Pleco: Building a Business, not an App →
Great piece by Ben Thompson, joining the discussion about iOS indie-developer financials:
But independent developers also need to appreciate that the iOS app store, with its minimal barriers to entry and massive consumer audience, requires that they are first and foremost businesspeople.
This isn’t just true for app developers — running your own successful business of any kind requires good business sense in addition to whatever talent, product, or service you’re selling.
I’ve seen so many software developers, web startups, and even local restaurants and retail stores fail because their owners weren’t good businesspeople, despite their software being extremely useful or their food being delicious.