Episodes
Wednesday Jun 22, 2016
Season 2 Episode 5 - Command Control Power - Find your Niche
Wednesday Jun 22, 2016
Wednesday Jun 22, 2016
Tuesday Jun 14, 2016
Season 2 Episode 4 - Amy McKnight - Empower your Customers
Tuesday Jun 14, 2016
Tuesday Jun 14, 2016
Monday Jun 06, 2016
Season 2 Episode 3 - Randy Krum
Monday Jun 06, 2016
Monday Jun 06, 2016
Monday May 23, 2016
Season 2 Episode 2 - Peter Shankman
Monday May 23, 2016
Monday May 23, 2016
Tuesday May 17, 2016
Season 2 Episode 1 - We are back!
Tuesday May 17, 2016
Tuesday May 17, 2016
Sunday Jun 07, 2015
Episode 37 - Victor Agreda Jr - Tell the Story
Sunday Jun 07, 2015
Sunday Jun 07, 2015
Sunday May 31, 2015
Episode 36 - Tony Ubertaccio - Give Value Up Front.
Sunday May 31, 2015
Sunday May 31, 2015
Sunday Apr 05, 2015
Episode 35 - Ryan Cash - Alto's Adventure
Sunday Apr 05, 2015
Sunday Apr 05, 2015
Alto's Adventure
Today we have Ryan Cash from Snowman software on the podcast. Ryan and his team built an amazing game for iOS called Alto's Adventure. Ryan and I discuss how the game came to fruition, and the marketing strategy. I know a lot of you have been asking about how to go about building a game, so here's the episode for you!
As in previous episodes, we discussed treating the app like a movie — releasing tidbits of the game in teasers and trailers, and then showing some behind the scenes such as how the game was built. Ryan learned how to build his audience using this method. Having posted a few things on the website, he was able to build up the anticipation for the game, much like a producer would for a big Hollywood blockbuster.
My thanks to Ryan and the entire team at Snowman for releasing Alto's Adventure. Go play it today!
If you like the content in this episode please do leave a review in iTunes.
Links Mentioned During the Show:
Snowman - Ryan's company
Alto's Adventure - game site. Check out the easter egg with the bird flying around.
Ryan's personal home page
Ryan's Twitter page
Monday Mar 30, 2015
Episode 34 - Doug Fluckiger - Advance your idea
Monday Mar 30, 2015
Monday Mar 30, 2015
Help advance your idea
With today's episode, I have brought on Doug Fluckiger from Silver Creek Studio. Doug happens to be my outsourced graphic designer, but I didn't have him on to talk about us. I brought Doug on today to talk about how to find a graphic designer. With some great tidbits, Doug talks about finding someone who will not just do the graphics and be done, but will help you advance your idea.
When you are outsourcing anything, you want someone who will be a partner on the project not just a "yes" man/woman. You want someone to ask questions about how the system is being constructed, or why do this instead of that. Doug isn't just a graphic designer — he's an idea man.
As with choosing any outsourcing personal, look at things like feedback, ratings, and the portfolio. Doug happens to have a 4.92 rating with over 1000 job hours logged on oDesk so it was pretty easy for me to want to use his services when he bid on the project.
I have to apologize in advance, we had to use a conference call system to have the interview, so it's not as sharp as previous episodes.
If you like the content in this episode please do leave a review in iTunes.
Links Mentioned During the Show:
Silver Creek Studio - Doug's company
Doug's oDesk Profile - you have to log into oDesk to see it.
Monday Mar 16, 2015
Episode 33 - The Global Intellectual Properties Law Symposium
Monday Mar 16, 2015
Monday Mar 16, 2015
Lawyers across the world!
Today is a special episode of Appitalize On Your Idea the Podcast. We have on first time returning guest David Postolski, and his partner Susanne Somersalo on to talk about The Global Intellectual Properties Law Symposium The GIPLS is the first of it's kind. A three day event taking place March 30th-April 1st. The Symposium, being put on by Gearhart Law will bring nine lawyers from around the world together to answer questions about IP protection from around the world.
For more information check out Appitalize On Your Idea.
