Mobile Monday Boston

Mobile in Boston

Trends in Mobile Investment

This event will feature a fast-paced panel discussion about recent trends in mobile investment. Which companies are getting funded? What sectors of mobile are bringing in the most investment?  Our discussion includes:

Andrew Paradise, Lookout Gaming and Aislebuyer acquired by Intuit April 2012
David Beisel, Nextview Ventures
Carl Stjernfeldt, Castile Ventures
Nilanjana Bhowmik, Longworth Venture Partners
Kent Bennett, Bessemer Venture Partners

Time/Date: November 5th from 6.30 to 9pm
Location: Nutter offices in the Seaport
Cost: Free evening event

Register

Are you founding a company or looking for investment? You may want to attend TCN’s FastTrack. It’s an afternoon half-day program in the same venue as the Mobile Monday event and led by a group of experienced investors and entrepreneurs.

Agenda for the TCN Event (Separate Registration Required)

Founder’s Story: Jerry King – Former COO, Where.com

Angel and Venture Term Sheet Negotiation:
Raj Aggarwal, Localytics
Jim Woodward, Angel Investor
Michelle Basil, Nutter
Alex Glovsky, Nutter

IP Issues for Mobile:
Rod Forter, Skyhook Wireless
Ron Cahill, Nutter

Mobile Marketing and Distribution:
Chuck Goldman, Apperian
Ryan Moore, Atlas Ventures

Financial Projections and Pitching:
Alicia Amaral, Scalar Partners
Heather Onstott, LaunchCapital
Jeremy Halpen, Nutter

TCN Event Time: November 5th from Noon to 5:30pm
TCN Event Cost: $100 (Register at TCN’s website)

  • 0 Comments
  • Filed under: Mobile
  • Upcoming events for November, December, January

    Trends in Mobile Investment (Nov 5th)

    Join David Beisel of Nextview, Carl Stjernfeldt of Castile Ventures, and other investors for a discussion about which mobile companies are receiving investments and why.
    http://www.eventbrite.com/event/4610895312
    (free evening event)

    This event follows an afternoon program by TCN called the Mobile Fast Track
    A half-day program for mobile entrepreneurs who are starting companies and raising capital.  Speakers include the COO of Where.com, CEO of Localytics, General Counsel of Skyhook Wireless, Founder of Apperian, and many others.
    http://www.thecapitalnetwork.org/programs/mobile-fast-track/
    ($100 for TCN’s half-day program)

    Mobile Wallets and NFC (Oct 29th)

    A discussion on mobile wallets featuring the VP of Dunkin’ Brands, Head of Mobile for MasterCard, Director Strategic accounts for PayPal, CMO of CorFire, and the Director of Mobile at Staples.
    http://www.mitforumcambridge.org/events/nfc-event-mobile-wallet-wars-and-warriors/
    (free for MoMo with code ‘MITMoMo’)

    Webinno and Mobile Monday (Dec 3rd)

    A collaboration between Mobile Monday and Webinno celebrating another great year for mobile.
    http://webinnomobile.eventbrite.com/
    (free evening event)

    Mobile Marketing (Jan 14th)

    We’ve got a huge mobile marketing event in the works!  Contact us if you have a mobile marketing story, an app or service to demo, or you’d like to get involved as a sponsor.
    Registration opens soon…

  • 0 Comments
  • Filed under: Mobile
  • Mobile Demo Night on October 1st

    We’re continuing our new monthly schedule with a Demo Night of new companies on the Boston startup scene. The format will be rapid fire demo’s and the featured companies include…

    TalkTo which lets you communicate with businesses via text message, in April they raised $3m from Matrix Partners. SessionM creates a gamification layer for mobile apps, they recently raised $20m led from Charles River Ventures. SummerCamp has a playfully off-color game by a couple of game gurus from the former 38 Studios. Owlchemy Labs are SEGA-published Boston game developers who will show off their latest creation. Timbre is a local live music app which that appeared during a hackathon and was swiftly techcrunched. Ubersense enables mobile collaboration between athletes and coaches, they recently raised $1.1 from Atlas, Google, and Boston Seed Capital.

