Reviewing my experience at London’s SeedCamp and BizSpark, two leading events aimed at getting young companies mentorship and investment, it is glaringly obvious that start-ups don’t execute pitches as well as they could. In the business world, if you don’t successfully persuade an audience of your value, it’s worse than not having presented at all. Why am I so sure that start-ups need careful preparation t...

In brief: Inma Martinez, a leading digital media strategist and advisor to venture capitalists, joins with MSearchGroove to co-host Mobile Groove, a no-holds-barred commentary on the companies and trends that matter most. Inma, who has been referred to as a “free radical” by Red Herring and Fast Company, speaks out on the rise and demise of Blyk, what went wrong at Spinvox, what we can expect from Microsoft. High...

I'm back with Part 2 of my favorite podcast, an interview with Tom Huseby, Managing Partner, SeaPoint Ventures, that also marks the start of MSG's new series of interviews with VCs and early-stage and emerging startups. In fact, I'm in touch with the great line-up of 20 early-stage and emerging startups presenting at the Mobile Peer Awards (which I also judge) for similar podcasts and hope to circle back with the bes...

I've done dozens of podcasts to date, but this one stands out as the one I can listen to again and again. In fact, rather than edit it down, I turned it into a two-part series. Why? Because Tom Huseby, Managing Partner who formed SeaPoint Ventures back in 1997, is an industry veteran who calls them as he see them. A browse through Tom's bio and it's clear he's not one to follow the crowd of lemming investors who r...

How viable is mobile advertising in an economic slowdown? How will the current economy impact businesses that derive revenues from mobile advertising? Can mobile advertising count on VC funding? These were just a few of the key questions that thought leaders, startups, investors, mobile carriers, device manufacturers, and mobile application developers debated during Mobile [...]...