How to Build an App

Welcome back to How to Build an App!Over the past year, we have organized and collected the most common questions that we get asked. During today's episode, you will get the answer to at least the following questions. How long does it take to build an app?What language should I use to build an app?How much does it cost to build an app?When am I ready to start developing my app?This show is produced by Strides Development, a full-service app development agency.We specialize in taking your ideas and turning them into a finished app in only a few months.If you have an app you’re building, we would love to talk to you. You can schedule your free strategy call by clicking here.Make sure you’re following Strides:Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/strides.dev/Linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/in/betzeraustin/ 

Welcome back to How to Build an App!Building an app has never been easier than it is today. The app industry is shifting away from code and beginning to shift more to no-code solutions. In today's episode, we talk with the CEO and founder David Adkin to tell us how the industry is shifting. ---Learn more about Adalo here: https://www.adalo.com/---This show is produced by Strides Development, a full-service app development agency.We specialize in taking your ideas and turning them into a finished app in only a few months.If you have an app you’re building, we would love to talk to you. You can schedule your free strategy call by clicking here.Make sure you’re following Strides:Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/strides.dev/Linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/in/betzeraustin/ 

Welcome back to How to Build an App!Marketing is a major pillar across every space, if you are not marketing now you will start very soon. Posting social content is one of the many ways to find and reach a wider audience for your target demographic.  It also allows you to build a community of loyal followers and find new supporters. Chances are you will need to post social content, and in doing so you will find that managing content across teams and social platforms is a huge challenge for many companies. We brought on Thibaud Clément on the show to tell us about his product Loomly. ---Learn more about Loomly here: https://www.loomly.com/---This show is produced by Strides Development, a full-service app development agency.We specialize in taking your ideas and turning them into a finished app in only a few months.If you have an app you’re building, we would love to talk to you. You can schedule your free strategy call by clicking here.Make sure you’re following Strides:Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/strides.dev/Linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/in/betzeraustin/ 

Welcome back to How to Build an App!In today's episode, you will learn whether or not technology is the most important part of building a tech company. You might be surprised by the answer!Today Sai Krishna the founder and CEO of Scapic will be joining us.  Scapic is meant to be the simplest way you create, share and explore AR, VR & 3D experiences.---Learn more about Scapic herehttps://www.scapic.com/---This show is produced by Strides Development, a full-service app development agency.We specialize in taking your ideas and turning them into a finished app in only a few months.If you have an app you’re building, we would love to talk to you. You can schedule your free strategy call by clicking here.Make sure you’re following Strides:Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/strides.dev/Linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/in/betzeraustin/ 

Welcome back to How To Build An App!This week, we’ve brought Walter Cruttenden, the co-founder of Acorns onto the show!I feel like everyone’s heard of Acorns, but if you haven’t, it’s a micro-investing platform that allows users to set up automated investments through round-ups.Basically Acorns rounds up a debit or credit card purchase to the nearest dollar and invests the change for you automatically.It’s a super cool platform that’s helped A LOT of people save money and get into investing, and Walter is going to tell us all about how it came to be!In this episode, you’ll get to hear the Acorn's backstory and how Walter and his son built the company and scaled it up.We’ll talk about the challenges they had to overcome, breakthroughs they made, ups and downs, failures and successes, tidbits of advice for new founders and everything in between.---Learn more about Walters different ventures here:https://www.acorns.com/ https://www.learnandearn.com/ https://blast.com/ https://atm.com/ Follow Walter on LinkedIn here:https://www.linkedin.com/in/walter-cruttenden-58097b34/ ---This show is produced by Strides Development, a full-service app development agency. We specialize in taking your ideas and turning them into a finished app in only a few months. If you have an app you’re building, we would love to talk to you. You can schedule your free strategy call by clicking here.Make sure you’re following Strides:Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/strides.dev/Linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/in/betzeraustin/ 

