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How to Build a Killer App

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How to Build a Killer App

See next version here: How to Build a Killer App v2.

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  • There needs to be a third circle for price, perfect other than that!

  • Passionate PM | November 7, 2008 5:51 AM | Reply

    And a fourth circle, the USP.

  • It isn't a killer app until the entire software market say its one. You might be aiming at building a hit. Still, both of those things involve processes well beyond development.

    I don't belive that cool has anything to do with it. Nor does identifying a problem have anything to do with what becomes a killer app. Everyone identifies a problem.

    You should identify a paying client who will enable you to productize your technology within the context of their product visualization. Even so, you will be years away from a killer app.

    Price is a dynamic and emergent thing. You cannot design a price into a product, because the pricing strategy will change, and pricing pressures will push your pricing down, or drive your company into an ever smaller and unsustainable market. Price happens.

  • Without going in too much depth for what was supposed to a fun poke at how simple the theory is to build a winner... I understand that the market determines what is a "killer app" but the impact is measured by the problem it addresses, for whom and the viability of the solution is determined by the technology chosen. Technically I can solve anything in VB but the chances of success are reduced.

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