That is why we should push IOTA to the IoT related companies as hard as we can right now to build a ecosystem and be part of IoT ecosystem as well in real business world before other people start to copy and clone IOTA. All the IoT companies in the real world need is the back end software and API which we already have and they have the resources to develop applications and integrate IOTA.
We have prepared a list of IoT companies and a generic introductory letter for you to introduce IOTA to the some IoT companies. There are hundreds of IoT companies out there. If we can do 5 companies (random pick) per person we can reach out to hundreds of companies. Maybe your introcution will lead to a partnership between IOTA and a IoT company. Here is the list and the letter -
http://forum.iotatoken.com/t/a-generic-iota-introductory-letter/56. All you need to do is to click a link to a company from the IoT directory and find out its contact email and copy/paste the introductory letter in your email and hit send.
It would actually be better if the community were able to compile a good list of specific people within each company for David to contact rather than just throwing out emails to companies from users here. I believe that companies would be more likely to respond if they heard directly from David or someone associated with Iota along with a solid introduction/pitch on Iota. Obviously we are early stage, but the Azure partnership is a great selling point, and I think it will lead to more corporate partnerships.
I agree to some extent, but It's both. Having people send a generic, but well thought out mail to several companies does not hurt as a introduction to the tech itself. Companies receive such sort of 'tips' all the time. However if you got a good proof of concept that you can pitch to a company that might have use for it (which relies on IOTA in some manner) then you pitching it to them and then introducing them to IOTA is even better. I will be able to take over from there. I'm already in touch with a lot of companies, but the sell is a lot easier once there are several different Proof of Concepts running, one thing is painting a mental image of what IOTA enables, but being able to show them actual video/code/whatever is so much more convincing.