Donuts for Developers: CEO Scott Kveton on Getting Urban Airship Aloft | Xconomy
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In my mind, at least, the startup’s defining moment was how it originally connected with the iPhone app developer community. This is the huge week-long expo where iPhone and Mac developers camp outside in the middle of the night to get the best seats for the Steve Jobs keynote and other Apple presentations. This kind of “on the ground” relationship building, Kveton says, is so often missing at companies that think they have great technology, but don’t really understand their customers. They range from independent developers to Fortune 50 companies, and they include Universal Music Group, Virgin Atlantic Airlines, Tapulous, Gowalla, and Z2Live. The company’s biggest challenge is keeping up with the smartphone market, which has only existed in its present form for two years (essentially post-iPhone), Kveton says.
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