Silicon Valley

This November, Mobile Monday is betting the house on the emerging market of mobile gambling. As mobile monetization models continue to develop, some companies are betting on the business of… betting. Forget buying purple cows and tractors in FarmVille, this is about real cash money. In 2005, Jupiter Research forecast that global mobile gambling services would generate revenues of more than $19.3 billion US dollars by 2009. In 2010, Gartner analysts showed the 2009 global mobile gambling revenues at $4.7 billion and forecast $5.6 billion for 2010. Such a large discrepancy between the 2005 forecast and the 2009 reality is attributed to …

Watch out Momo! This October, Mobile Monday is taking you behind the scene of the hottest retailers and their secret laboratories. What are the super trends happening in this exploding space and how is mobile bridging the gap between online and offline? Learn from retail and beauty thought leaders on technologies they are working on and opportunity areas for entrepreneurs and mobile developers to explore. Sponsorship: We have a few open tables for sponsors at $500 6:00 Registration / Networking/ Demo / Food & Drinks 6:15 Killer App Demo Hour 10 startups – 3 minute onstage demo of one killer feature. Submit …

Summary: With millions of apps now in the App Store, how do you stand out from the crowd?  How do you build a loyal user base for your app? But most importantly, how do you market your app in a ROI positive way? Learn from industry experts on how they succeeded marketing their apps, building a users base and getting the most out of their mobile marketing spend. Speakers: Adam Grenier, Director of Mobile marketing, Hoteltonight Steven Yarger, Head of Mobile Products, Trulia Manish Chandra, CEO, Poshmark Moderator: Timothy Lee, Sequoia Capitol Location: Bay View room at Hyatt in San …

Mobile Monday is hosting a mobile Mixer this month at Pedro’s Cantina. Join fellow mobile enthusiasts for an evening of food, drinks, and mixing and mingling! Come early while food and drink coupons last. Mobile Monday is Silicon Valley’s premiere mobile networking and authority for the mobile entertainment industry. Come network with industry executives and hear Mobile leaders speak about compelling issues surrounding market strategies, current trends and revenue generating momentum in the Mobile Industry. Join Us on Meetup http://www.meetup.com/Mobile-Monday-Silicon-Valley Food and drinks are sponsored by: Apsalar www.apsalar.com Apsalar provides Mobile Engagement Management solutions for mobile apps. Mobile app marketers …

So you have found your startup founders and are getting serious about creating a company. You ask yourself – How did I get here do we do this and what do we need to consider? We’ll address some of these very important questions and more: – How do we split the company ownership? – How do we pay ourselves or do we? – How do I set it up for easy investment? – Which State do I incorporate? Keynote: – Yoichiro (“Yokum”) Taku – Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Panelists: – Rogery Royse – Royse Law Firm – Yoichiro (“Yokum”) …

With all the ways for developers to monetize their applications, we decided to take a deep dive into mobile ad mediation. We will cover these topics and many more on the panel: * What is mobile ad mediation? * Who are the biggest players in the mobile ad mediation space? * How is mobile ad mediation used? * How is mobile ad mediation evolving today and in the future? * Who is using mobile ad mediation? * How can app developers make money using mobile ad mediation? Panelists: Adam Landis – Director of Business Development – Mobclix, a Velti company …

Mobile Monday is bringing the best of CES directly to you. Nokia – winner of the Best Smartphone of CES with its Lumia 900 – sponsors this month’s event. Come get exclusive hands-on time with Nokia’s newest Window’s Phone devices. Hear plans for the US market and Nokia’s new focus on apps and developers, including seeding thousands of devices to developers, access to tools, support & training. “We want developer’s to unleash their creative force and build an experience  – not just an app –  to bring smartphones to life for brands and consumers,” said Chanse Arrington, Nokia’s Head of Developer Marketing – …

It is hard enough to design, build, and provide support for a mobile application on a single platform, let alone two or three. Luckily, there are some excellent tools that dramatically reduce the time and effort it takes to get your app up and running on iOS, Android, WP7 and whatever other dark horse platform you wish to deploy to. Join us at our 2nd MobileMonday Lab sponsored by Verizon Developer Community: you will learn how you can develop apps for different platforms with one code base.  This is for developers who want a hands-on coding experience and are ready …

Mobile Monday Silicon Valley is one of the largest mobile industry user groups in the San Francisco Bay Area. Since 1999, MoMo has been bringing together mobile enthusiasts for education and networking events. With the fantastic growth of the industry, a significant portion of the more than 6,500 MoMo SV members have backgrounds in non-technical fields, such as business, marketing, finance and legal. While we recognize that all these people with their varied experiences and insights are important for the ecosystem to function, we would like to be able to foster the developer ecosystem as well. This is why we …

With Valentine’s Day around the corner we decided to look into Love Apps and investigate the Business of Mobile Dating. We will cover these topics and many more: How to start a dating community from scratch? Which features monetize most? How long is the life time of a user? Which days are most active? What business model works best, subscription, ad supported, fremium?    Moderator: Deepak Thomas – General Manager – US Classifieds & Mobile Classifieds at eBay http://www.linkedin.com/in/deepakthomas Panelists: Neil Goldberg –  CEO – Handmade Mobile Entertainment (Flirtomatic, Chaarmd and Take Me Out Flirting) http://www.linkedin.com/in/ondemandmediagroup Steve Paddon – Vice …