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Planet of the Apps
2017 · TV series · 50 min episodes · 1 season
Created by Ben Silverman, will.i.am, Howard T. Owens
App creators are given the opportunity of a lifetime. If their concepts are chosen by the entrepreneur advisors, these developers will be mentored on how to pitch their app to Lightspeed Venture Partners for a chance at real funding.
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My cofounder Zak and I were on a show called "Planet of the Apps" by Apple, many years ago. I met Jessica Alba, Gwenyth Paltrow, Will-I-Am, and Gary Vaynerchuk.
I can tell you that a lot of these shows are staged. They tell you to "react like X" and then film you again and say "react like Y" and they slice and dice footage to show whatever they want. In the case of that show, they completely edited us out of the final show.
So it's not really easy for contestants to "sneak something past the censors" :)
Hopefully, some of it is better than their cringe-inducing reality TV show "Planet of the Apps" wherein app makers are judged Shark Tank style by people who know absolutely nothing about technology. For the fortunately uninitiated, the hosts are Hollywood B-lister Jessica Alba, pop musician Will.i.am, snake oil saleswoman Gwyneth Paltrow, and VaynerMedia founder and CEO Gary Vaynerchuk. This garbage is all over iTunes and it's hurting the Apple brand.
More info: http://www.businessinsider.com/planet-of-the-apps-review-apple-tv-show-2017-6/
The guy from "Pair" in the first episode of "Planet of the Apps" [https://www.planetoftheapps.com/en-us] tried to make a similar SDK his main business model but eventually failed to get the fundings from the VC.
I hope in the end he decided to stick his focus on the app (which is quite amazing), otherwise he's in big trouble now!
I really think that a lot of new apps will come out in this space, now that the technology is much more approachable.