Building the world's leading mobile analytics platform from China, with Bertrand Schmitt, Co-founder and Chairman of App Annie

14/07/2020 39 min Episodio 138
Building the world's leading mobile analytics platform from China, with Bertrand Schmitt, Co-founder and Chairman of App Annie

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Today, we have with us Bertrand Schmitt, Co-Founder & Chairman at App Annie, a leading mobile market data and analytics platform with data on over 8 million apps and thousands of websites. App Annie is one of the most trusted names in mobile data analytics.Show Notes:1:53 Introduction to Bertrand Schmitt4:55 Early days of the mobile ecosystem and the problems within6:28 Evolution of mobile operators' role in the industry8:57 Centralization of content distribution in the mobile space9:59 Apple vs Android ecosystem10:59 Getting into the world of analytics and inspiration behind App Annie12:26 Beginning of the China Story14:55 Deciding to go into entrepreneurship in mobile analytics16:30 Mobile analytics: Global problem or local (China) problem?17:37 Perception of AppAnnie in the global market18:57 Was China a critical element of success?21:00 Experience of overseas fundraising from China25:05 What triggered the move from Beijing to San Francisco28:26 Learnings/ findings working across multiple geographical locations 32:06 Instrumental roles that made a difference to the company33:12 Critical moment of evolution in China’s mobile industry/ecosystem37:00 Lessons for entrepreneursMany thanks to our guest  Bertrand Schmitt; host Oscar Ramos; producers Eva Shi and Sagar Chaudhary; editor David; organizer Chinaccelerator; and sponsor People Squared. Be sure to check out our website www.chinaccelerator.comShare, subscribe, review, enjoy!Follow us on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/the-china-startup-pulse/Email us: [email protected]

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