Sunday Mar 08, 2015
Episode 32 - Bruce Zutler - Be the Captain
Sunday Mar 08, 2015
Sunday Mar 08, 2015
Zen of Consulting
Bruce Zutler of Venn Products Group joins us today on the Appitalize On Your Idea Podcast. Bruce is a mastermind when it comes to manufacturing, marketing, intellectual property and financing. Essentially if you want to start a business building a product, Bruce is the person to speak to.
Bruce and I discuss the challenges of manufacturing. Using sites like Alibaba are great but there's so much more than just posting your idea and hoping someone across the world will make it. There are issues like materials, tooling, anticipated market and quantities. Bruce goes into the three elements of any new product. They are:
- Productization
- Montization
- Commercialization
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Sunday Mar 01, 2015
Episode 31 - Michelle Tripp - Have a Plan!
Sunday Mar 01, 2015
Sunday Mar 01, 2015
Ideas are not cheap
On todays episode we have the wonderfully talented Michelle Tripp on to talk about how to market your product. Michelle's number one rule? Have a plan! A great line from the movie One Crazy Summer — "Without plan there is no attack, without attack there's no victory!"
Links Mentioned During the Show:
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Sunday Feb 01, 2015
Episode 30 - Claudia Altucher - Ideas are the currency of the 21st century.
Sunday Feb 01, 2015
Sunday Feb 01, 2015
Ideas are not cheap
It's episode 30! Today we have on special guest Claudia Azula Altucher. Claudia is a two time best seller, and her latest book Become An Idea Machine has just been published. Claudia talks to us today about how to come up with ideas. "The Idea muscle is like any other muscle, it must be worked out." Claudia, and her husband James Altucher, make it a point to say that you need to come up with 10 ideas a day. It seems like a lot of work but it's not really. Claudia says, get it out of the way early in the morning, like going to the gym and be done. If you keep it up, you will not only have a list of ideas to work from, but you will be able to come up with new ideas at any time.
Links Mentioned During the Show:
Claudias Home Page
Claudias Twitter Page
Become An Idea Machine - Claudias book - free for you to download.
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Monday Jan 26, 2015
Episode 29 - Jeet Banerjee - Serial Entrepreneur Extraordinaire
Monday Jan 26, 2015
Monday Jan 26, 2015
The 22 year old Serial Entrepreneur
Today I bring on Jeet Banerjee. Jeet, at 22 years old, has started multiple successful business, wrote a book, and has even spoke at TEDx! It amazes me how Jeet even has time to sleep! Jeet and I discuss how he gets through his days. Jeet talks about prioritizing your tasks. Figure out your day. What important things MUST get done first? Then he delves into something I think a lot of struggle with - figuring out your strengths and weaknesses. It's ok to be weak at something - but the goal would be to figure out how to find someone to fill in those weaknesses. I usually outsource, but Jeet doesn't always do that. Sometimes he actually hires someone temporarily. Jeet has some great experience even at his young age. I'm super glad to have had him on the podcast.
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Saturday Jan 17, 2015
Episode 28 - Annie Scranton - The Jigsaw Puzzle of Marketing
Saturday Jan 17, 2015
Saturday Jan 17, 2015
The Jigsaw Puzzle of Marketing
Happy Monday! Today I'm glad to have on Annie Scranton of Pace Public Relations in NYC. Annie, whose name you heard back in episode 26, has graced us by bringing her PR knowledge to the Appitalize On Your Idea Podcast. Annie and I discuss the need for a Public Relations firm.
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Saturday Jan 10, 2015
Episode 26 - Micah Baldwin - Light Your Money On Fire!
Saturday Jan 10, 2015
Saturday Jan 10, 2015
Light Your Money on Fire!
I'm so excited to bring on my mentor, Micah Baldwin on today's episode of Appitalize On Your Idea podcast. I wanted to bring Micah on to discuss something I have been asked a lot about. "How do I raise money for my company?" As someone who has only bootstrapped my ideas, I have never been able to give the right advice about it. Micah, who is a multi-successful entrepreneur who has raised money on many occasions. Micah talks about the things investors look for. This includes understanding the market, making sure the team is smart and operate inside the market. The last item is the product. Note how the product is the last thing an investor looks at. Knowing and understanding the market and the team are more important for investors. My thanks to Micah for taking the time to talk about this topic.
