Today's topic is about Mobile services, we had Martin Koppel with us, the co-founder of Fortumo - The best export company in Estonia in 2011 and Entrepreneurs Awards Estonia Grand price winner.Questions:
1. Why technology, not music business for example? What is your background, what brought you into technology field?
2. How you guys got the idea to start developing SMS services?
3. How you see the perspective in SMS field, where can be the limits?
4. Does Fortumo competing with Mobile apps as well, or you develop your services there too?
5. Does turbulent situation in world economy affects you too, or this niche won from this situation?
6. Is geographical location important, to go conquer the world from Estonia?
7. How you see your business up to 5 years time ahead, at the moment Fortumo has reached into 61 countries, what might be the next big step in service developing and spreading?
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