    Doors open at 6pm. Presentations begin around 7pm. Networking resumes from 8-9pm.

    Register to attend.

    As always, Mobile Monday is free for attendees and speakers. This event is supported by our sponsor Kinvey.

  • 0 Comments
  • Filed under: Mobile
  • Mobile Design Recap

    Thanks everyone for coming to the mobile design session! It was record attendance for a Labs event.

    We’ve uploaded the mobile design presentations to a Mobile Monday Google Drive folder. (Note: This link requires you to login on some mobile devices, apparently a Google Drive bug)

    We’re liking Ned Devine’s as the venue and are planning more events there. And yes, we are putting ourselves on a monthly schedule.

  • 0 Comments
  • Filed under: Mobile
  • Mobile Design Event

    We’re kicking off the fall mobile schedule with a Mobile Monday Labs event are focused on technical topics in mobile. This event will feature several technical presentations on mobile design. Bring your questions.

    Doors open at 6pm, presentations begin around 7pm.

    Speakers:
    Dan Williams, Chief Product Officer, Isabella Products – Emerging aspects of user interface including context awareness, sensory perception, and motion.
    Adrian Mendoza, Co-founder, Marlin Mobile – Responsive design workflow, usage, prototyping, and performance optimization.
    George White, Principal Consultant and Technical Architect, Cantina – Real world aspects of implementing flexible, mobile and future-friendly sites through responsive design.

    As always, Mobile Monday is free to attendees and speakers thanks to our sponsors.

    Transport/parking:
    MBTA near Downtown Crossing (Red, Orange), Gov’t Center (Green), and State (Blue, Orange).
    There is parking at 75 State Street Garage located on Broad Street. Open 24 Hours. $3 OFF with Faneuil Hall Marketplace merchant/store validation on weekdays. $12 PARKING after 5:00PM on weekdays and all day Saturday, Sunday and select holidays with Faneuil Hall Marketplace merchant/store validation.  Or try one of the coupons at Boston Central Parking at 47 Broad Street: http://boston.centralparking.com/Restaurants/Boston-Ned-Devines-Parking.html

    Register now.

  • 0 Comments
  • Filed under: Mobile
  • Boston Mobile Exhibiting Startups at MIT Museum

    Come see 40 of Boston’s early stage mobile companies on June 25th at the MIT Museum.

    Our exhibiting companies include:
    30 Hands Learning
    ActivePepper
    AppBlade
    AppBrick Inc
    Apptopia
    At-Hand Apps, LLC
    BNDWGN
    Brass Monkey
    ByteLight
    CatchApp
    Cogent Mobile, Inc.
    Delightfully
    DesignIn
    Flight Social
    Green Door Labs Inc.
    Green Mountain Digital
    iCare
    iJukbox
    interlinkONE
    Intrepid Gaming
    Jana
    LuckyLabs
    Mapkin
    Mapocosm
    Mobinett Interactive, Inc.
    Mosec, Mobile Secretary
    Munchly
    ParkMe.biz
    Part12 Studios
    PreApps
    QuickPay
    SavingStar
    TalkTo
    Thumbs Up
    Translate Abroad
    Trendslide
    VC News Daily
    VocalBee
    Whim Things To Do Inc.

    Attendees can register here.

  • 0 Comments
  • Filed under: Mobile
  • Startup showcase at the MIT Museum

    On the evening of June 25th, we’re taking over the MIT Museum for an evening of startup demonstrations.  Mixed among the museum exhibits you’ll find new and innovative companies in the mobile space.
    If you are an early stage mobile company and want to exhibit at this event, you can request a booth at: http://bit.ly/IOTcwj

    Not an early stage mobile company but want to get a booth? Consider a sponsorship and help support this free community event.  Contact us to learn more at itay@momoboston.com.

    Date:  June 25th, 2012 — 6.30pm to 9:00pm
    Location:  MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA.
    Transportation:  Red Line Kendall Square.  Parking info.
    Cost: FREE!

