Latvian American Business Association of California Bridge Silicon Valley to Northern Europe

Sadarbība ar Silicon Valley community: Twitter founders Biz and Ev Matt Marshall CEO and founder of VentureBeat Saeed Amidi Plug and Play Tech Center founder Amizadad Investments Ron Conway VC legend Guy Kawasaki Blogger, Evangelist

Plug and Play Tech Center incubator, Sunnyvale

Sadarbības veicināšana ar California University: Stanford Berkeley

* LABACA biedru projektu izskatīšana, atbalsts un finansējuma piesaiste: * Business Angels – LABACA Angels group; * Venture Capital – Latvijas vai Silicon Valley Riska kapitāla resursi; * Biznesa inkubatori – izvietošana Latvijā un Silicon Valley; * LABACA atbalstītāju resursu izmantošana – atlaides. * Deal Flow : Pieteikuma iesniegšana -> LABACA investīciju menedžeris -> LABACA angels/Riska kapitāls.

LABACA rīkotie pasākumi: Latvijā: * iPhone Developer bash 2010; * Semināri, brokastis un networking pasākumi biedriem, start-upiem un atbalstītājiem; * «LABACA Silicon Valley Academy» – uzņēmēju apmācības; * «Silicon Valley Gateway» investīciju pasākuma organizēšana.

Interesanta statistika: * apps on iTunes; * 4 mlrjd lejuplādes no iTunes; * 3 mljrd $ nopelnījuši iPhone developeri; * Vidējā aplikācijas cena – 3,10$, tendence kristies; * Aptuveni aktīvi developri, vidēji katram 5 aplikācijas

LV tirgus – ~ iPhone lietotāju, ~1.000 iPad and growing Pasaulē: > 50 mlj iPhone >4,5 mlj iPad Tendences Nākošgad: Apple forecast to sell 100M iPhones, 48M iPads in 2011 Kritiskā masa – minimālais lietotāju skaits, lai atmaksātos – LV pārsvarā par mazu – need for global expansion LV iTunes vs US iTunes

Latvijas tirgus – pilota testi, launch global later * Media, web-portals, online shopping mobile frontend; * Games, entertainment; * Security applications – Authentication, PKI, OTP; * Social networks extension; * Business apps; * Industrial apps.

* Stand alone; no logins, connections to backend services; Cash flow only from app sales * Web Service or media extension to Mobile device. Cash flow from backend service. * Free apps * Free / paid stand alone versions; * Customer specific paid apps; * Web platform free extensions – monitarization on backend service;

* Does your idea excite others? * Is there a big market for what you're making? * Would it be easy to use on a mobile device? * Is it pressworthy or buzzworthy?

Latvia: "Latvijas Amerikas Biznesa Asociācija« Reģ. nr.: , Banka: A/S Swedbank, konts LV63HABA Peldu iela 7, Jelgava, LV-3002, Latvija,"JIC Business incubator" Tālr.: California: Silicon Valley: Plug and Play Tech center 440 N. Wolfe Rd., Sunnyvale, CA 94085, USA