How getting burned by a developer inspired SD Squared Labs
Joining me today is Sachin Dev Duggal. I know him as the guy who created Nivio, a company that actually let you get Windows apps on your freaking iPad, and it was all legal.
It was this beautiful thing. People loved it. And he sold it. I thought we were going to do an interview about that and that’s what I’m all geared up for. Instead, that’s kind of going to be the backstory to what ends up being the actual interview, which is this new company that is actually bigger, more substantive and it’s called SD Squared.
It’s got this crazy freaking business model that if I didn’t know somebody who worked there, I wouldn’t believe it actually existed. If anyone goes to SD Squared and has SD Squared build an app, it costs no more than $25,000 for an app on any single platform.
If it’s more expensive, then they just do the work and they don’t charge you any more than $25,000.
I want to know if he is losing his shirt on this. And we’ll talk a little bit about this company that everyone in tech seemed to love, Nivio.
Sachin Dev Duggal is the founder of SD Squared Labs, a boutique complete services software & application development company
Andrew: Hey, everyone. My name is Andrew Warner. I’m the founder of Mixergy. And we’re not going to do an interview about the company I thought we were going to do an interview about. Joining me today is Sachin Dev Duggal. I know him as the guy who created Nivio. Nivio had this really cool thing where you can actually get Windows apps on your freaking iPad, and it was all legal and there was nothing weird about it. Am I right, Sachin? That’s what it was?
Sachin: That’s absolutely correct. We were one of the first people in the world to put Windows in the cloud.
Andrew: Yeah.
Sachin: And give you an app store that let you rent Windows applications.
Andrew: It was like this beautiful thing. People loved it. You sold it. I thought we were going to do an interview about that and that’s what I’m all geared up for. Instead, that’s kind of going to be the backstory to what ends up being the actual interview, which is...
Continue reading the transcript...