
How to Build a Billion Dollar App
discover the secrets of the most successful entrepreneurs of our time
$32.67
- Paperback
480 pages
- Release Date
8 September 2014
Summary
How to Build a Billion Dollar App: The Ultimate Guide to Mobile Business Success
‘A must read for anyone who wants to start a mobile app business’ - Riccardo Zacconi, founder and CEO King Digital (maker of Candy Crush Saga)
‘A fascinating deep dive into the world of billion-dollar apps. Essential reading for anyone trying to build the next must-have app’ - Michael Acton Smith, Founder and CEO, Mind Candy
THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO BUILDING AN APP-BASED BUSINESS - …
Book Details
ISBN-13: | 9780349401379 |
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ISBN-10: | 0349401373 |
Author: | George Berkowski |
Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
Imprint: | Piatkus Books |
Format: | Paperback |
Number of Pages: | 480 |
Release Date: | 8 September 2014 |
Weight: | 600g |
Dimensions: | 232mm x 153mm x 35mm |
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George Berkowski knows from the front line how to build fast-scaling digital businesses. Don’t start one of your own without taking his advice
George Berkowski knows from the front line how to build fast-scaling digital businesses. Don’t start one of your own without taking his advice - David Rowan, Editor, Wired magazine
A fascinating deep dive into the world of billion-dollar apps. Essential reading for anyone trying to build the next must-have app - Michael Acton Smith, Founder and CEO, Mind Candy
A practical guide on how to start your mobile app company. A must read for anyone who wants to start a mobile app business - Riccardo Zacconi, founder and CEO King Digital (maker of Candy Crush Saga)
The first book to take a detailed, insightful behind-the-scenes look at the mobile app world. A must read for anyone who wants to know what it takes to build an app into a successful business - Hugo Barra, VP, Xiaomi (and former VP, Android Product Management, Google)
I loved this book. It provides an entertaining and rigorous yet very practical guide to success in the brave new world of mobile technology. I will never look at apps the same way again - Bill Aulet, Managing Director of the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship and author of Disciplined Entrepreneurship: 24 Steps to a Successful Startup
George has combined his own experience at Hailo with a thoughtful study of the iconic mobile companies of this era to provide a helpful guide to entrepreneurs and investors trying to understand the emerging mobile economy - Adam Valkin, General Partner At General Catalyst Partners, And Formerly Venture Partner At Accel Ventures
Distilling lessons from the leading mobile internet startups, George offers unique insight into the app economy, the biggest and fastest wealth-creating opportunity in history - Paul Forster, co-founder and former CEO, Indeed
In his new work, George Berkowski delivers a compulsively readable business book; it’s a rollicking yet rigorously detailed ride through the process of creating a breakthrough app-based business. Berkowski’s engaging account of the rise of the app economy provides an insider’s view on entrepreneurial best practices, as illustrated by first-hand insights into the people - and their ventures - who have triumphed by exploiting the mobile revolution. It’s a richly rewarding read - Jeffrey F. Rayport, Faculty, Harvard Business School
About The Author
George Berkowski
George Berkowski is a serial entrepreneur who has built businesses in manned space flight, online dating, transportation, and mobile apps. He is one of the minds behind the internationally successful taxi hailing app Hailo where he led the product team until September 2013. George studied rocket science and economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and business at the Ecole Superieure de Commerce de Paris. He was Chairman of MIT’s Enterprise Forum in the UK and is heavily involved in the UK and US startup scenes. George now divides his time between London and Silicon Valley.
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