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Monday Jan 05, 2015
Episode 25 - Michael Sorrentio - eyePatch case
Monday Jan 05, 2015
Monday Jan 05, 2015
A secret Appitalizer
Happy New Year everyone, and welcome back to the Appitalize Podcast. Today I have on my friend Mike Sorrentino. Mike is a secret Appitalizer. By this I mean, he followed all the ways to Appitalize on his idea without even knowing it. Mike is the inventor of the eyePatch case, a physical case for your mobile device with a slider to cover the camera. Mike came up with the idea while listening to the radio one night. He got a patent, and then outsourced the design and manufacturing and is in the works to outsource the sale and storage of the case. Can you be more of an Appitalizer?!
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Tuesday Dec 23, 2014
Holiday Episode!
Tuesday Dec 23, 2014
Tuesday Dec 23, 2014
Happy Holidays Everyone!
Just a quick note from me to all of you, happy holidays and have a safe new year. This weeks podcast is a special one because I was able to get some of the past guests on to wish everyone a merry christmas, happy hanukah, happy kwanza and happy new year. Thanks to:Jason Womack
Elizabeth and Richard Gearhart
Martin Waxman
David Postolski
Jason Frasca
Allen Hancock
Michael Sorrentino
Eyal Amir
Warren Whitlock
Matthew Hintz
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Monday Dec 15, 2014
Episode 24 - Richard and Elizabeth Gearhart - power couple!
Monday Dec 15, 2014
Monday Dec 15, 2014
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Monday Dec 08, 2014
Episode 23 - Warren Whitlock - The Power of Twitter
Monday Dec 08, 2014
Monday Dec 08, 2014
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Monday Dec 01, 2014
Episode 22 - Martin Waxman - The Zen of Content Marketing
Monday Dec 01, 2014
Monday Dec 01, 2014
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Tuesday Nov 25, 2014
Episode 21 - Happy Thanksgiving y'all!
Tuesday Nov 25, 2014
Tuesday Nov 25, 2014
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Friday Nov 14, 2014
Episode 20 - Jason Frasca - Google+ and Evernote
Friday Nov 14, 2014
Friday Nov 14, 2014
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Sunday Nov 09, 2014
Episode 19 - Pia Silva - Emotional Connections
Sunday Nov 09, 2014
Sunday Nov 09, 2014
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Saturday Nov 01, 2014
Episode 18 - Matthew Hintz - Your trademark tells what your company is going to be!
Saturday Nov 01, 2014
Saturday Nov 01, 2014
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Friday Oct 24, 2014
Episode 17 - Hostful - What's up Justin!
Friday Oct 24, 2014
Friday Oct 24, 2014
What's been happening lately?
I know it's been a while since I've posted a podcast episode, and today's episode is a little hostful episode describing what's been happening lately.
While many of you know I've been super busy with Virtua Computers, building new apps with Autriv, and my wife and I are expecting our first child.
Today I discussed some new cloud tools I've been using such as ZenDesk, Freshbooks, and AirPair.com, and prepping you guys for upcoming episodes.
For more information check out Appitalize On Your Idea.
Saturday Jun 28, 2014
Episode 16 - Carmine Gallo - Tell Your Story
Saturday Jun 28, 2014
Saturday Jun 28, 2014
Tell the story. Share your vision.
I'm super excited about todays episode with Carmine Gallo. Carmine is a communications coach. He helps large (like Fortune 100 companies large) tell their story. He talks to CEO's, Sales Teams, and all in between showing them the right way to tell their story and share their vision. Today he talks with me, so you Appitalizers can hear him first hand.