    General Questions? Visit the Mobile Monday Boston website or email us learn@momoboston.com.

  • 0 Comments
  • Filed under: Mobile
  • New Boston Mobile Startups Pitch to VCs

    On April 23rd 6:30pm, Mobile Monday Boston is going to have a special event called the Mobile Pitch Challenge.

    We’ll have some of Boston’s newest early stage mobile startups give pitches to a panel of mobile investors.  The presentations will be followed by commentary and audience voting.

    Our judges are three of Boston venture finest who also have prior experience on the other side of the fence as mobile entrepreneurs:

    Antonio Rodriguez, General Partner, Matrix Partners
    Jeff Glass, Managing Director, Bain Capital Ventures
    Jennifer Lum, Co-Founder, Apricot Capital

    Our presenting companies are new early stage startups:

    Thumbs Upwww.thumbsupapp.com
    PrescribableAppswww.prescribableapps.com
    Cogent Mobilewww.cogentmobile.com
    29GOwww.flightsocial.net
    RepeatReceiptwww.repeatreceipt.com
    Spectaclewww.getmosec.com
    Codex Developmenthttp://www.codexdev.com

    Date and Time: Monday, April 23rd at 6:30pm

    [Note: The original email listed the wrong hotel, the event is at the Omni Parker.]
    Location: Omni Parker Hotel (map)
    Public transportation:  Near Park Street (Green line and Red Line) and Downtown Crossing (Orange Line)
    Parking:  Nearby garages include http://www.pialleygarage.com

    Cost: Free (registration required)

    We are thankful to Nokia for sponsoring this event. We’ll soon be announcing some great local content around Nokia and Windows Phone.

  • 1 Comment
  • Filed under: Mobile
  • On April 23rd, Mobile Monday Boston is going to have a special event:  The Mobile Pitch Challenge.

    In this event, early stage start-ups will pitch for 90 seconds to a panel of mobile investors about why they have the most awesome mobile product in Boston. The short pitches will be followed by Q&A and an audience choice award. Should be fun!

    Do you have an early stage start-up that you would like to present?  Then go to our registration page at bit.ly/ww8C8F

    We are looking for few volunteers to help us with this event. Please send an email to itay@momoboston.com if you are interested in helping out.

    We will open our registration to the general public in a few weeks.

    Thanks to Nokia for sponsoring this event and making it possible.

    Nokia logo

  • 0 Comments
  • Filed under: Mobile
  • Mobile Monday Labs March 5th

    Announcing our first Mobile Monday Labs on March 5th.  This will be a technical event about Android development.  The event will be hosted by Vivox at their new space in Downtown Crossing.
    The format will be brief presentations and Q&A, followed by open networking.
    Speakers:
    Android and data - Masumi Nakamura, co-author O’Reilly Android book and Android developer at WHERE (presentation pdf)
    Managing Android fragmentation — Carter Jernigan, founder of two forty four a.m. LLC and the developer of Locale, Google’s Android Developer Challenge $300,000 grand prize winner (presentation pdf)
    Android battery life - Jarrod McLean, lead mobile developer, Vivox (presentation pdf)
    Android app economics and the value of your app - Jonathan Kay, Founder, Apptopia (presentation pdf)

    Register

    Doors open at 6pm.  Event begins at 6.30pm and runs until 9pm.  Light food will be served.

    Registration is required.  Space is limited for this event to allow for interaction and discussion, we’ll do our best to record and broadcast it for those who can’t attend.

    Vivox Office in Downtown Crossing
    109 Kingston Street, 2nd Floor, Boston, MA (map)

    Public transportation: 5 minute walk from South Station (Red Line and commuter rail), Chinatown (Orange Line), and Boylston (Green Line).

    Parking garages are available in the neighborhood, if we find any good deals we’ll post them.

    Thanks to our sponsors for making this event possible.

    vivox
    cassidy

  • 0 Comments
  • Filed under: Mobile

  • Join Mobile Monday to get notified of our next event.


    Technology Event Calendars:

    Greenhorn Calendar (#mobile)

    VentureFizz Calendar


    Mobile Monday Boston