Everything Andrew Amann said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.
Amann: Hybrid mobile apps cost more in the long run than native apps
“The hybrid apps we have tried to build have never gone well. On either the updates, the libraries always change, or it actually costs more in the long run to build a hybrid app. So we highly recommend doing native Android, native iPhone.”
Amann: Modern mobile apps and iOS copy Windows Phone's UI design
“If you look at the mobile app landscape in the last six or seven years, we're all starting to copy windows operating system, their phone and the way they organize the horizontal scrolls. So a lot of things that they introduced to the app world, because they ca…”
Amann: 90% of a startup's capital and focus goes to sales
“And as you know, with any startup, that's 90% of where the money goes. That's 90% of like where the focus is, is getting over that hurdle of product adoption and product market fit.”
Amann: SaaS founders must retain developers through post-sale transfer
“If you're a SaaS company and you have to keep on your contractors or your development team a little longer, like really expect to keep them on through the acquisition and not like cut them before thinking everything's going to go smoothly.”
Amann: Spotify was the first to implement the bottom navigation bar on iOS
“The features that they put out are revolutionary, and they end up being industry leaders in a lot of areas, and it's very minor things. They were the first ones to put the bottom bar on iOS, and everybody followed suit”
Amann: Xero's mobile app is absolutely horrible
“Zero does it too a little bit, but not as good because zero zap is absolutely horrible.”
Amann: 923 Studio refunded all festival app customers on March 1, 2020
“We built it in 2019. We hired a CEO in early 2020. We were set to release at the beginning of 2020. We released on March first, 20 20. And we had a few customers lined up and we immediately pressed return and returned all their money.”
Amann: About 20 buyers inquired on MicroAcquire, yielding three serious prospects
“Yeah, and if I remember correctly, I think the number of buyers was about 20 that, you know, had reached out and shown interest, and there was, in the end, there was probably three serious buyers that not only wanted to use the application, but wanted to build…”
Amann: 923 Studio spent nearly 100 hours preparing app transfer
“I think we spend almost a hundred hours of our own time just getting the application ready for the transfer.”
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