Andrew Haller is the co-founder of AirDev, a new kind of software development company that creates dynamic web and mobile apps for clients without writing code. Andrew comes from a non-technical background: he studied economics at Stanford, earned an MBA from Harvard, and worked as a management consultant prior to starting AirDev on the belief that how software is made — and who makes it — will change dramatically in the coming years.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
None Specific
When business started difficulties overcame:
“There’s a point when you have to tell your job that you’re quitting and that you’re going to do this full time but prior to that, vlad and I were both working on this concept nights and weekends so I think that by itself is one challenge, trying to find the time of day and it doesn’t feel like work because we were passionate about it but it was tricky to sort of balance all the time commitments from my normal job and this side project” …[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
The Innovator’s Dilemma (Management of Innovation and Change) Book by Clayton M ChristensenFavourite Quote:
- “Say Yes”
- “Be Obvious”
Recommended Online Resources:
Product Hunt – is a curation of the best new products, every day Discover the latest mobile apps, websites, and technology products that everyone s talking about.
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“Making sure you’re working on something that is a passion project because it’s going to be a long road no matter what you get yourself into and things are not going to go the way you expect them to go and there’ll be challenges coming at you left and right and if it’s something that you’re pursuing because you think there’s a pay off potentially at the end of the day or because you think you have this clever idea that no one has thought of or because you think you have some skill and might as well do it, none of those reasons will be enough to keep you going”…[Listen for More]
More About Andrew Haller:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“We can each sit and wait to die, from the very day of our births. Those of us who do not do so, choose to ask–and to answer–the two questions that define every conscious creature: What do I want? and What will I do to get it? Which are, finally, only one question: What is my will? Caine teaches us that the answer is always found within our own experience; our lives provide the structure of the question, and a properly phrased question contains its own answer” Matthew Woodring Stover, Blade of Tyshalle
Other Quotes From the Chat with Andrew Haller:
- “Be in touch with your customers”
- “Success and entrepreneurship is all about pushing through more challenges than everybody else who is trying to do the same thing”
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