Steven Citron-PoustyTechnology Evangelist, deCarta
OMG! HOW COULD THEY COMPETE WITH THEIR DEVELOPERS?
SHOCK!!!
Evil?
Voice of Reason
“You should expect that the platform you’re building on top of to do something that’s not in your interest,” Wilson said. “If you’re going to stay on top of that platform forever you might wake up one day to find that the owner of the platform is competing with you and that sucks.”
http://gigaom.com/2011/06/07/fred-wilson-to-devs-expect-platform-owners-to-work-against-you/
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Consumer Facing Pure Platform
Started as an app Started as an platform
Power Mashups Power Branded Apps
Platform as an extension ala Mark Suster Platform as a service
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Consumer
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Platform
Powering Samsung bada LBS
Some examples from deCarta
Full Stack with Carriers
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Moving
Forward
Well, I've been afraid of changing
'Cause I've built my life around you
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Not your best signal
Click icon to add full page picture
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ClearBoundaries
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Over-communicate
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Be ClearWhat YouExpose
Don’t be
theGrape