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Demystifying
Mobile Apps Ecosystem
Co Founder : Signals
Co Founder : Mobile Monday Delhi
Part of Team at Spice Labs, Monsoon Multimedia.
Ideation
What this talk is about ?
Techies
To
Tycoon
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 No Silver Bullet
 Hindsight Wisdom: This is What Worked for us
 My Views Not of My Company or Our Partners
Ideation
How to pick up the right idea to work upon ?
Pre requisite:
Team : Technology MUST be in-house . Never Outsource.
Operating CASH for One Year
Live In Problem Space for few months.
A Case Study in Need Estimation
Need Estimation
Observation :News Volume = User Interest
Conclusion : Demand is universal. All User are App Savvy.
Observation :Nokia Rich Countries Search for Nokia App
Need Estimation
Other Technique:
Ask the OEM App Store Guys for Gap in Content.
Google Predictive Search Suggestion.
BAR Test .( Difficult to do in Ahmedabad)
Online Survey
Geographic Clone & Platform Clone are good ideas.
Need Identified?
Test Assignment
Instagram For Windows Phone ?
Instapaper For Windows Phone ?
Flipboard For Windows Phone ?
Product Management
How to pick right feature & ship the damn thing .
Decision Framework
Your Decision Framework dont give you answer. Its a forcing
function which put a process in place to think
about product.
Qualities of Good Roadmap
Based On right mix of DATA & Believes.
Cohesive with Team Skill and Resources.
Responsive to Market Dynamics.
Clear about bets you are making.
NO Knee Jerk Reactions
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What Customers
are doing in
your product?
What Competition
Is doing right ?
What Customers
Are asking For ?
What you
want to Build ?
And Why ?
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Case Study
Pinterest Vs Facebook Wall
There are no Right Answer in Product Management
Test Assignment
Should Facebook Introduce Dislike Button?
Discovery and Distribution
Build it and Will They Come ?
App Store Dynamics
In Plain English .
Case Study
Free Vs Paid App Featuring Priority
How Bloon Made it to Top5 ?
Monetization
Thinking of Pricing Model and Price Point
Four Quadrant of Pricing
How to Monetize Vs When to Monetize ?
Four Quadrant of Pricing
Quadrant 1 : Games, Studio /portfolio approach,
Four Quadrant of Pricing
Quadrant 2 : Platform and Advertisement
Four Quadrant of Pricing
Quadrant 3: Utility Quadrant
Four Quadrant of Pricing
Quadrant 4: Branding Quadrant
Lessons
Which I Learned Hard Way
What We Believe at Signals
There is no substitute of having a good product.
There is a fine line between perseverance and being stupid.
Learn from everyone but contextualize it for your product .
Avoid cynics .Their Advise is actually their biography.
Between Culture and Competency . Culture always win.
Take Risk :Mediocrity kills you by thousand cuts .
Prashant Singh
Co-Founder, Signals.
Email :prashant@thesignals.net
Cell: +91-9910270434
Skype /Gtalk/Twitter: pacificleo
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Thanks .

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