Derik Lawlis, Founder & CEO at Mindbliss.com . In this episode, we talk about launching a mindfulness app, the importance of reconnecting with a deeper part of yourself and essential metrics to focus on. Resources: Website / derik [at] mindbliss.com / Linkedin Here are the 3 things I learned from Derik... The pleasure of working on your own app ...…

Heini Zachariassen, CEO & Founder at Vivino . We talk through Heini's journey from taking an app idea to eventually touching 26 million people worldwide and selling $40 million worth of wine Resources: Linkedin Here are the 3 things I learned from Heini... Solve a real world problem that is big enough to justify your time investment Focus like ...…

Rachel Cook, Founder/CEO at Seeds, talks about hr journey into stock trading, comedy, film directing and the inception of her idea during a night in a Kenyan jail. Resources: Website / Linkedin Here are the 3 things I learned from Rachel.... Female founders have it tougher than male founders when fund raising It's extremely popular in Africa to ...…

Anthemos Georgiades CEO at Zumper talks about his courage leaving a well respected early career in consulting because his idea was passionately burning a hole in his soul Resources: Website / Twitter / Linkedin Here are the 3 things I learned from Anthemos... Often the biggest challenge is to remain focussed when running your startup The first ...…

Founder and CEO at silo.co . Silo is a new way to ask and help your network. Listen to the interesting journey that Moshik followed as he started solving problems he didn't even know existed when building his first prototype. Resources: Website / Twitter / Linkedin Here are the 3 things I learned from Moshik... Listen to feedback to understand ...…

Sandeep Jain, CEO and co-Founder of Leela Labs Inc. We talk through how listening to inspiring content from podcasts can make a dramatic change in your life. Resources: Website / Twitter / Linkedin Here are the 3 things I learned from Sandeep... How to leave your corporate job by committing 25% of current salary to hiring freelancers to build y ...…

Lennart van der Ziel CEO and Co-Founder of the Universal Translator --> TravisTranslator.com . A fresh entrepreneur with a great strategy on how to win over the global media and build a pre-launch list. Resources: Linkedin Here are the 3 things I learned from Lennart... Customers are always better than equity funding. Customers provide a good w ...…

Kshitij (KAY) Minglani Co Founder & CEO Mindvalley. This episode is packed full of extremely valuable lessons for app entrepreneurs. If you are planning launching an app, you'll learn how to validate your idea, the benefit of focussing on the end user rather than chasing PR and much more. Resources: Website / Linkedin Here are the 3 things I le ...…

Alexis Dornier Founder, Architectural Designer living in Ubud, Bali Resources: Website / Linkedin Here are the 3 things I learned from Alexis... Some people wake up to a sunrise over a volcano before work Do something radically different from everyone else Startup life is sometimes like surfing. You can spend days struggling, then you have the ...…

Soren Nielsen, Founder & CEO at ERNIT . His mission is to empower children with real bank accounts and help them understand the value of money. Have you ever heard of the term wine entrepreneurs? No - then listen to this episode. Resources: Website / Twitter / Linkedin Here are the 3 things I learned from Soren.... You will simply know when to ...…

Alicia Roisman Ismach, Serial Fintech Entrepreneur - Focus on Payment & Banking Technology. Alicia left Argentina at the age of 16 years old. She dreamt of changing the world. Listen to her story of how she is living up to her dream. Resources: Website / Twitter / Linkedin Here are the 3 things I learned from Alicia.... It's wise to follow both ...…

Vadim Rogovskiy, Tech Entrepreneur and CEO of Clickky 3 facts about Vadim: - co-founder of a few mobile startups in different spheres - partner in an angel seed fund WannaBiz - at the age of 26 years was on a cover of Forbes Ukraine in a list "30 under 30" entrepreneurs Resources: Website / Twitter / Linkedin Here are the 3 things I learned fro ...…

Nathan Raffel is an actor and successful serial entrepreneur. You may recognize him from a Chevy commercial ?... but he has done much more beyond acting that he loves to share with other entrepreneurs! He is currently working on a new startup Bout Dad Life with his best friend Travis Laurendine. This is his current project building a community ...…

Emily Utter - Earning Six Figures Coaching Adventurous Entrepreneurs Resources: Website / Linkedin Here are the 3 things I learned from Emily... Adventurous entrepreneurs put lifestyle first before their business The #1 mistake when quitting a corporate job is going it alone Earning a successful living starts with your own connections built thr ...…

Zahi Boussiba CEO & Co-Founder at Appsee. Zahi walks us through his inspiring journey with Appsee. Over 5 years Appsee has gone from 2 guys in a garage coding to a well funded company with thousands of customers in wide range of industries. Resources: Website / Twitter / Linkedin Here are the 3 things I learned from Zahi... Starting a startup i ...…

Notes from recording an episode of The Eventual Millionaire with Jamie Masters [Tardy] Here are the 3 things I learned from creating this episode What do you think to The App Guy Podcast Mission? What input do you have on future guests? My episode on The Eventual Millionaire goes live 15th December 2017 Transcript…

