To me that's the bottom line. The real problem with the "Gold Rush" stories is that they make it sound like you can create an app over a weekend and pull in $1

To me that's the bottom line. The real problem with the "Gold Rush" stories is that they make it sound like you can create an app over a weekend and pull in $100k for it. What I got from this post is that writing an app for the app store is the same as starting up any other type of business. Albeit with its own unique challenges (getting approved, managing the poor review process, marketing, etc...)