iOS app development - where to start?

Question

iOS

Good day to all.
I am a web ui/ux designer and I want to create my first iOS app. Therefore, I would like to hear the advice of experienced people and find out what pitfalls await me.
What and who do I currently have:
1. I have an idea and a concept for a music application with a lot of social goodies. The idea is very interesting and, as everyone tells me, very promising. The fact that the application will "take off" I have no doubts.
2. There is, judging by the reviews and comments, quite a tasty and memorable design. But it's still under development. Managed to make only the main screen.
3. There is a very experienced iOS developer who is ready to work for 30% of the total profit (for example, purchases or advertising, etc.) from an iOS application.
4. There is a specialist who can collect a commercial offer for investors and advertisers, assemble a target group, prepare press releases and help with launching to the market.
Well, actually questions:
1. Who do you think is missing in the team?
2. Is 30% of the total profit for programming not a lot? What is the appropriate percentage in your opinion?
3. Also, what is the real percentage that you can offer to the person who will be involved in helping to bring the application to market?
4. Do I need an IP for this whole business?
5. What will be the main financial costs?
6. What pitfalls can come up in my way?
Thanks in advance for your replies.

Answer 1

1. In my opinion, the team should definitely include people responsible for the business area, promotion (how to sell a product) and designers-developers. Determine who you are missing.
2. I would determine how much you value your brainchild. Knowing the total amount and salary of an iOS developer, you can calculate the% that it will cover for the months of development.
3. Similarly, if a person's responsibilities include only one area. There is a useful article here and here about selling an app.
4. If you plan to earn income, then yes. Registering a company in a country that is more liberal in terms of business (the United States, for example) will be a plus.
5. Depends on your strategy. At first, it will be development or marketing. I do not advise you to rent an office in the first months (or years, who knows how things will go).
6. I recommend this article from one of the best incubators in the world - Y Combinator .

Answer 2

1. Who do you think is missing in the team?

The standard "startup" kit is:
1) Ideologist (product owner, evangelist and generally the main thought leader)
2) Technologist (person involved in implementation - development, interaction with contractors, decision-making in the field of implementation)
3) Business (person engaged in business issues - promotion, internal organization, partners, investors, etc.
In some cases, roles can be combined, somewhere divided into N people, etc.
Adequate process correlates with the human contribution to the product.
The distribution of shares depends on the contribution of each of the participants. If a person simply writes code according to the task assigned to him, within the framework of an already defined implementation, according to layouts and technical specifications - 30% is a lot.
If a person takes on the technical implementation (read the embodiment of the "idea" in life) - the development of logic, the choice of tools and technologies, the design and creation of infrastructure, etc. etc. - then it is reasonable to divide in equal shares.
Similar to point 2, depends on what the person can offer.
The very idea of ​​an app is worth nothing. The idea and design is also quite small. The main factors that would take off are 1) competently implement, 2) competently "promote".
If all that your "salesman" can offer is public advertising in VK and advertising posts on Habré, then 30% for his participation in the project is too much.
If he takes care of providing the right connections, communicating with investors, bringing it to the market, PR of the product in the right circles, building the right product and PR policy and other business issues, then he deserves an equal piece of the pie with other founders.

Answer 3

And is it possible to register a company remotely, in Singapore, for example? Does anyone have similar experience?