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Is it common at all for people who happen to hit gold with one app to actually come back and have other hit apps? I see it all the time that things are advertis
by low_tech_love 4y ago
Is it common at all for people who happen to hit gold with one app to actually come back and have other hit apps? I see it all the time that things are advertised as being the next hit app from this or that person and, as far as I remember, it almost never works.
- Agentlien 4y agoThe first example which comes to mind is Niklas Zennström who first got well-known as the businessman who invested in Kazaa and later founded Skype.
- djmips 4y agoTwo pillars of technology today.
- heywhatupboys 4y agono one uses Skype anymore though
- sali0 4y agoHe left out the /s
- heywhatupboys 4y agono one uses Kazaa either, the joke is Skype is even more long gone...
- neuronic 4y agoWhile it might be (way) less popular, Skype still exists. [1] Also: > Microsoft Teams is based on a number of Microsoft-specific protocols.[50] Video conferences are realized over the protocol MNP24, known from the Skype consumer version. [2] [1] https://www.skype.com https://www.skype.com [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Teams#Protocols https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Teams#Protocols
- rchaud 4y agoBoth enjoyed mass adoption without needing billions in VC funding and PR.
- Kiro 4y agotbh (acquired by Facebook) and Gas, the current most popular app in the US.
- JustSkyfall 4y agoI'm pretty sure Gas got acquired by Discord in January?
- Kiro 4y agoYes, but that doesn't make it less true. Two hit apps by the same people.
- lenartowski 4y ago[dead]
- givemeethekeys 4y agoThe first time around, the sky is the limit. The second time around the sky is the minimum altitude.
- fsloth 4y agoWorks with games quite often, it seems. I guess the enormity of the challenge is modulated several factors, including if you are trying to invent an entirely new product category, implementing a solution to known problem for lot of users, or "just" creating a new title in an established genre.
- jonasdegendt 4y agoStewart Butterfield comes to mind, founded Flickr and then Slack.
- andruby 4y agoJack Dorsey with Twitter and Square. Richard Branson has started a bunch of successful Virgin businesses. Elon Musk, even without Tesla, there's still Zip2, PayPal, SpaceX, etc. But indeed, I don't think it happens that often.
- exadeci 4y agoThe creators of VK (Russian facebook), sold it and founded Telegram. But I have little faith in an "AI" rss reader.