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by bignoggins 15y ago
Based on my own sales history (I've made 5 figures in one day on the app store before), I can guarantee you that based on their top grossing rankings, they are making much more than $100K. They are sandbagging when they say "more than 100K"
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by bignoggins 15y ago
I believe it has both native as well as HTML5 elements, just like the LinkedIn app.
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by bignoggins 15y ago
I've seen the opposite. Almost everyone I know uses the native facebook app versus going to m.facebook.com. Most people only use a few websites/apps on their phones, and I think it's just simpler to tap on the app icon rather than start up
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by bignoggins 15y ago
This pretty much describes exactly what I did. I worked on my idea nights and weekends for about 6 months (iOS app) before launching. 6 months after that I was profitable enough to quit my job and do it full time. Instead of going the typic
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by bignoggins 15y ago
Ported my top selling iPhone and android app to wp7 pretty recently. Can't say sales are stellar but I think you can never count Microsoft out. The new Nokia phones look very good.
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by bignoggins 15y ago
11:00 in the video is a fascinating example of someone standing up to Jobs' reality distortion field.
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by bignoggins 15y ago
I think that's a waste of time. Discoverability of apps is primarily through the store, not the web site, from my experience. I don't think it would be worth the effort. Cool idea though.
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by bignoggins 15y ago
I don't really see this as a niche app. A niche app to me is an app that a particular segment of the population would be actively searching for. For example, runners would be searching for a "run timing" app. I think your app falls into the
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by bignoggins 15y ago
This is quite different from the "Fuck Michael Dell" story posted by Gruber. Did Jobs in fact never say that?
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by bignoggins 15y ago
Great speech. I graduated in 2005 from rival school Berkeley and we had Eric Schmidt. It was fascinating to see how the two of them would duke it out in the 6 years following my graduation. Eric was also a great commencement speaker.
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by bignoggins 15y ago
a step back from what? I find iOS/Xcode/Obj-C to be a great dev environment.
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by bignoggins 15y ago
I have a 4.3 inch windows phone, have slightly below average hands and can reach all the way across just fine. Maybe the OP has really small hands.
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by bignoggins 15y ago
yup parse is one of the most exciting companies right now for mobile developers like myself.
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by bignoggins 15y ago
Grew organically and was featured on some media outlets (PCMag, HuffPost, LifeHacker, etc) as a result.
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by bignoggins 15y ago
nice app. can I ask what the price range of the acquisition was? Always wondered what apps go for when they are sold.
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by bignoggins 15y ago
I'm the single founder of Bignoggins Productions. I do sports apps for mobile devices. My apps have been pretty successful, reaching as high as #32 overall paid on iPhone and #60 overall paid on iPad. Been full time for about 9 months now.
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by bignoggins 15y ago
That sounds incredibly arrogant. And unless a google search of you turns up some amazing accomplishments you will end up looking like a fraud.
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by bignoggins 15y ago
I don't find that mutually exclusive. Having a high priced contest on 99Designs is the best way I know of to get in touch with great designers. You can work with them further offline as well.
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by bignoggins 15y ago
Darn, just missed it. Is it available recorded yet?
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by bignoggins 15y ago
What good is revenue with no profit? Apple has said that app store basically break even in terms of profit, so I'd venture to guess Android is similar. Although they don't need an army of approvers so maybe their costs are less. But they mo
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by bignoggins 15y ago
Considering even Apple doesn't get any meaningful profit from its app store, I don't see Android Market being a profit center either. They need Android Market just to be competitive with the App Store.
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by bignoggins 15y ago
I disagree, it's perfectly possible. My side project started last year and I didn't quit until my revenues matched my salary. Now I'm on course for 250-300K in revenue this year. You just need to scale the startup appropriately. An groupon
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by bignoggins 15y ago
I don't follow your logic. How does Apple catering to a subset of consumers mean they are not acting in the consumer's best interest. From the standpoint of the consumers they cater to, they are. From the standpoint of those they don't cate
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by bignoggins 15y ago
Curious what Mac App Store revenues are like. Can you share any rankings-to-downloads stats for FaceTab and some of your other Mac apps?
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by bignoggins 15y ago
As a fellow indie dev with some success in the app store, I'm always happy to hear of other indies become successful. I think the App Store has really flipped traditional software sales on its head and made it possible for the likes of you
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by bignoggins 15y ago
Not surprised E resonates with the HN crowd =)
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by bignoggins 15y ago
darn, I thought it was all the assets too.
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by bignoggins 15y ago
DOOM doesn't compile, seems to be missing some files.
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by bignoggins 15y ago
so how relevant is this article for startups? Seems to me this is more for owners of mature companies. Or am I missing something?
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by bignoggins 15y ago
If you're doing a yogurt startup, do you need a technical cofounder who is an expert in yogurt? This is not a joke, I'm genuinely curious whether "technical" cofounders are specific to the tech domain or if they are necessary in every start

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