Welcome back to How to Build an App!As a founder, there will come a time where you have to start bringing more people onto your team.Whether it’s finding a co-founder, bringing on a developer, or hiring a development shop, you can’t do this alone.We’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again, there is no one person who can strategize, concept, design, build, develop, test, AND launch your app.Chances are, you’ll have to go through the hiring process several times, especially if you’re looking to scale up.So how do you go about finding the right fit for your team?We brought Robb Lifferth on the show this week to deliver some great pointers!Robb is the co-founder and COO of IsoTalent, a technology enabled recruiting service with a 95% retention rate (15% higher than industry standard).IsoTalent helps companies hire faster and smarter, and reduces the average recruiting cost per hire by over 75%.Basically, it’s their job to find the best fit for each company with speed and efficiency.In this episode, Robb breaks down the challenges of the hiring process, and some important things to keep in mind so that you’re hiring the best candidates for your startup.---Learn more about IsoTalent here: https://www.isotalent.com/ Follow Robb on LinkedIn here:https://www.linkedin.com/in/robblifferth/ ---This show is produced by Strides Development, a full-service app development agency. We specialize in taking your ideas and turning them into a finished app in only a few months. If you have an app you’re building, we would love to talk to you. You can schedule your free strategy call by clicking here.Make sure you’re following Strides:Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/strides.dev/Linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/in/betzeraustin/ 

Welcome back to How To Build An App!Today’s episode may be a little shorter than usual, but it packs a punch!We got together with Darius Mora, the Chief Marketing Officer of the app Reflectly.If you haven’t heard much about it, Reflectly is an AI journaling app that has gained tens of millions of users and seen massive growth over the last 3 years.Not only is it the world’s biggest journaling app, Reflectly also won the Google Design Award for Innovation and is consistently in the top 10 Health & Fitness iOS apps in the US. So how did a simple, one-feature journaling app find this level of success?In this week’s episode of How to Build an App, you’ll get the inside scoop with some great takeaways for your own app startup.Stick around for an info-packed discussion of several different marketing strategies for organic AND ad-based growth intermixed with Darius’s wealth of knowledge and experience in high conversion marketing. ---Learn more about Reflectly here: https://reflectly.app/ Follow Darius on TikTok here: https://www.tiktok.com/@darius.mora?lang=en Follow Darius on LinkedIn here:https://www.linkedin.com/in/moravcik/?originalSubdomain=pt Subscribe to Darius’s Youtube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfaxmVZDN-hqV6HfMbcCOwA ---This show is produced by Strides Development, a full-service app development agency. We specialize in taking your ideas and turning them into a finished app in only a few months. If you have an app you’re building, we would love to talk to you. You can schedule your free strategy call by clicking here.Make sure you’re following Strides:Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/strides.dev/Linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/in/betzeraustin/ 

Welcome back to How To Build An App!As much as we’d all love a step by step roadmap as entrepreneurs, there is no exact formula. There’s no exact formula for building a successful startup, or a company that you can have a successful exit from. Being an entrepreneur is unpredictable and you have to be ready to forge your own way and solve problems that you won’t find the answers to on google.This week’s episode is all about breaking the mold and forging your own path to success.Our guest this week is Scott Paul, a repeat startup founder, angel investor, youtuber, and self-proclaimed hairfluencer!Having already founded 5 companies, Scott wanted to get in on helping to fund and mentor new founders, so they started HyperActive, seed capital for fellow founders. Since then, they’ve invested in over 65 startups, primarily in tech.We’ve quickly learned that an experience with Scott is always out of the box and against the grain—just how they like it.As Scott says, “Out of chaos comes greatness.”In this episode Scott shares the hard truth of being an entrepreneur and the mentality you need to succeed.---Learn more about Wooly here: https://www.wooly.com/ Learn more about HyperActive here: https://hyperactivecap.com/ Follow Scott on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottpaul2/ Follow Scott on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/scottycoin ---This show is produced by Strides Development, a full-service app development agency. We specialize in taking your ideas and turning them into a finished app in only a few months. If you have an app you’re building, we would love to talk to you. You can schedule your free strategy call by clicking here.Make sure you’re following Strides:Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/strides.dev/Linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/in/betzeraustin/

