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Ilja Laurs and the trouble with a billion downloads
Founder · Investor · Executive

Ilja Laurs and the trouble with a billion downloads

Ilja Laurs built GetJar by letting people use a developers’ testing ground. A billion downloads later, the harder question was how to turn all that attention into a business.

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GetJar helped the world download apps. Now it wants you to skip the download.
Consumer · Gaming · Marketplace

GetJar helped the world download apps. Now it wants you to skip the download.

Before the smartphone stores took over, GetJar made mobile software easier to find. Its return to browser games revisits an old question: how many steps should stand between a player and play?

getjar · mobile-appsRead →