Williamson: Apple's original iTunes application was built by two developers
Ben Williamson · How YoShirt App Went from $0-$1m Fast with Ben Williamson of YoShirt Episode 23 · Mar 1, 2016 · at 4:48
Ben Williamson, founder of YoShirt and former Apple employee, discusses Steve Jobs' practice of utilizing ultra-lean engineering SWAT teams.
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“You know, if you look at like the original iTunes application, that was two guys.”
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