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by kayoone 5381 days ago
i met the guy who wrote the AroundMe iphone app last week. Top 15 overall downloaded app and i think over 30M searches a month. Hes running it all on his own since 2008, just his wife doing support stuff. Very humble and cool guy aswell!
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senko 5381 days ago
Was that on HackFWD build07 event in Berlin? He did a presentation there last Saturday.

I think he mentioned 30M installations. Also, 15% conversion rate from ad-supported free to ad-free premium version of the app. Also, Apple featured him in a TV commercial.

Also, very humble guy. People basically had to pull the conv. rate info and the fact that Apple featured his app out of him. Massive respect.

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kayoone 5381 days ago
yep that was at the HackFWD event in Berlin ;) I think it was 30M installations and 35M searches per month, very impressive.
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