Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

    • 1.1 Introduction

    • 1.2 How to Navigate this Course

    • 1.3 iOS App or Android App

    • 1.4 Ingredient 1 of Great Apps - Innovative

    • 1.5 Ingredient 2 of Great Apps - Delightful

    • 1.6 Ingredient 3 of Great Apps - Connected

    • 1.7 Ingredient 4 of Great Apps - Optimized

    • 1.8 Ingredient 5 of Great Apps - Beautiful

    • 1.9 3 Ways to Make Money from Apps

  • 2

    How to Create an App if You're Not Technical

    • 2.1 How to Find a Technical Cofounder

    • 2.2 How to Outsource your App Idea

    • 2.3 Case Study - Coffee Meets Bagel

  • 3

    Testing and Validating Your App Idea

    • 3.1 Introductiong to Lean Product Design

    • 3.2 Test Your Product Hypothesis by Designing Experiments

    • 3.3 Test by Smoke Selling

    • 3.4 Test by Making a Product Demo Video

    • 3.5 Test by Using the Concierge Method

    • 3.6 Exercise - Test Your Product Hypothesis

  • 4

    Testing and Validating Your App Idea

    • 3.1 Introductiong to Lean Product Design

    • 3.2 Test Your Product Hypothesis by Designing Experiments

    • 3.3 Test by Smoke Selling

    • 3.4 Test by Making a Product Demo Video

    • 3.5 Test by Using the Concierge Method

    • 3.6 Exercise - Test Your Product Hypothesis

  • 5

    Finding a Market Fit

    • 4.1 Use SWOT Analysis to Understand the Market Landscape

    • 4.2 Exercise - Do a SWOT Analysis on Dropbox

    • 4.3 Compare Answers - Do a SWOT Analysis on Dropbox

    • 4.4 Make Your Product Stand Out by Doing a Competitive Analysis

    • 4.5 Discover How Big Your Opportunity is by Sizing the Market

    • 4.6 Accerlerate Your Product's Growth by Spotting Key Trends

  • 6

    Building Empathy to Relate to Your Users

    • 5.1 Buildy Empathy by Making Personas

    • 5.2 Common Mistakes When Making Personas

    • 5.3 Persona Video Stories

    • 5.4 Exercise - Make a Persona

    • 5.5 Build Empathy by Making an Empathy Map

    • 5.6 Exercise - Create an Empathy Map

  • 7

    Shaping the Product

    • 6.1 How Apple Creates Laser Focused Products

    • 6.2 Learn How to Create a Feature Backlog

    • 6.3 Manage a Feature Backlog Using Pivotal Tracker

    • 6.4 Exercise - Create a Feature Backlog

  • 8

    Wireframes

    • 7.1 Introduction to Wireframing

    • 7.2 Wireframing Using Axure - Part 1

    • 7.3 Save Time Wireframing by Using Masters

    • 7.4 Wireframing Using Axure - Part 2

    • 7.5 How to Use Wireframes and Prototypes Effectively

    • 7.6 Make Your Product Super Intuitive Through User Testing

    • 7.7 Exercise - Create an Interactive Protoype for Your App Idea

  • 9

    App Store Submission

    • 8.1 Top 2 Reasons Why Apps Get Rejected

    • 8.2 Closing