> But the isn't a lot of public information about the costs and processes involved, compared to say the number of tutorials on how to build web app or a mobile

> But the isn't a lot of public information about the costs and processes involved, compared to say the number of tutorials on how to build web app or a mobile app. This is because your are in the field. Say you were a person, who has never programmed anything in their life, but has a great idea for an app. Where would you even start? It would seem to me that finding good programmers is as difficult as finding good factories. > I noticed that the actual cost of the 'product' is less than 40% of the total project costs. This is why Apple is the largest company in the world, not Foxconn.