Welcome back to How To Build An App!This week, we’ve got John Mayfield on the show with us.He’s the founder of a venture capital firm called Album VC, that invests in early-stage tech ventures.They’ve invested in over 80 companies and have grown to the point that their average investment is $1.5 million.You might recognize some of the big names they’ve worked with here in Utah, like Podium, Homie, and Divvy—which just sold for $2.5 billion by the way.You’re about to get a whole bunch of dating advice from John.And by dating advice, we mean advice on how to secure early-stage funding which is a process John relates to dating.Finding an investor isn’t just a one and done deal where they write a check and you‘re done with them.It’s a partnership that will go on for years, so you’ve got to make sure your vision is aligned, that you work well together, and things click.In this episode, John dives into the “courtship” process of finding an investor.He’s got some great insight on the do’s and don’ts of approaching investors, what will make you stick out as a founder, and what working with investors actually looks like. ---Learn more about Album VC here: https://www.album.vc/ Follow Harlan on Linkedin here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnmayfield/# ---This show is produced by Strides Development, a full-service app development agency. We specialize in taking your ideas and turning them into a finished app in only a few months. If you have an app you’re building, we would love to talk to you. You can schedule your free strategy call by clicking here.Make sure you’re following Strides:Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/strides.dev/Linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/in/betzeraustin/

What does it take to get a great idea off the ground?You’re probably here, listening to this podcast because you’ve got a great idea for an app. Maybe you’ve already got a prototype, or maybe you’re just getting started.There is a lot to consider in the beginning stages of turning your idea into an app, and one of the most important things to remember is that you’ve got to build a BUSINESS not just an app.In this episode, we’ll run through a real life example of getting a startup off the ground with Daniel Beck, the founder of 401GO.Daniel has founded or been involved with successfully building over a dozen small businesses and startups.His most recent entrepreneurial venture is 401GO, the most innovative 401k platform in the world!In this episode he dives into what founders need to know early on to get their startup off the ground and continually growing.From explaining the value of bootstrapping your business, to insight on working with family and friends, to finding investors and setting milestones — there’s a lot to cover.Daniel runs through all this and more, intermixed with personal industry experiences to demonstrate his points.---Learn more about 401GO here: https://401go.com/ Follow Daniel on Linkedin here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielgbeck/ ---This show is produced by Strides Development, a full-service app development agency. We specialize in taking your ideas and turning them into a finished app in only a few months. If you have an app you’re building, we would love to talk to you. You can schedule your free strategy call by clicking here.Make sure you’re following Strides:Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/strides.dev/Linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/in/betzeraustin/  

Would you rather have twenty-five percent of a company that sells for $8 billion, or a hundred percent of something that's worth $250 grand?With some quick math, that question should be pretty easy for anyone to answer.There’s much more profit in owning a portion of that $8 billion company!But why are we asking?This week’s episode is all about building a company that will sell, and one of the main points we’ll discuss is how your team will impact that ability.Many founders cling to the idea that they’ve got to do it ALL, and struggle to give up any control within their startup.Running a successful startup that will scale up and make you the big bucks is impossible if you try to do it on your own! You’ve got to build a company that can thrive without you, and that all starts with a solid and balanced founding team that possesses both the tech and sales knowledge to build and sell a viable product.Our guest this week is Joshua Lindsey, founder of American Business Brokers, and a leading authority in buying and selling businesses.On top of successfully selling 6 of his own businesses, he has successfully brokered over $40 million in business sales on behalf of others.In this episode Josh shares his knowledge on what founders can do early on to set their businesses up for a successful (and profitable) exit.---Learn more about American Business Brokers here: https://americanbizbrokers.com/ Follow Josh on Linkedin here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshualindseyutah/ ---This show is produced by Strides Development, a full-service app development agency. We specialize in taking your ideas and turning them into a finished app in only a few months. If you have an app you’re building, we would love to talk to you. You can schedule your free strategy call by clicking here.Make sure you’re following Strides:Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/strides.dev/Linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/in/betzeraustin/

