4 ms·

The rise of the app entrepreneur

19 points by mgcreed 17y ago

thafman 17y ago
I thought this was going to be about web-app entrepreneurs. And by the way, can anyone think of a less sleazy word for tech start-up people than "entrepreneur"?
- mos1 17y ago
  Since when is "entrepreneur" a sleazy word?
  - thafman 17y ago
    OK, the community has spoken "entrepreneur" is apparently cool
    - olliesaunders 17y ago
      Not necessarily cool but not sleazy. My dictionary defines sleazy as "sordid, corrupt, or immoral." I didn't realize that word had such a negative definition; perhaps you didn't either. I think when people look down on entrepreneurs it is usually because they see it as a foolish, fruitless, activity. While I don't agree with those people, it is difficult to deny that being an entrepreneur is riskier than working a day job. So, with that in mind, perhaps "dicey" would be more palatable to this community.
- evanrmurphy 17y ago
  "hacker"?
jonpaul 17y ago
I wrote about this. I think that building a business on these app stores is a losing proposition. I'm not saying that you shouldn't develop apps, but don't build a business on these stores. http://techneur.com/post/440686528/its-all-our-fault-why-building-a-business-on-the http://techneur.com/post/440686528/its-all-our-fault-why-bui...
- barrkel 17y ago
  You seem to have made a rather large inferential jump - one from trusting the Apple store, to trusting any store.
hassy 17y ago
There may be a bubble in that lots of money may get wasted on ideas that will seem foolish in retrospect. However, iPhone/smart phones have as much potential as the web. One, iPhone is white-label hardware that will get more and more powerful. I believe that property of the iPhone is nowhere close to being fully explored, and we'll see more and more apps that replace other electronic devices, or make a whole new kind of device out of the iPhone. Two, iPhone (and the iPad) is also a new medium. Even the web on the iPhone is not quite the same as the web on a computer. Those two mean there's plenty of opportunity for disruptive innovation in this space for years to come.

19 points by mgcreed 17y ago

I thought this was going to be about web-app entrepreneurs. And by the way, can anyone think of a less sleazy word for tech start-up people than "entrepreneur"?

mos1 17y ago
Since when is "entrepreneur" a sleazy word?
- thafman 17y ago
  OK, the community has spoken "entrepreneur" is apparently cool
  - olliesaunders 17y ago
    Not necessarily cool but not sleazy. My dictionary defines sleazy as "sordid, corrupt, or immoral." I didn't realize that word had such a negative definition; perhaps you didn't either. I think when people look down on entrepreneurs it is usually because they see it as a foolish, fruitless, activity. While I don't agree with those people, it is difficult to deny that being an entrepreneur is riskier than working a day job. So, with that in mind, perhaps "dicey" would be more palatable to this community.
evanrmurphy 17y ago
"hacker"?

jonpaul 17y ago

I wrote about this. I think that building a business on these app stores is a losing proposition. I'm not saying that you shouldn't develop apps, but don't build a business on these stores. http://techneur.com/post/440686528/its-all-our-fault-why-building-a-business-on-the http://techneur.com/post/440686528/its-all-our-fault-why-bui...

barrkel 17y ago
You seem to have made a rather large inferential jump - one from trusting the Apple store, to trusting any store.

hassy 17y ago

There may be a bubble in that lots of money may get wasted on ideas that will seem foolish in retrospect. However, iPhone/smart phones have as much potential as the web. One, iPhone is white-label hardware that will get more and more powerful. I believe that property of the iPhone is nowhere close to being fully explored, and we'll see more and more apps that replace other electronic devices, or make a whole new kind of device out of the iPhone. Two, iPhone (and the iPad) is also a new medium. Even the web on the iPhone is not quite the same as the web on a computer. Those two mean there's plenty of opportunity for disruptive innovation in this space for years to come.