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What is one of the biggest mistakes made by aspiring app entrepreneurs? Confusing a product with a business. If you build and release an app, you’re selling a product. What happens when sales dwindle? Do you have a plan for sustainable revenue?<\/p>\n
Dan Counsell is the founder of Realmac Software<\/a>, creators of applications such as\u00a0RapidWeaver<\/a>, Ember<\/a>, and Clear<\/a>. He’s been in the software business for a while now, and has learned some extremely valuable lessons along the way. In this episode, he shares the story of his very first piece of software, and his shock<\/em> when people started sending him money for it.<\/p>\n He also walks me through the design, development, and launch of his most recent app, Clear (which I personally use every single day<\/em>). The\u00a0app is available for both\u00a0iOS and an OS X, and he talks about why all developers should be targeting both<\/em> App Stores.<\/p>\n This episode is about creating an app business, not just a product.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Here’s what we chat about:<\/strong><\/p>\n Do you have questions about building apps? Now you can submit your question to Novice No Longer podcast and have it answered live on air! Record a question using your computer and it may be answered by some of the top developers in the App Store.<\/p>\n Submit a question now<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n If you thought this episode of the podcast was interesting, take a few seconds and let Dan\u00a0know by clicking the link below to share via Twitter (you can edit the tweet first):<\/p>\n Click here to thank Dan on Twitter!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Would your app work in the OS X App Store?\u00a0Let us know in the comments below!<\/strong><\/p>\n There’s a new episode every week, so subscribe to stay in the loop! I have some amazing guests lined up that you won’t want to miss!<\/p>\n Click here to subscribe via iTunes<\/strong><\/a> If you have a moment, I\u2019d also really appreciate you leaving an honest rating and review of the Novice No Longer podcast. It helps immensely with iTunes search and ranking, and helps other people discover this new show. You can rate it by clicking here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n Thanks again for listening!<\/p>\n\n\n
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