Welcome back to How To Build An App!This week, we’re talking about funding and investors.When it comes to startups, funding is a big topic of conversation. Are you going to bootstrap? Will you seek out investors? What kind of investors? When should you even start trying to get outside funding?Then you’ve got to consider how to pitch your product to investors and secure funding. What are they looking for? What do they view as red flags?That’s why we’ve brought Harlan Milkove onto the show this week.Harlan is a repeat start-up founder and an early-stage venture capital strategist. He’s currently the Managing Partner of Foundational, a management consulting company that helps startups secure early-stage venture capital funding.All of this to say, he knows the ins and outs of the industry, and he’s going to answer all of the questions we just asked and more.In this episode, Harlan shares how you can prepare to pitch your idea, and the steps you need to take for investors to take you seriously.---Learn more about Foundational here: https://www.foundational.nyc/ Follow Harlan on Linkedin here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/harlanmilkove/# ---This show is produced by Strides Development, a full-service app development agency. We specialize in taking your ideas and turning them into a finished app in only a few months. If you have an app you’re building, we would love to talk to you. You can schedule your free strategy call by clicking here.Make sure you’re following Strides:Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/strides.dev/Linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/in/betzeraustin/ 

Welcome back to How To Build An App!One of the things that is most impactful on your success as a founder, is the culture of your development team.Do they work efficiently? Are they willing to stick with it through the growing pains of a new company? Can they recognize and utilize their strengths as well as their potential blindspots or weaknesses? Can you trust them to see the full vision and get things done? We’ve got an awesome discussion ahead on how to build a development team with a culture of trust and efficiency, and the impact your team dynamic can have on the growth and success of your company. Our guest this week is Eric Buckley, the president of the business text messaging service Skipio.To put it simply, Skipio utilizes automated personalized messaging solutions to help business owners manage and grow their business.You’ll hear more about Skipio from Eric in this episode.He’s got all kinds of insight on building and maintaining a trustworthy, tight-knit team.It’s all about quality over quantity!---Learn more about Skipio here: https://www.skipio.com/ Follow Eric on Linkedin here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-buckley-bb118b5/ ---This show is produced by Strides Development, a full-service app development agency. We specialize in taking your ideas and turning them into a finished app in only a few months. If you have an app you’re building, we would love to talk to you. You can schedule your free strategy call by clicking here.Make sure you’re following Strides:Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/strides.dev/Linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/in/betzeraustin/  

Welcome back to How To Build An App!Today we have a different type of episode for you as we wrap up Season 2. Today we’re sharing a session we did recently for Denver Startup Week. The session was called, Stop writing code: The ONE thing to do before developing your app to save hundreds of thousands and it was a lot of fun to share some of the things we’ve discovered over the past couple of years to help YOU as a future app founder save a LOT of money and time in the process. This episode is broken into 2 parts: The first half will be the presentation Austin gave walking through the 5 building blocks you need to consider if you want to build a successful app. Then we’ll cut to the Q&A that Bowdrie did right after where he took questions from the live audience. It’s going to be a lot of fun...Also, this episode is officially the wrap-up of Season 2 of How To Build An App, but don’t worry, we’ll be right back next week and we have a great lineup of guests for season 3. ---This show is produced by Strides Development, a full-service app development agency. We specialize in taking your ideas and turning them into a finished app in only a few months. If you have an app you’re building, we would love to talk to you. You can schedule your free strategy call by clicking here.Make sure you’re following Strides:Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/strides.dev/Linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/in/betzeraustin/ 

