Elaine Heney is the #1 Bestselling Author of The App Escape Plan and App Marketing. She is the CEO of Chocolate Lab Apps iPhone developer blog with over 180 apps published and 3 million downloads.
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- Your Big Idea: Successful Entrepreneurs have One Big Idea. Follow JLD’s FREE training & you’ll discover Your Big Idea in less than an hour!
Success Quote
- “It’s not rocket science.” – Unknown
Business Failure
- Elaine spent $2k on her first three apps and all of them came out miserably. Listen to her lessons learned and how she got herself out from under that mountain of failure to where she sits today: with over 3,000,000 downloads!
Entrepreneurial AH-HA Moment
- Elaine saw that it was not one big idea that made an App business successful, but rather a combination of many key points. She shares these points with Fire Nation today!
Current Business
- Elaine shares her views on the current App industry and where she sees her business heading in the future.
Small Business Resource
- Sensor Tower: Get any app’s keywords. Just enter the app name!
- App Cooker: Create stunning mockups or wireframes of iPhone and iPad Apps in no time. Share clickable prototypes for free with AppTaster.
Best Business Book
- Rework by Jason Fried
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