The Six Immutable Laws of Mobile Business

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The list of people, who at different stages and in different ways assisted us through the preparation of this book, would be too long to name them all.

Yet, because our original book idea goes back a number of years, we would first like to thank the many people we interviewed or those who assisted in those interviews, including Takayuki Nozaki and Mikito Ishida, who each spent a considerable amount of time discussing the outcome of this project, while helping with Japanese translation; and Yukie Masuda, who relentlessly assisted in setting up interview appointments. Additionally, our deepest gratitude should go to the interviewees (and their organizations) for generously devoting some time from their busy schedules to share their knowledge and vision. These include (in alphabetical order) Dr. Majid Anwar, Guillaume Briand, Jasper Cheung, Chiaki Fujino, Akihisa Fujita, Kazutomo Robert Hori, Keiiko Iida, Dr. Tomihisa Kamada, Kenji Kasahara, Imran Khand, Hideo Kobayashi, Misao Konishi, Ted Matsumoto, Dr. Hitoshi Mitomo, Brent Mori, Yosuke Morioka, Tom Moss, Dr. Hitomi Murakami, Steven Myers, Masato Nakanishi, Hiroshi Nakata, Tomoko Namba, Takeshi Natsuno, Ikuo Nishioka, Yoshimi Ogawa, Hiroshi Ohta, Motohiro Okubo, Dr. Keisuke Onishi, Haruna Sagao, Mika Satake, Dr. Sachio Semmoto, Akira Tanii, Tsuyoshi Takenouchi, Yoshiharu Tamura, Keith Taniguchi, Susumu Taniuchi, Keisuke Toji, Kiyoshi Toriumi, Takenori Ugari, Satoko Utsugi, Jun Yamada, Yasuyuki Yamamoto, and Hiroshi ...