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by Stephen King
on Sun, November 1, 2009 10:46 PM
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Last week, I spent two days in Sunnyvale, California, representing my company, Mob4Hire.com, in the Silicon Valley California Market Access program, which culminated in a 3 minute pitch at the annual PACT event at Plug and Play Tech Center.This was the final stage of several months of work, starting at...
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by Stephen King
on Thu, March 19, 2009 12:18 PM
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I just spent a fascinating two days at the Sofitel Hotel in Redwood City, CA; the site of the 2009 Dow Jones Wireless Innovation. The 200+ Attendees were a combination of VC's, reporters and executives from established mobile industry companies and startups who are setting the stage for the next...
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on Mon, March 2, 2009 11:01 AM
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Now that Mobile World Congress (MWC) has wrapped up (February 16th through 19th), and all the "Cafe con Leche" caffeine fueled conversations are complete, all that is left is to try to make sense of it all ... with 50,000 (ish) attendees and 8 trade show halls at Fira Barcelona,...
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by Stephen King
on Thu, February 26, 2009 2:40 PM
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Last week was an amazing time at Mobile World Congress Barcelona. While attendance was down to about 50,000, the mood was upbeat in a trillion dollar industry that continues to post good growth despite recessionary times. The congress still had all the key players making decisions (except Apple who made...
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on Wed, February 25, 2009 1:10 PM
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As you probably know, "WiTec Alberta is an industry association focused on supporting the Wireless & Telecom industry in the Province of Alberta." They host a number of events, but just wanted to alert you to two upcoming ones:
a) March 6. WiTec Networking Breakfast at Ranchman's Club in Calgary from...
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by Stephen King
on Sun, January 18, 2009 10:15 PM
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Techvibes is a sponsor of the Pacfiic Northwest Wireless Summit, www.pnwsummit.com, so I thought it'd be cool if I posted after both days events.
Today was the "Leadership Summit," with about 50 attendees from many different countries and cities (including Calgary ... ummm ... that was me), to talk about leadership,...
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by Stephen King
on Tue, December 16, 2008 10:52 AM
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Last Wednesday night, I went to the Mobile Monday Vancouver (MoMoVan) Christmas Party at The Mill Marine Bistro on the Seawall in Coal Harbour. Mobile Monday is an informal grassroots event that happens around the world on the first Monday of every month for Mobile Application Developers, Carriers and connected...
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by Stephen King
on Wed, December 10, 2008 4:03 PM
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I first posted about Mob4Hire last January, after meeting President and Founder, Paul Poutanen, at an Industry Event in Calgary. I became an advisor for the firm ... we stayed in touch; I watched Mob4Hire.com launch, get proof of concept, get paying customers and finally, like all Killer Startups, reach...
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