An Indie’s Guide to Building Profitable Apps
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Clear, actionable recipe: market-first development prioritizes product + audience, uses a sales safari (forums, Stack Exchange) and Facebook / Google Keywords for research, and lists 10 evaluation criteria (urgency, pricing potential, customer acquisition cost, etc.). It argues for occupational niches, recurring revenue, pre-sales validation (call 10 prospects, take money), and concrete tooling like FastSpring to avoid the App Store 30% cut. Expect practical steps and real examples, not high-level theory.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Start
- 0:57An Indie's Guide to Building Profitable Apps
- 2:32metakite SOFTWARE
- 3:59Success Factors
- 5:30Market-First Development
- 6:02What is a Market?
- 12:17Research Products Ideas
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