The New World of Business-Building Cell Phone Apps
By T. Ciarfalio
Most start-ups get underway while their founders are employed full time at a ‘regular’ job, and more than a few future CEOs put their businesses together while still in school. This puts time at even more of a premium for these budding entrepreneurs.
Fortunately, technology has come to the rescue. Specifically cell phone technology, which puts business-building apps at your disposal 24-7. Today we’re introducing you to an excellent all-in-one app educational app as well as leading mobile tools that transform your cell phone into a super-productive office-on-the-go.
Startup Entrepreneur Learning Studio by Intersog
“#1 among 8 Educational iPhone Apps for Small Business Owners” – Mashable
iPad
Here’s an excellent starting point for future business owners who still need to master the fundamentals of business-building. It’s also an invaluable resource for those looking to increase the efficiency and competitiveness of their existing business.
The app is essentially 8 apps in 1 that cover all the fundamental aspects of entrepreneurship and small business development. Topics range from introductory surveys of general entrepreneurial concepts, to more advanced courses focusing on specific applied concepts important to opening and developing a small business. You’ll delve into accounting and marketing fundamentals, cost analysis, legal considerations, and economic factors you’ll need to navigate throughout the life-cycle of your business.
Information is presented through course text, interactive flashcards, charts and other visual aids, and testing that includes explanations of right and wrong answers. The goal is effective reality-based teaching provided in a range of learning styles.
Scanner Pro by readle.com
“Must-Have Business App” – Entrepreneur Magazine
iPad, iPhone, Android
Scan multi-page documents on the go! From meeting notes to contracts and invoices, this high-quality image processing app does the job with powerful features like batch processing, automatic edge detection, PDF production, custom page sizes and password-protection. Scanner Pro allows you to transfer your completed documents to Mac and PC, send by email and upload to any WebDAV enabled online storage including MobileMe iDisk, Box.Net and Humyo .
MightyMeeting by MightyMeeting Inc.
Winner of 2010 Founder Showcase in Silicon Valley
iPad, iPhone, Android
MightyMeeting is a brilliant pitch partner that enables you to conduct a powerful meeting or presentation anywhere, anytime right from your cell phone. It features a cloud-based server where you can access and manage all of your essential uploaded materials including PowerPoint presentations, product videos, slideshows documents and more. You can start or join a meeting at any time, conduct ongoing discussions and stay up-to-date with push notifications.
Quickoffice by Quickoffice Inc.
“…our favorite productivity app for Android” – Business Insider
iPhone, iPad, Android Smartphones and Tablets, Symbian Smartphones, HP webOS
The essence of simplicity and productivity, the award-winning Quickoffice software allows mobile professionals to view, edit and create Microsoft® Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents on their mobile device. In addition, the software’s seamless cloud integration enables simple, anytime, anywhere access to important content. The Quickoffice Pro HD for iPad offers the added bonus of connecting with Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.
Dragon Dictation By Nuance Communications
Top 10 Apps for the Entrepreneur – Noobpreneur.com
iPhone
Dragon Dictation is the easy-to-use mobile voice recognition application powered by industry-leader Dragon® NaturallySpeaking® that allows you to easily speak and instantly see your text or email messages. In fact, it’s up to five (5) times faster than typing on the keyboard. All you need to do is speak into the phone and you’ll end up with a text file of your notes, ideas and memos. From there, you’re ready to text, tweet or send emails – all without the laborious job of typing on your phone’s tiny keyboard or the annoying wait until you can reach a computer.
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