Asian startups that died off years ago.
    Here’s the key take away starry eyed started up needs to know:
    Mobile carrier land is the duel of The Internet.
    Internet:
    Dump pipe, smart edges. Come one come all. Be brilliant.
    Mobile Carrier Land:
    Who the fuck are you and how do I know you won’t break my precious network? You need to guarentee you stuff will be up 99.999% of the time or be liable for millions of dollars.
    For your troubles I’ll let you keep 10% of anything made by your application/service, I’ll keep 90% and if something better comes along I’ll kick you off our handset deck faster then Paris Hilton hops into bed with her latest boytoy.
    Now, get out of my office and don’t let the door hit you on the ass on the way out.
    -Doug

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