Tether: Rejected By Apple But Still A Multimillion Dollar App Company – with Patrick Hankinson

Patrick Hankinson, Otter Ninja, Mobile Apps, Traffic

How does a founder whose app got rejected by Apple build a multimillion dollar mobile app business?

Patrick Hankinson is the co-founder of Tether an application that allows you to have full Internet access on your laptop anywhere using your smartphone’s data plan.

When I saw that Apple rejected his app after letting it into the app store for just a few hours, I sent him a note and asked him to do an interview.

Patrick Hankinson

Otter Ninja

Patrick Hankinson is the CEO at Otter Ninja, which turns ideas into viable products, and engineers a successful entry into the marketplace.

 

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