Carmine mentions some great tips in our conversation - such as the "Twitter Friendly Headline". He explains that if you can't share what you do in less than 140 characters - you can't explain what you do. He explains how you, when presenting either to a group of investors or even your family, need to make your story have 3 big components:
- Emotional
- Novel
- Memorable
Truly listen to Carmines words of wisdom, and remember them next time you go to
Links Mentioned During the Show:
Carmines site - Go here to check out his book offerings, including his newest book Talk Like TED
Bill Gates at TED - Bill Gates releases mosquitos on his audience at TED
Steve Jobs introduces the iPod - a great example of using Carmine's three rules
Steve Jobs introduces the iPhone - another great example of the three rules. Watch the difference between the iPod introduction and this one.
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Saturday Jun 21, 2014
Episode 15 - Mindy Bickel - USPTO education.
Saturday Jun 21, 2014
Saturday Jun 21, 2014
USPTO meets College!
Today we interview Mindy Bickel from the US Patent and Trademark Office. The USPTO and Cornell have teamed up to help entrepreneurs get informed and to learn about how to patent their ideas.
As an Appitalizer, you should now be plenty aware that you need to protect yourself and your ideas. We have had lawyers on before to explain how to getting protected, but with Mindy we learn it from the other side. Mindy's goal with the program is to teach Appitalizer's how to educate themselves with the process of patents.
Education is the best way to not only to learn about patents, but also to protect yourself from others, such as patent trolls.
Listen to the interview with Mindy to learn where and how you can learn and get yourself protected.
Links Mentioned During the Show:
US Patent and Trade Office Website - Go here for massive information
Email Mindy for help
For more information check out Appitalize On Your Idea.
Tuesday Jun 03, 2014
Episode 14 - Dennis Bone - Do it yourself economy
Tuesday Jun 03, 2014
Tuesday Jun 03, 2014
Entrepreneurial Students
On this episode I've interview Montclair State University's own Dennis Bone. Dennis was the former CEO of Verizon New Jersey before being tapped to be the director of the Feliciano Center for Entrepreneurship at MSU. Dennis instituted a new 3 class program that will help students become entrepreneurs.
I say this a lot during the actual episode, but do I wish this was around when I was a student. Having this kind of hands on experience really allows students to learn about how to succeed in todays ever changing world. No longer are we groomed to get jobs at big corporations but we are starting to be taught how to come up with our own ideas and make them a reality while in school!
The whole program that Dennis describes in todays interview really brings a smile to my face knowing that students are being taught this and they are learning what it takes to Appitalize!
Listen to the whole thing the jump.
Links Mentioned During the Show:
Montclair State PR - Naming Dennis Bone as Director of Entreprenuership
The Entrepreneur Program at Montclair State Univeristy.
Monday Apr 28, 2014
Episode 13 - Luis Giraldo - Scratch Your Itch
Monday Apr 28, 2014
Monday Apr 28, 2014
Scratch your own itch!
Today I'm talking with Luis Giraldo, owner and CEO of Monkey Box in Canada. Luis who's an Apple consultant by day (like me!) found something in his day to day that he needed. He took that idea (what he calls his itch) and made it happen. He was able to Appitalize on his idea.
Why I love what Luis did has nothing to do with Monkey Box (despite it being a great app), but more with how he got it built. Luis is a very smart person, but knew where his limits were. He not only outsourced the programming, but he outsourced the marketing. He brought in a marketing company to help write the "copy" on his website. These small touches provided by the company helped Monkey Box appeal to not only other Apple consultants, but to individuals as well.
Luis really understands the Appitalize movement, and it's very evident in his wonderfully built product.
Links Mentioned During the Show:
Monkey Box - Luis's company site for Monkey Box
Ook - Luis's IT consulting company site
Luis's Twitter Page
We The Collective - One of the marketing companies used for Monkey Box
6S Marketing - The other marketing company used for Monkey Box
55 Minutes - Web development team
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Tuesday Apr 08, 2014
Episode 12 - Jason Womack - Your best just got better!
Tuesday Apr 08, 2014
Tuesday Apr 08, 2014
Your best just got better!
I'm super excited about todays episode with Jason Womack, of The Jason Womack Company. Jason wrote a book, and current has a podcast called Your Best Just Got Better, in which he discusses ways to help you transform. Whether it's networking or just simple time management, Jason gives great tips towards just doing better in life.
