Money Making Millennials: Entrepreneurs | Start Ups | Leaders of the Future

In this episode, Steve P. Young, mobile app developer and host of the Mobile App Chat, discusses what gave him the interest in developing apps. You'll learn that about his first app customer, his son. Also talked about in the episode is Steve's advice for getting started in the mobile app business.

• The interest for developing mobile apps.
• How Steve initially got the idea to develop iPhone apps based on seeing his son play games on his phone.
• The idea to start a podcast and how it's helped Steve grow his app business.
• The transition from having a full-time job to leaving the job and being completely independent.
• Steve's love for making apps.
• Steve's recently developed app, oSnap, a camera app that let's you tap anywhere to take a picture.
• Steve share advice on how to get started with mobile apps

• Steve P. Young Interviews John Lee Dumas about Podcasting
• oSnap, a camera app that let's you tap anywhere to take a picture.

• MobileAppChat website
• Steve P. Young's Twitter

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• How Benny's App, Photo 365, was featured by Apple
• How long Benny waited until he released another app on the App Store
• How Benny has released more than 20 apps on the App Store
• What App Reskinning Is
• Cost involved with App Reskinning
• Benny quitting his job in 2013
• Benny's determination to continue pushing forward despite only making .64 cents on some days
• How sales started slow but eventually continued to grow to the tune of $3,000 in sales from Benny's games alone in October of 2013
• The tipping point of making $12,000 in combined sales of games and apps in December 2013
• Flappy Birds and the explosion of App Reskins
• How App Reskinning Works
• Understanding how to replace images, advertising, etc. in the app source file via Xcode
• Benny shares how he made use of Google and YouTube to find answers to development questions he had
• The best places to purchase app reskin source code
• What are the best practices to optimize your app before submitting to the App Store Finally we discuss the Candy Trademark Saga and how Benny became a trademark hero

• Where Benny purchases his royalty free graphics: GraphicRiver
• Best place to purchase App Reskinning source code:
  • BlueCloudSolutions,
  • Chocolate Lab Apps,
  • ChupaMobile
• Benny discussing his app, All Candy Casino Slots, on Fox Business.

Benny Hsu is an entrepreneur, a blogger, and iPhone app developer. He released his first app on the App Store in August of 2011 called, Photo 365, and in the first month he was featured as App of the Week by Apple and earned $30,000 in just 30 days. Since then, he’s launched more than 20 apps on the App Store.

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Looking for part 1 of the chat with Benny Hsu? Listen here.

Benny Hsu is an entrepreneur, a blogger, and iPhone app developer. He released his first app on the App Store in August of 2011 called, Photo 365, and in the first month he was featured as App of the Week by Apple and earned $30,000 in just 30 days. Since then, he’s launched more than 20 apps on the App Store.

• Benny's turning point of working in the restaurant industry to going online, starting a blog, and creating his first iPhone App.
• Why Benny started his blog, Get Busy Living.
• Benny's process and how he started work on his blog and his first iPhone app in the same month.
• How Benny saw a problem he had with the photo apps that were out there and decided to create a solution.
• Benny's idea of making an app that looks and feels like Apple quality.
• Benny's realization that he can outsource designing & coding an app.
• The differences between hiring an App Development Company with in-house developers and designers vs. being the middleman and hiring both separately.
• How Benny found the company to help him with designing & coding his app.
• The development process and the length of time it took to complete Photo365.
• The best approach to submitting your app to the App Store. Whether to do-it-yourself, or let a pro help you.
• How long it took for Photo 365 to be approved for the App Store.

• Benny Hsu's blog: Get Busy Living
• Darren Rowse's blog: ProBlogger
• Smart Passive Income with Pat Flynn

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Can't wait until Thursday for the next episode? You can listen now and hear Benny answer the question I asked, "Did you have to do any advertising for your App?".

• The problems that Stacey and her brother ran across when launching MySocialCloud
• How MySocialCloud affected Stacey's ability to go to college
• Stacey's thoughts on whether you need a college education to start a business
• A Time Management trick that Stacey applies in her life every day
• Some key things to think about when starting a business or start up
• Avoiding mistakes when starting a business or start up by taking customer's feedback
• Stacey's favorite books
• What entrepreneurship is in one sentence

• Stacey Ferreira's contact information: website, Twitter, Facebook, and Linked-In
• MySocialCloud
• Stacey recommended both of these books: Never Eat Alone by Keith Ferrazzi and Dream It! Do It! by Marty Sklar

• "Start your day with a list of 3 things you want to accomplish today."
• "Entrepreneurship is about having a problem and being scrappy to solve it."

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Stacey Ferreira is only 21 years old and she's already co-founded a start up, MySocialCloud, an online bookmark vault and password manager. She's raised more than $1 million by leveraging Twitter. She's co-founded a community, 2 Billion Under 20, dedicated to helping other people under 20 reach their goals and achieve their dreams. And she's co-founded AdMoar, an online marketplace for traditional ads.

• What gave Stacey and her brother, Scott, the idea behind MySocialCloud
• The single Tweet that Stacey read that started it all and helped her raise more than $1 million
• How Stacey and her brother, Scott, were able to go to a cocktail party underage to meet Sir Richard Branson
• The business requirements before Stacey and Scott could receive angel investments for their start up, MySocialCloud

• Stacey Ferreira's contact information: website, Twitter, Facebook, and Linked-In
• Richard Brandon's contact information: blog and Twitter
• Jerry Murdock's Twitter

I am thrilled that you checked out the one place that educates & empowers young people like you to start a successful business that results: in more money, more freedom, and more control. In this first episode, you'll really get to know who I am as a podcast host and what this podcast is going to be about.

My name is Jonah Wilson, I'm a 17 year old entrepreneur. I’ve done mobile app development, video production, web design, I've consulted small businesses on social media, and currently I’m a Virtual Assistant. This is my first podcast to be launching! I'm really excited because my passion for podcasting began all the way back in 2006. Can you believe it's taken me this long to launch a podcast?

Through this podcast, I want to build a community of young Millennials and I want to show you how you can start a successful business. I will be doing this by providing you with full access to seasoned entrepreneurs, amazing start ups, and leaders of the future. The podcast is going to cover topics like: Podcasting, Making Money with Apps, YouTube & Making Money with Video, Affiliate Marketing, etsy & other craft sites, Making Money with eBooks, and Niche Websites. You can become part of the Money Maker community by subscribing to my newsletter and subscribing to the podcast on iTunes.

• Micro Business for Teens series by Carol Topp
• Launch A Successful Podcast with Kris Gilbertson (CreativeLive Course)
• Podcast Incubator Course with Meron Bareket
• Podcast School with Kris Gilbertson

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