Scott Raney says he's looking to help app developers scale their business models A year ago, Redpoint Ventures partner Scott Raney was one of the first people I heard from who was only looking at mobile startups whose business models didn't depend on making nice with the big wireless carriers.He was looking for mobile software companies that distributed their apps directly to consumers over the Web, a trend which started in Europe, and had invested in mig33.  A year later, thanks mostly to the iPhone and the Apps Store, the U.S. wireless market is going the same way. With T-Mobile about to open a Web app store and launch the first Android phone, the trend will only accelerate.When I caught up with Scott at the GigaOM Mobilize conference in San Francisco this week, ... [ Read more ]