Jason's company helps entrepreneurs, CEOs, even stay at home parents the ability to achieve more. With his Get Momentum company, he helps figure out the ways you can create better results with everything.
I am super excited to have had Jason on the podcast for you to listen. Also I guest posted for Jason's blog discussing how to gain momentum to come up with the next big idea.
Links Mentioned During the Show:
The Jason Womack Company - Jason's company website
Get Momentum - Jason's other company
Jasons's Twitter Page
Monday Mar 31, 2014
Episode 11 - David Postolski - Patents, Patents and more Patents
Monday Mar 31, 2014
Monday Mar 31, 2014
Lawyers are your friends!
Today I sit down with David Postolski of Day Pitney, LLP. David is an Intellectual Properties lawyers in NY and today we discuss how, what and who should patent and protect their idea (the answer is everyone who has an idea!). David and I talk about the need for protection. How do you keep people from stealing your idea and making money when you should be!
David breaks down the three major intellectual property types:
- Copyright
- Trademark
- Patent
All three items have their own specific requirements, and protections with them. You can protect your "property" using one of these three. You should hire a lawyer to help, but listen to David explain what the difference is and how to get your self covered.
Listen to the whole interview below the jump.
Links Mentioned During the Show:
Day Pitney, LLP - David's law firm company website
David's LinkedIn Page
David's Twitter Page
Monday Mar 24, 2014
Episode 10 – Liana Knudsen – Time and Passion
Monday Mar 24, 2014
Monday Mar 24, 2014
Be Passionate!
In todays episode we have Liana Kundsen, CEO and master baker of Auntie Liana's Bakery. Liana and her company really hold up the ideals behind Appitalizing on Your Idea. Liana has a full time job (disclosure: she works with my wife), and a part-time entrepreneurial track. In her after hours she runs Auntie Liana's Bakery and makes this delicious cakeballs.
Liana and I discuss time management in this weeks episode of Appitalize On Your Idea: The Podcast. Her day job is very demanding, and she works very long hours, yet she still has the time and the passion to come home and bake, scoop, and glaze cakeballs. By giving up some things she likes to do, like watch TV, she is able to run her business. Her time management skills have given her the ability to succeed where so many have failed. If you have a passion, and an idea, there's no reason to make sure you know what's happening on the latest episode of The Blacklist.
Listen to the whole interview, and how Liana has risen her business up and what her plans are for moving forward.
Links Mentioned During the Show:
Auntie Liana's - company website
Auntie Liana's on Twitter
Auntie Liana's on Pinterest
Friday Mar 14, 2014
Episode 9 - Chris Hawker - Ideas and Inventor!
Friday Mar 14, 2014
Friday Mar 14, 2014
Need an Idea?
Today's episode is an amazing one with inventor Chris Hawker. Chris, owner of Trident Designs and inventor talks about how he comes up with ideas. Chris' company has produced hundreds of products to be sold in the likes of Wal-Mart and Target. Chances are you have something he thought of in your own home! Chris really delves into how he started, and how you can come up with ideas just looking around. "Every invention solves a problem," he says. I can't agree anymore!
Links Mentioned During the Show:
Trident Design - Chris's company
Chris Hawker on Twitter
Invetors Mind - Chris' blog.
Sunday Mar 09, 2014
Episode 8 - Hostful – MVP and Vetting
Sunday Mar 09, 2014
Sunday Mar 09, 2014
Create a value helping position, not a marketing position.
Today I decided to a do hostful episode. I wanted to share with you two things that have been on my mind lately.
The first is MVP - Minimum Viable Product. When developing an idea you need to learn your core competency of your idea. Build just that in your first version and get it out in the wild. Don't fall subject to "feature creature". Not sure what your core competency is? Describe your product in 1 sentence, that's it! For SignMyPad our core competency is "Sign PDF documents", and SignMyPad allows you to do just that! Many people want the product they build to be super polished but when there are over a million apps out there, being first is very important.
