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I've written a number of WP7 apps and have been reasonably successful in the market. I took the plunge and decided to convert one of the apps over to a W8 Metro app. There's some stuff you really need to know going forward...
First: Technical
Metro apps are using a subset of .Net 4.5. Windows Phone uses a version of Silverlight, so these are using ...
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It depends on quite a lot of parameters. I will try to answer this in a general way.
If you have a family or some other responsibility where finances are quite important? This could be a risk.
How easy is it for you to find a new job?
I feel over a long run finances become more important as the work gets pretty static in nature. Do you see this as a long ...
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(disclaimer: not knowing what your product does nor what your customer group is, this will be a more generic answer)
Alpha-testing
This is very often an incomplete stage of the cycle and IMO will require experienced testers that is familiar with the development process as there could be missing some functionality. Ideally alpha-testing should be done ...
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You will always get a lot more people saying they will test than actually testing. With this in mind, make sure you get a lot more committed to testing than you need.
As for paying, I wouldn't have them pay and I wouldn't pay them. I don't think payment is the answer to this problem.
You need to inspire them with the vision of your product and you need ...
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Those kinds of services are almost always trouble. I would personally stay away. Find the smallest demographic and number of people needed to get critical mass in an area, and promote it like crazy. If that's your own town or city, then get your friends using it. If you're really after female runners, then talk to the local running store and running clubs ...
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It is not a "gold mine" or a "lottery". It is a business like any other.
Build something people will pay for and market it, you will make money if you execute well enough.
Mobile apps are really not so different to any other software or any other business. Don't get hung up on Apple's cut, I know I wouldn't have bought 75% of the mobile apps I have ...
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Sam: Is there a compelling reason to have a native app vs an HTML5 app? If you could leverage your current site and make it "responsive" (ie. provide mobile specific enhancements) then you wouldn't have to go through the hassle of creating an IOS / android app. Also consider that an IOS app requires a 30% vig to apple.
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CPM rates vary by vertical according to the number of advertisers. The more advertisers there are, the higher the price.
For example, there are dozens of online brokers promoting a trading account/platform, so anything related to stocks or investing will have a high CPM. On the other hand, there are fewer grocers advertising online, so those ads cost (and ...
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Well as far as when to use it, the question is simple. ALWAYS!!!
This explains to people what they can and can not do. Even if you distribute the software free, have your sources exposed, and put no restrictions on redistribution, just state that. Otherwise you're leaving things too open. People won't redistribute or extend for fears of copyright violation. ...
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If you're talking about a native app that needs to be in the "store" (IOS/App Store, Android/Play) there are platform restrictions to consider. Apple wants you to use their store for most uses (and takes a 30% cut). There are companies like parse that make the in-app purchase handling process simpler.
HTML5 apps are browser based and free of these ...
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I would stop making Windows Phone 7 apps immediately and move on to Windows 8.
Windows Phone 7 Apps will run on Windows Phone 8, but in legacy mode. And Windows Phone 7 will not be able to upgrade to Windows Phone 8, so it is basically dead.
More people use Windows than Android and iPhone combined ... so there is a huge marketplace.
Windows Phone 8 ...
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Typically your web application is full featured, giving you every possible capability on the website. Mobile applications are usually created for convenient access to critical features that you may need to get at from anywhere. For a marketplace exchange it may be convenient access to messaging, or ability to look at products you are selling or buying and ...
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Sounds shady, but it might technically be legit. I'm relying on the Northwest interpretation here, but they say that you have to publish in the county where the principle office is. You said it should be the county where the business is being conducted. As you see, the difference in these two statements is the basis on which the legitimacy of the trick lies.
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It really depends, are they pre-money? is the company profitable? are they even looking for a CTO? is their product tech-heavy? what size are they? as you know the duties of CTO change dramatically when a company reaches a certain size, from being the lead developer of the project to determine projected costs of new features and hiring other brilliant ...
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So, if I understand correctly what your asking is if a single app based on others API's can stand on it's own as a business or if it's simply a feature?
Let's leave out what it does but try and answer the above. You will hear from VC's and others to build rapidly and you can do that by leveraging others API's. Yet, those same VC's and others will ask you ...
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I think it is better to charge. You could say, I want to alpha test my application/service so that it can better suit your and our customers need(s). You can alpha test for $(x/2) - ie. Half the price. As a reward, you can make the service cheaper for them for a small time or if you charge one time, charge them less, give them 25% discount or something.
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Do not send the coupon code. You wont necessarily built rapport by having them ask you for a coupon code but you are basically wasting coupon codes. This is what I suggest.
If your 30-day trial version does not limit a blogger from checking out every feature your application has to offer, then you dont even need to give them coupon code. However, you are ...
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It might help if you specified your location. You say you're in college so what do you need the money for?? If it's for marketing, development, accounting, branding, incorporation and so forth then you're going to need more than 5-10K. So my recommendation is to put together an executive summary and a good pitch (take a look at How do I make an angel ...
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IF you are tech savvy and you understand OOPS then there is no reason not to try and do the app by yourself. If you have a good revenue model on your website then i would recommend making the app as free as it would complement the website.
There are different resources and self read materials available on the net to read about Apple SDK. One interesting ...
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I agree, lean startup is a state of mind of constantly coming up with hypotheses, experiments, validation and learning. Some thoughts on lean startup for mobile:
Your launch is a really important moment for your app success. Make sure you have a pretty decent app at least, and not a minimal rough MVP.
Mockup testing helps with getting feedback, HTML ...
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with a Native app development - only using data driven split testing.
with wrapped html - yes.
the Lean Startup's main claim is that the startup's product is validated learning, all the additional tools - an MVP, interviews and the 5 whys are additions to the core methodology of conducting experiments. thinking lean yet proving nothing does not give you ...
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