So you have an idea for an App …
It is only 1pm on Tuesday and I have had 9 requests for a “quick chat” about “App ideas”
I now reply to these emails with a prompt to do a consult, which I charge $290. I am happy to help anyone, but it is never a quick chat, I need to research, have a look and a think and spend some time with you to give you some answers, pointer, tips and tricks to help solve your pickle.
What I ask/tell most people for free is “does it really need to be an App” because you can start with a website, Airbnb launched 2009 and released their App in 2014.
ideas are easy it is all in the execution, it takes time and lots of work
So if you have an App idea …
- Ask yourself, is this something people will use everyday — 365cups works because lots of people use it everyday!
- Draw some boxes on a bit of paper (wireframes) what does each page do and where does it go to next, and how do you go back etc. etc.
- Start raw and lean (hence why NOT building an App first) what you think is great might be great, but your users will tell you a different story, if you start with all the bells and whistles, you have no room to move or grow and if you start raw and lean, you can build and develop based on what the user actually wants. This is called UX (user design) and UI (user experience) I am sure you have seen the image below a zillion times, because it it so true …

4. Do not. I say AGAIN. Do not ask someone to build it for you for profit share, don’t ask people to work for free, kinda like asking someone for a quick chat to suck years of knowledge and experience out of them in 5 minutes, doesn’t work like that!
5. Once you find a developer, you name the time frame and budget, if you have $2k — $5k — $10k that is OK start lean and raw and add features, set a budget and timeframe.
6. Every developer is linked to the App on the App store, so ask how many Apps they have made, find them on the App store, download them and if they crash 10 times, don’t use them.

Search all my stuff everywhere online, here and at supersimone coz I have talked about this heaps — I will come back with a 2.0 of this topic for Apps that have just been released, but if you want that consult contact me :D
Simone
hello@supersimone365.com