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. 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 team made the iPhone

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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 doing a show at CES for the

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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. You can find all the posts at Fundraising Cribsheet: Guide To The Fundraising Manifesto. I sat down today with Stephen DeBerry, a partner at Kapor Capital. Stephen has been my main point of contact for

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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. My goal has been to allow other entrepreneurs to raise money more efficiently than the 14 weeks it took us. Brendan Baker, an MBA student at Oxford University,

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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. Here is a blurred-out list of everyone I spoke to - and by "spoke to"

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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 (similar to AppDrop, but for all apps, not just AppMakr apps.) The sketch was provided by the Test Flight folks, and Jeff turned it into an icon. Pretty sweet stuff.

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

As many of you know, PointAbout launched AppMakr 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 rush. I'll write some updated blog posts later