appmakr - DROdio - Chairman & Founding CEO of Armory | Advisor at FounderCulture | Husband & Father

Focusing on Focus: Why We Sold AppMakr

Back in January of 2010, my co-founders Sean, Isaac and I created one of the first mobile app creation platforms, AppMakr [http://www.appmakr.com/]. At the time, we had a thriving mobile app consulting business called PointAbout, and we were building high-end (and expensive) apps for large brands. Our

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How-To: Doing a CES Booth for the first time

CES is an amazing show. With nearly 2 million square feet of exhibit space, it's easy to feel like your little 10x10 booth will get lost in the shuffle. Which, in fact, it will. Here's a detailed account of our experience with AppMakr [http://www.appmakr.com/] doing a show

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Fundraising Cribsheet: Stephen DeBerry of Kapor Capital on deal structures & more

This is another in a series of blogs covering our experience raising $1MM for AppMakr [http://techcrunch.com/2010/10/25/appmakr-iphone-apps/]. You can find all the posts at Fundraising Cribsheet: Guide To The Fundraising Manifesto [http://go.danielodio.com/manifesto]. I sat down today with Stephen DeBerry, a partner

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Fundraising Cribsheet: Guide To The Fundraising Manifesto

In 2010 I started writing a series of blogs titled "Fundraising Cribsheet" describing our experience raising a $1MM round for AppMakr.com [http://techcrunch.com/2010/10/25/appmakr-iphone-apps/]. My goal has been to allow other entrepreneurs to raise money more efficiently than the 14 weeks it took us. Brendan

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8.47% of investors I spoke to, funded AppMakr

I just ran an analysis with the help of Brendan Baker, an Oxford MBA candidate, that shows that 8.47% of the potential investors I had discussions with ended up funding AppMakr's $1MM convertible note [http://techcrunch.com/2010/10/25/appmakr-iphone-apps/]. Here is a blurred-out list of everyone I

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Awesome time-lapse icon creation by Jeff Broderick, AppMakr's lead designer

Here's an awesome time-lapse video of Jeff Broderick, our lead designer, creating an icon for Test Flight App [http://testflightapp.com/] (similar to AppDrop [http://blog.appmakr.com/bypass-iTunes], but for all apps, not just AppMakr apps.) The sketch was provided by the Test Flight folks, and Jeff turned it

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AppMakr Launch: The Craziest Week Ever + Paul Graham's Famous Graph

As many of you know, PointAbout [http://www.pointabout.com/] launched AppMakr [http://www.appmakr.com/] this past week. And it has been the craziest launch I have ever participated in. I don't have a lot of time to write now, since we're still working until 4am to handle the