Startup Tips From One Of The Most Influential Investor In The World : John Doerr
TweetA few months ago we had the privilege to meet John Gage from Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers(KPCB) who was down in Malaysia. KPCB is one of the top investment firms in Silicon Valley and also the world.
Who is John Doerr you may ask? John Doerr is a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers(KPCB). Along with KPCB’s partners, John has invested and sits on the board of directors of many of America’s leading entrepreneurs including: 
One Young World – ‘Youth Choices’ Report
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One Young World, an organization that aims to be the voice of young people under 25 around the world on critical international issues such as environmentalism, health and education. In addition, Kofi Annan has selected founder David Jones and his team to lead the global advertising for the Campaign for Climate Justice, which aims to raise awareness of the impact of the changing environment on poor communities throughout the globe.
Itex for Inventors
For entrepreneurs who have invented some stuff. Head on to ITEX 2009 which is happening this weekend.
Organized by Malaysia Inventors and Designs Society (MINDS) it brings together inventors from Malaysia and around the world. Look out for some of the most bizarre business type of invention that will change the world in the future.
The opportunity here for entrepreneurs as most of these inventors are looking for investors or entrepreneurs to bring their inventions to market.
Details
Date: 15 to 17 May
Location Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre.
Mohan Belani on Unconference Singapore 2009
TweetWe are lucky enough to catch Unconference Project Manager a day before the actual event.
Mohan was kind enough to spare a few minutes from his hectic schedule to give us a brief on the event tomorrow.
For more details on Unconference visit here.
Read MoreStarting Your Own Mobile Application Business
Tweet“Kid quit his job after selling Millions of Iphone Apps”.
We are sure you have read stories like that due to Apple’s great PR on its mobile application program for the Iphone.
One thing is true, although the mobile application space has been around since the days of Palm, Apple’s seamless platform to sell simple low cost application over Itunes was a game changer. Suddenly instead of going to 3rd Parties site like Handango to buy your applications, it can be running in your phone with a few taps.
To make this space more interesting, Palm, Nokia, Research in Motion and Windows mobile has all announced their own App Store just like Apple. Even the search Giant has got in the game by releasing their own platform call Android.
This is clearly a new trend as 1 Billion Apps have been serve in Itunes and how can someone take advantage of this trend?
If you are are a developer, then it is clear.
Think of an Idea >> Build it up>> Start Selling on the platform.
The apps are pretty simple and this is one business you can build by yourself.
What if you are not a a developer?
Here are some of the options.
1. You can learn about building your own mobile apps. Our friend at Xtrain have created a new program called Mobile Application Development Workshop. It is an introduction on 4 of the top platform how you can build your own application.
2. Work with a developer. However the demands is more than the developers and it a challenge to find good developers to convey your ideas into an application. Here more here.
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