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Paul Kemp App Entrepreneur and Founder of TheAppGuy.co
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07/15/16 • 30 min
Angela Yu is the founder of London App Brewery. She is a medical doctor and an iOS developer and has taught over 4,000 people how to code. Since then, she's created a rap video which has helped her to fund a Kickstarter campaign.
Resources: Website / Twitter / Linkedin
Mentioned: Angela's Kickstarter Campaign
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10/13/17 • 32 min
Derik Lawlis, Founder & CEO at Mindbliss.com . In this episode, we talk about launching a mindfulness app, the importance of reconnecting with a deeper part of yourself and essential metrics to focus on.
Resources: Website / derik [at] mindbliss.com / Linkedin
Here are the 3 things I learned from Derik...
- The pleasure of working on your own app startup comes from the effort you put in
- Starting an app is all about asking What Is The Problem, Who Is It Solving For, Can You Speak To These People?
- Core metrics to focus on are revenue, retention rate for 1,3,7 days and conversion to paid subscriptions
08/11/17 • 37 min
Alexis Dornier Founder, Architectural Designer living in Ubud, Bali
Here are the 3 things I learned from Alexis...
- Some people wake up to a sunrise over a volcano before work
- Do something radically different from everyone else
- Startup life is sometimes like surfing. You can spend days struggling, then you have the best ride of the week
09/22/17 • 31 min
Anthemos Georgiades CEO at Zumper talks about his courage leaving a well respected early career in consulting because his idea was passionately burning a hole in his soul
Resources: Website / Twitter / Linkedin
Here are the 3 things I learned from Anthemos...
- Often the biggest challenge is to remain focussed when running your startup
- The first $1 million is often harder to raise then the next $38 million
- Early fund raising is best served by having a single story and focussing on one metric
09/15/17 • 25 min
Founder and CEO at silo.co . Silo is a new way to ask and help your network. Listen to the interesting journey that Moshik followed as he started solving problems he didn't even know existed when building his first prototype.
Resources: Website / Twitter / Linkedin
Here are the 3 things I learned from Moshik...
- Listen to feedback to understand the real problems of your users
- Doing a startup is not something you do because you think you're going to be successful and the next billionaire like Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates or Mark Zuckerberg. If you're leaving a large company to do something on your own, it's got to be such a burning passion within you that you absolutely have to do it
- It's harder to self-promote when you're asking for help or you're asking a question. A founder has to rely on the kindness of strangers for introductions. In order to get these, you need to be willing to help others first
09/01/17 • 33 min
Lennart van der Ziel CEO and Co-Founder of the Universal Translator --> TravisTranslator.com . A fresh entrepreneur with a great strategy on how to win over the global media and build a pre-launch list.
Resources: Linkedin
Here are the 3 things I learned from Lennart...
- Customers are always better than equity funding. Customers provide a good way of validating an idea
- A good PR strategy is to get a booth at Mobile World Congress, get access to the press list, schedule interviews with limited time slots and have newsworthy press releases on several topics every few weeks to follow-up
- Getting very specific about your metrics is essential. e.g. something like we know 10% of an email list will engage and pledge, so what size list do we need to reach our funding goal on IndieGoGo?
09/29/17 • 32 min
Rachel Cook, Founder/CEO at Seeds, talks about hr journey into stock trading, comedy, film directing and the inception of her idea during a night in a Kenyan jail.
Here are the 3 things I learned from Rachel....
- Female founders have it tougher than male founders when fund raising
- It's extremely popular in Africa to send money through text messages and has been for years
- A social good within an in-app purchase will lead to non-payers making their first of many in-app purchases
530 Soren Nielsen : We Started As Wine Entrepreneurs And Went On To Raise $82,653 On Kickstarter
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07/28/17 • 26 min
Soren Nielsen, Founder & CEO at ERNIT . His mission is to empower children with real bank accounts and help them understand the value of money. Have you ever heard of the term wine entrepreneurs? No - then listen to this episode.
Resources: Website / Twitter / Linkedin
Here are the 3 things I learned from Soren....
- You will simply know when to quit your job by working passionately on your idea
- Kickstarter is not just for raising funding, but more importantly it helps validate your idea
- If you are going to quit your job, get the support of your family first
07/21/17 • 29 min
Alicia Roisman Ismach, Serial Fintech Entrepreneur - Focus on Payment & Banking Technology. Alicia left Argentina at the age of 16 years old. She dreamt of changing the world. Listen to her story of how she is living up to her dream.
Resources: Website / Twitter / Linkedin
Here are the 3 things I learned from Alicia....
- It's wise to follow both a curious mind in the startup world, but also mix this up with further education at University
- Get a mentor, no matter what level you are at
- If Alicia can leave her home country as a young girl of sixteen to follow her dream of changing the world, then what's your excuse?
TAGP509 Alex Austin : Scaling From Nothing To 4 Billion Requests Per Day Has Been A Monumental Task
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02/03/17 • 35 min
Alex Austin CEO/Software engineer at Branch Metrics. Alex takes us through his journey. It starts from building lots of apps and desperately seeking downloads, such as a photo printing app, and ends in building an internal product to cope with deep linking challenges which ultimately has led to the extremely successful Branch. It wasn't an easy journey, with lots of 3 am alerts to cope with server issues.
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Here are the 3 things I learned from Alex Austin
- Starting a startup is a case of 'showing up' every day and figuring it out
- Success is finding an interesting problem - yet to be solved
- If you are lucky enough to get traction, expect the biggest challenges to be hiring and scaling
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FAQ
How many episodes does App Guy: have?
App Guy: currently has 100 episodes available.
What topics does App Guy: cover?
The podcast is about Podcasts, Technology, Business and Careers.
What is the most popular episode on App Guy:?
The episode title 'TAGP474 Angela Yu : Doctor Creates Rap Video, Funds A Kickstarter and Teaches 4,000 To Code' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on App Guy:?
The average episode length on App Guy: is 31 minutes.
How often are episodes of App Guy: released?
Episodes of App Guy: are typically released every 6 days.
When was the first episode of App Guy:?
The first episode of App Guy: was released on Mar 29, 2016.
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