Welcome back to How To Build An App!Just a couple of episodes back we were talking about how you can definitely build an app as a non-technical founder, but you HAVE to find someone who can fill the gaps in your knowledge and experience.We talk about this a ton! And it’s true for other elements, or you could even say requirements, for running a successful startup.For example, if you have the technical experience but lack marketing or business experience, you’ve gotta find someone who can fill that gap on your team.But how do you do that? How do you find someone with the particular skills that you need? How do you know if someone will actually be right for your team and will follow through on what they are offering?This week, we’ll be talking about this and more with our guest, Rand Fishkin, the founder of the marketing softwares Moz and Sparktoro. In this episode, Rand also shares his strategy of incremental validation, explains the importance of audience research, exposes the hard truth behind the venture capitalist industry, and shares hard-earned advice on how to make it as an entrepreneur. ---Learn more about SparkToro here: https://sparktoro.com/ Follow Rand on Linkedin here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/randfishkin/ Follow Rand on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/randfish Get Rand’s book, Lost and Founder on Amazon:https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0735213321/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0735213321&linkCode=as2&tag=everywherei09-20&linkId=401ea2b0cc358033253e657c711c2a88  ---This show is produced by Strides Development, a full-service app development agency. We specialize in taking your ideas and turning them into a finished app in only a few months. If you have an app you’re building, we would love to talk to you. You can schedule your free strategy call by clicking here.Make sure you’re following Strides:Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/strides.dev/Linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/in/betzeraustin/ 

Welcome back to How To Build An App!In this episode, we’re taking a deep dive into how to create and present an investor-ready pitch deck.Our guest is Allison Byers, and honestly, she blew us away with her experience in this realm.Her background is actually in psychology and after being passed up for a job that she was way overqualified for, she decided to try her hand at business.Clearly, that worked out for her! She went from fundraising over 10 million dollars for a startup medical device company to founding her own fundraising platform, Scroobious.You’ll hear more about Scroobious in this episode, but basically it’s a virtual platform and community to quickly and meaningfully connect underrepresented founders, investors, and partners. This episode is definitely a must-listen for all founders.Allison covers what to include and not include in your pitch deck, how long it should be, tips on presenting, and even runs through different types of investors and what you should go for.This is your guide to creating a pitch deck that will lead you to the right investors and the funding you need for your own startup!---Learn more about Scroobious here: https://www.scroobious.com/ Follow Allison on Linkedin here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/allison-byers/ Follow Allison on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/apbyers?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor ---This show is produced by Strides Development, a full-service app development agency. We specialize in taking your ideas and turning them into a finished app in only a few months. If you have an app you’re building, we would love to talk to you. You can schedule your free strategy call by clicking here.Make sure you’re following Strides:Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/strides.dev/Linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/in/betzeraustin/  

Welcome back to How To Build An App!In previous episodes, we’ve addressed the question of whether you can found a tech startup as a non-technical founder.Ultimately, the answer is YES but you absolutely need to find someone for your team that does have that technical background.Our guests this week, Carl Robinson and Joris Guerry, are a prime example of how well it plays out when you follow this advice and they have a bit of an interesting backstory.Carl and Joris were paired up through Entrepreneur First, which basically put them through the entrepreneur version of speed dating to find a cofounder!You’ll hear more about that story from them in this episode.Together they founded Rumble Studio, a SAAS company that allows users to produce spoken audio quickly, easily, and affordably with a unique conversational A.I.In this episode, Carl and Joris explain in more depth what Rumble Studio is and the ups and downs they have experienced throughout the development process.The intriguing element of this episode is that Rumble Studio is still a work in progress so the conversation includes current problem-solving strategies, the trial and error processes Carl and Joris are currently experiencing, and how they are preparing to launch the full product.---Learn more about Rumble Studio here: https://rumble.studio/ Follow Carl on Linkedin here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlrobins0n/ Follow Joris on Linkedin here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jorisguerry/ ---This show is produced by Strides Development, a full-service app development agency. We specialize in taking your ideas and turning them into a finished app in only a few months. If you have an app you’re building, we would love to talk to you. You can schedule your free strategy call by clicking here.Make sure you’re following Strides:Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/strides.dev/Linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/in/betzeraustin/  