Adam Barker CEO & Co-Founder at MagnaPass. We talk about raising funds for an early stage startup, real life examples of going through a pre-seed Angel syndicate, aiming for a raise of £300,000 and tips for pitching to groups of investors. Listen out for the entertaining story of sleeping in the car during a snow storm to pitch to investors in ...…

Paul Kemp, host of The App Guy Podcast: Inspiring Founder Stories, Growth Hacking, Funding, Beta Testers, Big Data, Lifestyle, Startups. In this episode, I run through 15 Of The Biggest App Entrepreneurial + Life Lessons From The Last 500 Episodes Archives Here are 3 things I learned from creating this best of show: Focus on your strengths, fin ...…

Alex Quilici, the CEO of YouMail. YouMail is an intelligent call manager that stops robocalls with its highly accurate caller ID and smart blocking technology. They’ve developed a monthly robocall index that tracks the scale and scope of invasive robocalls nationwide that has been frequently cited in national media. YouMail was recently called ...…

David Kingsbury is a personal trainer working with A-List actors on films such as Assassins Creed, The Huntsman, The wolverine, X-Men Days Of Future Past and more. Our mutual friend, Andreas Kambanis introduced us after learning that HEALTH is my theme for 2017. This introduction changed my life forever. I am the healthiest and the fittest I ca ...…

Dave Schools, founder, writer and creator of the fun app called PartyQ's. Originally from New York, worked in NYC, Dave has been inspired by the Netflix movie called the Minimalists. He now lives in a different US city every three months. Resources: Twitter / Linkedin Mentioned: Write About My Startup / Party Qs homepage (On Apple App Store / G ...…

Josiah Humphrey Co-Founder and co-CEO at Appster started at the young age of 19. He's taken $3,000 and turned it into a global company with over 350 employees. Learn how Josiah built a sustainable business and pick up some genuine tips to succeed yourself. Resources: Website / Twitter / Linkedin Here are the 3 things I learned from Josiah... Yo ...…

Rob Caraway is an appreneur who makes apps that sell. He's an indie app developer, growth hacker, entrepreneur & product guy who's worked on over 20 app projects since 2011. Rob has built and sold an app portfolio of 725,000 downloads which has netted him over $240,000 in only 2 years. We can all learn something from Rob's app journey. Resource ...…

David James, Founder of https://TotalCarCheck.co.uk quit his career in Investment banking to build a #2 top grossing app in the utilities section of the iOS app charts. We talk about how David made technology choices, how he engages users, how he optimises for conversions and the psychology of persuading someone to buy an inApp purchase. Resour ...…

Louise Doherty CEO & founder - PlanSnap talks about how to give a great elevator pitch, what it's like working for an accelerator like Techstars and how to cope in the startup world working for yourself as an app solopreneur. Resources: Website / Twitter / Linkedin Here are the 3 things I learned from Louise: Techstars look for startups that de ...…

Jo Overline has been a successful iOS app creator for over ten years. He’s built over 30 apps in various categories, and over 30 million downloads under his belt holding the #1 spot in 94 countries. The “Ugly Meter” app was one of his most successful. He created the controversial app and it propelled him into app stardom where everyone on the p ...…

Andrew Levy, Co-Founder & CSO and Rob Kwok, Co-Founder and CTO at Apteligent. Apteligent helps monitor performance issues in mobile apps that impact customer experience. Delivering real-time insights across popular devices, OS's, and networks, Apteligent's data spans the entire app lifecycle. Today Apteligent is baked into over 23,000 apps resu ...…

Prabhjot Singh Co-Founder and President Of Pyze. Prabhjot helps mobile app publishers solve their biggest challenge - engaging and retaining users. Find Prabhjot: Website / Linkedin / Twitter Here are the 3 things I learned from Prabhjot • The biggest problem app entrepreneurs face is that people download a lot of apps to their device, but end ...…

Scott Barstow, CEO of Rocket Hangar, Advisor at Telestax, Venture Partner, Host of The Scott Barstow Show and Creator of https://scottbarstow.com . If you are, like me, a non-technical entrepreneur without a deep knowledge of coding - then learn about the hacks you can do to work successfully with a technical co-founder. Resources: Website / Tw ...…

Christian Rouffaert is a Digital Entrepreneur, London, working in Information Technology and Services. Discover a viable alternative to putting rubbish ads in your beautiful apps. Get paid to provide valuable data to the large telco companies. It's GENIUS and a must listen to episode for all small teams of developers or solo Appreneurs. Resourc ...…

Alex Austin CEO/Software engineer at Branch Metrics. Alex takes us through his journey. It starts from building lots of apps and desperately seeking downloads, such as a photo printing app, and ends in building an internal product to cope with deep linking challenges which ultimately has led to the extremely successful Branch. It wasn't an easy ...…

Benjamin Yee, Founder of EMERGE App has followed a different path, but one which I think is truly inspirational. If only I heard stories like this before leaving myself for University and then following the standard corporate path. Ben has: never worked in a corporate 9-5 never been to University never had a boss However, he's running his own s ...…