The second thing I discuss this week is vetting a programming team. Using Guru.com, I have been able to find programmers such as my team in India and Eyal Amir. Guru.com has a lot of potential freelancer on the site so how do you weed out who's good or not? You need to be able to ask the right questions to the potential freelancer and look at their portfolio. In the case of programmers, look at the apps they've created. Look at the reviews of those apps and look for stand out reviews such as 'app crashes'. If you see a lot of that, don't hire that team!
All of these tips and tricks are available to help you bring your idea to fruition. What idea are you work on this week? Share it in the comments below or in iTunes.
Sunday Mar 02, 2014
Episode 7 - David Murray - Value Marketing via Social Media
Sunday Mar 02, 2014
Sunday Mar 02, 2014
Create a value helping position, not a marketing position.
March is upon us! Todays episode is a great one for people who need marketing help. David Murray, social media directory at Blue Cross Blue Shield joins us to discuss how to use Social Media to communicate with your audience. David talks about how to get started by listening to your customers. Listen to what issues they are having, and then answer them. It's not always about a sales pitch.
"You need to create a value position." Social Media should be used a communication channel, not always a "marketing" channel. Communicating with your customers by listening and participating. Hitting people over the head with the "use my product" concept doesn't work. You need to show your potential customers the value of your product or even better let them get to know you. Letting your customers know you changes their feelings towards your company, and sometimes customers feel a strong bond to your company since now they know about you as a person.
He continues to dive deep into these topics.
Listen to the whole interview below the jump.
Links Mentioned During the Show:
Building Your Content Bubble
Dave Murr on Twitter
Thursday Feb 20, 2014
Episode 6 - Pam Lefkowitz - Personal Needs
Thursday Feb 20, 2014
Thursday Feb 20, 2014
Everything we do is out of our personal need.
Today is a great day to get something done. Let's start it off right by listening to todays Appitalize On Your Idea: The Podcast episode 6 with my guest Pam Lefkowitz from Core Computing in Chicago.
Pam is an Apple Consultant, who in her spare time likes to knit. She tells us how there were no good ways to make graph paper patters digitally. So what did she do? She went out and made an app! She found ways to outsource the coding and even bartered for the design work inside the app. Pam talks about the struggles of getting the app out there, and the downsides to apps ("buy once own forever").
What I love about this interview with Pam is that despite that her app isn't making a ton of money - she went out and did it. She took a risk with it. I applaud Pam's tenacity for jumping in and I think every can learn a valuable lesson from the episode.
Listen to the whole interview below the jump.
Links Mentioned During the Show:
Core Computing - Pam's company
Info on DesignKNIT
DesignKNIT on the App Store
Saturday Feb 15, 2014
Episode 5 - Michael Robin - Bootstrap Marketing
Saturday Feb 15, 2014
Saturday Feb 15, 2014
DIY Marketing!
In today's episode I talk with Michael Robin of Rocksauce Studios. Michael explains how anyone with an idea can market their product using social media. Even some of the most basic rules of marketing such as tell the story before the product launches. What I love the most about this interview is Michael's story about one of their clients who had a notebook app. I don't want to give away the secret (you should listen to the episode!) but what the creator of the app did was SUPER creative.
Not everyone is a "marketing" person, but that can't stop you from getting your products out there in peoples faces. Using social media is such a great way to jump right into the world of marketing. Posting on the big named social sites such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube allow you to potentially reach millions of people. You have to have your strategy right, and be ready to take risks.
You'll hear some great ideas from Michael, and she even gave me a great idea to start an Appitalize On Your Idea pinterest board with some motivational quotes. I started that, so check that out here.
There are some really great tips in the interview, and I hope you enjoy it. Listen to the whole interview below the jump.
Links Mentioned During the Show:
Rocksauce Studios
Rocksauce Studios on Twitter
Michael Robins on Twitter
AppDev chat interview with me
Friday Feb 07, 2014
Episode 4 - Eyal Amir - Invest in yourself
Friday Feb 07, 2014
Friday Feb 07, 2014
Outsourcing is not a bad thing!