Welcome back to How To Build An App!Our guest today is Jeff Coyle, the Co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer of Market MuseIf you haven’t heard of Market Muse, here are a few highlights. Market Muse is an AI platform used to accelerate content planning, creation, and optimization.The MarketMuse platform identifies content quality issues on its user’s sites and builds blueprints that show exactly how to maximize the value of their online content.As a cross-disciplined, data-driven inbound marketing executive with more than 20 years of experience managing products and helping companies scale up, Jeff has a lot to share on the topic of product-led marketing and growth.In this episode, he breaks down the importance of measuring and utilizing user behavior to build and scale a successful, product-led SAAS company.---Learn more about Market Muse here: https://www.marketmuse.com/ Follow Jeff on Linkedin here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffcoyle/ ---This show is produced by Strides Development, a full-service app development agency. We specialize in taking your ideas and turning them into a finished app in only a few months. If you have an app you’re building, we would love to talk to you. You can schedule your free strategy call by clicking here.Make sure you’re following Strides:Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/strides.dev/Linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/in/betzeraustin/ 

Welcome back to How To Build An App!I’m your host Austin Betzer and I’m here with Bowdrie Price. Our guest this week is Steve Young, the founder and CEO of App Masters.Not to be confused with Steve Young, the football player haha!Steve has kind of a cool backstory that he’ll share with you during this episode, but just to give a little teaser, it starts with Steve running growth for a startup in San Francisco and follows him through his entrepreneurial journey to success with App Masters.Just to give you an idea of what that success looks like, App Masters has become the #1 app business podcast, and scaled into a highly successful marketing agency. App Masters has helped dozens of clients get featured by Apple, hit the #2 paid app overall, and get coverage by major publications like Techcrunch and Mashable.In this week’s episode, Steve shares his first-hand knowledge of how to make it in the app industry with action-packed advice about product design, app marketing, and business and app design. ---Learn more about App Masters here: https://appmasters.com/  App Masters Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/AppMasters App Masters Podcast:https://appmasters.com/app-marketing-podcast/ Follow Steve on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevepyoung/ ---This show is produced by Strides Development, a full-service app development agency. We specialize in taking your ideas and turning them into a finished app in only a few months. If you have an app you’re building, we would love to talk to you. You can schedule your free strategy call by clicking here.Make sure you’re following Strides:Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/strides.dev/Linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/in/betzeraustin/  

Welcome back to How To Build An App!We’ve got an awesome episode ahead on go-to-market strategy and customer retention.Our guest this week is, Fouad Saeidi, the founder and CEO of App Growth Network, ​​a global app marketing agency that helps app founders identify growth objectives and come up with a data-backed action plan for success.You’ll hear a lot more about the App Growth Network in this episode along with a ton of actionable tips, strategies, and insight into marketing, growth, and customer retention.  Fouad’s in-depth experience with the data, analytics and technicalities behind creating a successful marketing and retention strategy is extensive and impressive.We learned a lot from this interview and were super excited to share it with you! ---Learn more about App Growth Network here: https://appgrowthnetwork.com/ How to Launch an App ebook: https://appgrowthnetwork.com/how-to-launch-an-app-ebook/ Follow Fouad on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fouadsaeidi/ ---This show is produced by Strides Development, a full-service app development agency. We specialize in taking your ideas and turning them into a finished app in only a few months. If you have an app you’re building, we would love to talk to you. You can schedule your free strategy call by clicking here.Make sure you’re following Strides:Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/strides.dev/Linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/in/betzeraustin/