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Viber joins the Billion Dollar App Club

George
March 12, 2014
Audience Building, Billion Dollar Apps, Communications, Viber
The Japanese Internet retailer Rakuten plans to pay nearly $1 billion for Viber Media Inc., the company behind the Viber app. It's an interesting strategy which allows Rakuten to compete more closely with...

Unicorns: What Billion Dollar Startups Have in Common

George
February 6, 2014
Billion Dollar Apps, Research
It always pay to learn from the best, the most successful companies. There is, after all, not much point trying to learn from the average and mediocre. Especially if you're time poor, like most of us these...

Kevin Systrom – Founder and CEO, Instagram

George
January 3, 2014
Billion Dollar Apps, Founder Interviews, Insights, Instagram, Photography
Kevin Rose interviews the CEO of Instagram. Very candid and insightful interview....

Evan Spiegal – CEO of Snapchat (and how he plans to make money)

George
October 27, 2013
Billion Dollar Apps, Communications, Founder Interviews, Insights, Snapchat
Evan talks about how Snapchat will make money at Techcrunch Disrupt, San Francisco...

The Mobile Money Shot

George
June 25, 2013
Audience Building, Billion Dollar Apps, Facebook, Instagram
I have to recommend this great piece by Kara Swisher in Vanity Fair. Unlike the tech magazines and blogs, VF is able to really dig deep into the story behind the world's first Billion Dollar App. The sale of...
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How to Build a Billion Dollar App takes a comprehensive look at how the world's top apps reached billion-dollar valuations. Read what people are saying about the book.

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George Berkowski is an entrepreneur, MIT Rocket Scientist, product guy and lover of apps.

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