How to build a Billion Dollar app? | George Berkowski | TEDxCityUniversityLondon

Apps have changed the way we communicate, shop, play, interact and travel and their phenomenal popularity has presented possibly the biggest business opportunity in history. George gives you exclusive access to the secrets behind the success of the select group of apps that have achieved billion-dollar success.

George Berkowski is an entrepreneur who has built businesses in manned space flight, online dating, transportation and mobile apps. His new venture is IceCream ~ a Camera app that never runs out space (and a lot more fun features).

He is one of the minds behind the internationally successful taxi hailing app Hailo where he led the product team until September 2013. George studied rocket science and economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and business at the École Supérieure de Commerce de Paris. He was Chairman of MIT’s Enterprise Forum in the UK and is heavily involved in the UK and US startup scenes. George now divides his time between London and Silicon Valley.

[seccat]

Workaround for MacOS:
1) Apple menu, select System Preferences.
2) Select Accessibility.
3) Under Audio, Select the Play stereo audio as mono checkbox.

[EinBuchinMinuten]

Watched the video, built an app and now i am a billionaire. Thank you Tedx!

[simphiwentsindiso]

How many ppl are here because of ideas?

[nzshareman]

"If you think something should be there but it isn't, then it should."

[nyhtopossu]

I have to admit that at this moment I'm not any closer to creating a billion dollar app than I was before watching this video.

[aryamangoel]

90% of comments: Roasting him about the audio problem
10% of comments: I still can't make a billion dollar app

[photoshopskillz]

I still don't know "how to build a Billion Dollar app"

[revazzhvania]

This is one of the most underrated TEDx Talks.

[theCamster]

I've never had an interest in coding, but creating an app is always something I wanted to do. Never knew ppl who coded except my pops. Nice to know there are other alternatives, cause getting through the first page of a javascript just never works out for me lol

[JODECIFEENIN]

who else is ready to take over the tech industry

[Muic]

Nearly 6 years later, I'm playing the game whilst watch/listening to this.

[vladbilous]

Although stories of successful apps were extremely oversimplified, there were some interesting ideas worth to think about. When entering a market, you either need a product that way more better than all exiting ones or you need something completely new. From myself I may add, that you also need to ensure that some big tech giant will not steal your idea, and will not implement it, due to its unlimited resources, in a better way, taking all your users away.

[norapeace]

Is it just me or this video's sound is mostly on the left side of your computer??? 🤔

[jamesdot]

I spent half the video tweaking my headphones🎧 wires...till I read the comments

[tewfik]

The only thing you need to know is to create VALUE to your customers. no need to over complicate anything, remember JUST DO IT.

[ryandobal]

this went through one ear and out the other

[fbomb]

Dude an iam here stuck in morocco starving in a fkn small town with good mobile apps develpment skills and app ideas that are unique and proven to work brfore

[dopemusic]

The last video I watched of this guy the audio was on the right ear, now it's left, I like the balance.

[unfortunatewitnessX]

Not just ideas, but a viable business plan and making my dreams come true.

[Pamphilpaulo]

the richest man that's ever lived was named mansa musa