To my mind, the greatest spur to the entrepreneurial revolution of the 1980s was the cellphone. By enabling entrepreneurs to stay in touch with customers and employees, mobile phones enhanced their ability to monitor, direct and grow their companies.

Today, we're witnessing another entrepreneurial revolution. And again, your cellphone (the iPhone, BlackBerry and other smartphones) is in the middle of it. But so are the iPod, Google's Android operating system and 350 million social networkers on...

Boston, MA - December 14, 2009 - Nexage (www.nexage.com), a leading developer of Mobile Advertising solutions, today announced the deployment of its AdMax solution for premium news publishers, including Reuters.com.  Reuters.com now manages its global mobile advertising strategy using AdMax, an advanced ad-optimization hosted service that enables premium news publishers to generate maximum revenue from their mobile sites and applications.

AdMax maximizes mobile ad revenue by increasing ad-fill...

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TORONTO - October 1, 2009 - The BlackBerry Partners Fund today named 7digital Music Store (by DevelopIQ), FileScout (by Matthias Marquardt), ProOnGo Expense with Receipt Reader (by ProOnGo LLC) and ShoZu (by ShoZu) as the last four (4) Finalists in the 2009 BlackBerry Developer Challenge. The finalists were selected by a panel of judges based on the following criteria: compelling product or service; clearly defined value proposition and technical execution.

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I was recently interviewed for a story on how smartphones can improve healthcare.  Here is a link to the article in the Globe and Mail.

Here are my predictions for what we might see in the future.  Of course this is entirely dependent on entrepreneurs pursuing such opportunities. 

Monitoring - in the future, the smart phone will be a smart health monitor instead of needing single purpose medical devices (e.g. heart rate monitors). Smart sensors and smart bandages will monitor patient health,...

TORONTO-September 1, 2009-The BlackBerry Partners Fund today announced that Wicked Blog App (by ScreamingToaster LLC), e-Mobile Today Professional Edition (by e-Mobile Software, Inc.), Unsynced Music Player (by Unsynced Inc.) and AFP Mobile News (by Handmark -- in partnership with AFP) are the third set Finalists in the 2009 BlackBerry Developer Challenge. To date, a total of 12 (of 16) Finalists have been selected by a panel of judges based on the following criteria: compelling product or...

Canada-based RIM has come top of the magazine's latest annual guide to the 100 fastest-growing businesses. Fortune rates a firm's growth on a combination of its profits, turnover and investment return over three years. RIM had not previously featured in the annual growth list, as 2009 is the first year that companies outside of the US have been included.

For more information, please read the BBC article: Blackberry 'fastest-growing firm'
RIM's #1 position on the Top-100 List: 100...

TORONTO-August 4, 2009-The BlackBerry Partners Fund today announced the next four (4) Finalists in the 2009 BlackBerry Developer Challenge. This round of Finalists includes David (by Turner Technologies),Sid Meier's Pirates (by Concrete Software Inc.),CBS News (by Handmark), andMarket Simplified (by Market Simplified Inc.). Finalists were selected by a panel of judges based on the following criteria: compelling product or service; clearly defined value proposition and technical execution.

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