Naeem Zafar – Founder and CEO of Bitzer Mobile
[quote style=”boxed”]What I would do over and over again is to find better people. A good person is not two times better than the average person. A good person is…
mobile
Mobile changed how we do everything. Shop. Communicate. Navigate. Procrastinate. The founders in this section are building the companies and tools that live in your pocket. Apps, platforms, and services designed for a world where the phone comes first.
These interviews cover the full mobile ecosystem. App development. Mobile marketing. Device accessories. Mobile payments. Location-based services. The user experience challenges that come with building for a screen you hold in your hand. Which are different from desktop challenges in ways that matter.
The founders here talk about what it takes to build for mobile. The design constraints. The platform politics. The reality of app store economics, which are less friendly than they look. And the constant evolution of what users expect from their phones, which somehow keeps accelerating.
You’ll find insights on mobile-first strategy, push notification philosophy (yes, there’s a philosophy), user retention, cross-platform development, and the challenge of building something that earns a permanent spot on someone’s home screen. If you’re building for mobile, these founders have been in the trenches.
Josh Cramer – CEO and Founder of Cramer Development
[quote style=”boxed”]”…you don’t have to work a job you hate if you don’t want to. Find a job you love and do it.”[/quote] Josh Cramer launched Cramer Development in 2000,…
Brandon Medenwald – Co-founder of Simply Made Apps
[quote style=”boxed”]Iterate and ship. In the case of Simply Made Apps, we are in the software business. It’s easy to get stuck in the “feature list” game, where the company…
Juan Sanabria and Mateo Zlatar – Co-Founders of GuideOne
[quote style=”boxed”]Ideas flow freely and we are full of them! However, when it comes to using technology to tell stories, you have to first get a deep understanding of the…
Meet Juan Sanabria and Mateo Zlatar – Co-Founders of GuideOne
Brent Cahill – Co-Founder and CEO of FlameWave
[quote style=”boxed”]I would have made the leap earlier. There is a great deal of stress and worry in starting your own business, as many of your readers will know. However,…
Bob Bentz – President of Advanced Telecom Services
[quote style=”boxed”]A small business can’t compete with the bigger guys in the business so you really need to generate leads from the internet and email marketing.[/quote] Bob Bentz is an…
Jeet Banerjee – Co-Founder of Vintelli
[quote style=”boxed”]My biggest failure as an entrepreneur was keeping things simple. I wanted to give my customers everything at once through my products, but that was a bad idea. I…
Mike Newman – Founder of stkr.it
[quote style=”boxed”]Ideas may sound good in your head, but I find that I need to talk them out with others before I can tell for myself. If they pass my…
Cliff Stevens – Founder and President of Lokadot
[quote style=”boxed”]Persist. Keep believing in yourself, keep focusing on and reinforcing your strengths rather than your weaknesses, keep exposing yourself to new people, events and activities, keep getting out there…
Tracy Deforge – Co-Founder and Co-COO of Burst
[quote style=”boxed”]In my experience, I’ve found it’s valuable to focus on what I want the headline to say and work backwards from there.[/quote] Tracy Deforge, a “recovering attorney,” has been…
Paul Schultz – Co-founder of Nurep
[quote style=”boxed”]Take a risk to accomplish and stand-up for your own dream, not follow others. Some people only dream of achieving great things, while others stay awake and do them.[/quote]…
Michael Yonker – Co-Founder of TangoTab
[quote style=”boxed”]For one day when I was a teenager, I worked at a car wash. It was my hell. It was so monotonous that I knew I should never settle…