An app that is changing the way we give money. Listen to what it's like to have an appreneur life filled with a purpose to help change the world for the better. Resources: Website / Twitter / Linkedin Here are the 3 things I learned from Gret... Going to a private school and being privileged doesn’t mean you have to follow the standard path int ...…

Ted Fifelski Founder of Gane.io talks us through the opportunity in financial services. At Gane.io, Ted's built a brilliant team of experts in both fintech and mobile which has resulted in a unique mobile wallet solution. Resources: Gane Website / Twitter Here are the 3 things I learned from Ted... If you are going to be a tech entrepreneur, yo ...…

Martijn de Kuijper Founder of Revue talks to us about his rocket fuelled Product Hunt launch which attracted over 1,100 upvotes on Product Hunt. Martijn shares with us his story of the ups and downs of being a maker. Resources: GetRevue Website / Martin's Twitter + Linkedin Here are the 3 things I learned from Martijn... Any side project has th ...…

Chris Savage Founder and CEO of the video marketing platform Wistia. Chris inspires us about his dream come true: having the opportunity to work alongside his friend from University to build a company. Resources: Website / Twitter / Linkedin Here are the 3 things I learned from Chris: Working alongside your startup co-founder who is happens to ...…

Dmitry Dragilev., founder of JustReachOut.io Dmitry single handedly grew a startup from 0 to 40M+ pageviews through PR and got acquired by Google a few years back. He has published 1300+ articles in press and has written guest articles for most major tech publications. He currently runs a PR SaaS called JustReachOut and PR coaching course PRTha ...…

James Eder Founder & Chief Collision Creator @ Causr.co . James recently launched his app startup, but he already has a user who has generated over $500,000 in business as a result of using his app CAUSR. James is seeking a tech co-founder. Can you help? Resources: Website / Twitter / Linkedin Here are the 3 things I learned from James: Remembe ...…

Vivek Chugh, Founder of Listables walks us through his appreneur journey. Leaving a successful career at Zynga, Vivek devotes himself to his app idea. Listables is a collaborative checklist app built on the back of community. Learn from this inspiring entrepreneur as he talks us through the ups and downs over his 18 month app startup. Resources ...…

Jaan Tallin : Skype Co-Founder talks about artificial intelligence being our biggest existential threat to a humans as a species. Will we survive? Listen to find out.... Read interview on Medium Here are the 3 things I learned from Jaan: AI is just one of the many potential existential risks, but there is a possibility that humans are wiped off ...…

I'm Paul Kemp, an app entrepreneur, podcaster and active maker and launcher of apps. I've helped to launch a #2 chart topping recipe app and a #1 music app on Apple’s App Store. I'm probably best known for hosting "The App Guy Podcast” which is in its forth year and has almost 500 recorded episodes with successful founders and app entrepreneur ...…

Victor Ricci, Founder at Trend Pie talks about app success through influencer marketing The college student with a 250 million follower reach Resources: Website / Linkedin

Abe Cohn is the COO of THC Legal Group. Abe focuses much of his energies on navigating through the complex landscape of the cannabis industry. Look at the resources below for links. Abe talks about the next Gold Rush which is now being called: 'The Green Rush" Abe also gives us valuable insights on brand protection, patents and the legal aspect ...…

Shem Magnezi Lead Android Developer @ MyRoll (Acquired by AVG Technologies). His Medium post went viral. It's called: F**k You Startup World We spend this episode looking at the backlash to all the online hype about a life in Startups Resources: Medium Post / Linkedin

The Story of Rich Pleeth and his Million Dollar App Startup called Sup. Rich is a successful ex-Google employee, but he dreamed about having his own startup. Listen to my first interview with Rich Pleeth, Episode 405

Jaan Tallinn And The Story Of Skype. Jaan rarely gives interviews, but he's agreed to come on a future episode of The App Guy Podcast. In this episode, I cover: Meeting his fellow co-founders The inception of Skype The challenges along the way The legacy left behind I'd love your feedback on this new format for the show. Please email me or cont ...…

Chris Herbert CEO at TrackR talks about his rollercoaster journey to selling 3 1/2 million TrackR devices. If you are struggling to make it as an app entrepreneur, have you considered making hardware for iPhone / Android? This episode will unravel the truth behind starting a startup focussed on hardware. Resources: Website / Linkedin…

Mait Muntel, Founder at Lingvist. This is his first startup and he's already attracted over 1/2 million beta testers (without a single bit of marketing). If that's impressive, how about getting the co-founder of Skype as an early investor? Mait left the team at CERN, who discovered the GOD particle, to start this startup. It's an inspirational ...…

Logan Estop-Hall Co-Founder and CEO at Rebel Hack Studios. Logan has a great way of leveraging growth by using data and analysing the hell out of your app users journey. He can unlock growth before you plough money into marketing and PR. Resources: Website / Twitter / Linkedin

Anthony Martin Founder at iCracked tells us his story of starting a phone repair service in his dorm-room to building a successful business worth millions. In fact, his company now has over 5,000 technicians repairing Apple devices across the US. Resources: Website / Linkedin