Eyal Amir, owner of Hammertech Engineering solutions, joins us on todays Appitalize On Your Idea: The Podcast. Eyal is a programmer that I've hired to do some work on apps for me in the past. In todays episode we discuss how you can find and hire outsourced personnel, and what to look for when vetting someone. One big thing we discuss is being able to explain what you want to the outsourced employee.
We cover the whole process from once you have the idea to getting it made. Outsourcing is a great way to find someone to help bring your idea to fruition. Outsourcing doesn't necessarily mean giving up jobs and going out of country. The stigma of outsourcing is going away, allowing people who have ideas to make them become a reality.
Links Mentioned During the Show:
Hammertech Engineering Solutions - Eyal's company
Guru.com - A resource to post your project online, and hire a freelancer to outsource the work.
Freelancer.com (Used to be vWorker.com) - Another resource to post your project online, and hire a freelancer to outsource the work.
Thursday Jan 30, 2014
Episode 3 - Dr. Roy Bachar - Know Your Idea!
Thursday Jan 30, 2014
Thursday Jan 30, 2014
Don't be afraid!
Today's episode of Appitalize On Your Idea: The Podcast, I bring on a childhood friend, Dr. Roy Bachar, who has become a very distinguished psychiatrist in New York City. I wanted to bring Dr. Bachar on to help people realize that fear can be overcome when building your idea. We talk about how you can overcome fear by finding places to go to focus on your work, and realizing that while you project your passions on your ideas, you are not your idea as a person. Dr. Bachar explains that a failure on an idea does not mean you are a failure as a person.
We also discuss how to be motivated. Finding something you are passionate about allows you to be motivated to move forward with your idea to make it become a reality.
I hope that the lessons that Dr. Bachar share helps you realize that it's ok to take on the challenge of Appitalizing On Your Idea.
Listen to the whole interview below the jump.
Links Mentioned During the Show:
Do! - iOS based To Do list
Wednesday Jan 22, 2014
Episode 2 - Allen Hancock - Watchman Monitoring
Wednesday Jan 22, 2014
Wednesday Jan 22, 2014
Two in a row!!
Super happy to be posing the second episode of Appitalize On Your Idea: The PodCast. Today's guest is Allen Hancock, founder of Watchman Monitoring.
Allen and I discuss how Watchman Monitoring came to fruition. In his day job, Allen is an Apple Consultant in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. During his day he found an issue that clearly needed to be solved. How can we check to make sure users backups are running? At the time there was no clear cut answer, so Allen went out and devised a way to do so. He had an employee who was able to help and when it got too much, he reached out to hire someone. While that person was going to teach Allen how to program, Allen ended up just outsourcing all the programming to him - SMART!
Allen saw an issue and was able to solve it with a great program. If you are an IT consultant you should totally check out Watchman Monitoring. Listen to the whole interview below the jump.
Links Mentioned During the Show:
Watchman Monitoring - Allens product
Background Backup - Offsite backup
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Friday Jan 17, 2014
Episode 1 - Kyle Samani - Pristine.io
Friday Jan 17, 2014
Friday Jan 17, 2014
It's our first episode!
Welcome one and all to the first episode of Appitalize On Your Idea: The PodCast. In this episode I give a quick review of what the podcast is going to be, before interviewing our first guest Kyle Samani of Pristine.io.
Kyle and I discuss Pristine's product, which is a video streaming tool for the medical industry. Thanks to Google Glass, doctors, nurses and paramedics can now stream medical issues to any other device. An example from the show is a paramedic who is streaming and communicating with the hospital getting real time information, as well as sending it back to the hospital via video.
Kyle got Pristine.io up and running by blogging 3 times a week. His motivator? Stickk.com. Stickk is a site that motivates you by giving money from your account to a charity that you hate. A great motivator for so many people. Thanks to his blogging Kyle caught the eye of a doctor who wanted to invest in Kyle. Hence the beginning of Pristine.io.
For our first episode, I think we did pretty outstanding!
Links Mentioned During the Show:
- Pristine.io - Kyle's company
- Pristine on Twitter
- Kyle's Blog
- Meta-View SpaceGlasses
- Atheer Labs
- Leap Motion - Motion controller