Kickstarter and crowdsourcing is simply awesome. In its essence it unleashes the power of the internet to match dreamers/creators with millions of would be patrons. We are at the tip of the iceberg with crowdsourcing and it is going to change everything. I have backed a few projects on kickstarter.com and I am sure many of you will do the same soon or find other sites with similar sites missions. Whether you decide to back a project or not please take the time to browse the site as it is a great place to witness the ingenuity of our fellow man.
Good to have in your arsenal.
Good analysis of OMGPOP acquisition.
Decent general data on freemium games in the US.
More than 40% of Fab’s daily visits now come from our mobile apps on iPhone, iPad, and Android.
Since the beginning of 2012 we noticed that “has mobile app” is a big indicator of customer engagement. We saw that Fab’s mobile users purchased more then 2x faster, 3x more often, and in much…
Interesting new entrant to the tablet market. Cheaper than the Kindle Fire, iPod Touch and NDS.
Super cool use of AR.
Seth Godin’s latest addresses education.
Interesting article on the disaster in video consoles software sales.
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I am passionate about creating and building new businesses. I advise several companies including storybricks.com, interactivetouchbooks.com, happytoymachine.com, appshed.com and salesbump.com. I mentor at two premier European start-up accelerators, Seedcamp and Springboard. I am also on the Board of Governors at my children's primary school.
For the last 11 years I have built and managed innovative mobile and web technology businesses including starting up Disney’s European mobile/apps business that grew to over 80 people and co-managing a global business with over 300 staff.
As the General Manager of a business I managed all aspects of product management, business development, sales, marketing, operations and finance. My expertise in digital media includes apps, games, books/magazines, music and video distributed both direct to consumer and business to business.
I have worked across multiple digital platforms including mobile handsets, consoles, set-top boxes, personal computers, connected TVs and tablets partnering with top digital companies globally such as Apple, Microsoft, Nokia, Sony and Vodafone.