News of a new Entrepreneur Camp underway from Apple. 9 to 5 Mac says Apple this week launched “its inaugural Entrepreneur Camp for Hispanic and Latin founders.” According to the piece, the company invited leaders and developers from nine app companies from the US, Brazil, Guatemala, and Portugal to “build the next generation of cutting-edge apps.” What’s weird is, it sort of seems like they already have. Apps represented include:
Cuca Catch from Brazil
Encantos from the United States
Falou from Brazil
Gamma Fighter from the United States
Memoria from Brazil
Sinq from Brazil and Portugal
Tripify from Brazil
Wakeout! from Guatemala and the United States
Yoga Wake Up from the United States
Memoria is the only one that’s not in the App Store already, according to the report. Of course, the Entrepreneur Camps aren’t Developer Camps. They’re Entrepreneur Camps. It’s right there in the name. Entrepreneur Camps are less about making apps than making apps successful, so it makes sense that the apps are already out there.
Speaking of the incoming crew, Lisa Jackson, Apple’s vice president of Environment, Policy, and Social Initiatives, was quoted as saying:
We are so excited to bolster the impact of Entrepreneur Camp with the addition of this new cohort for Latin technologists… It’s an honor to support these founders and developers on their journeys as they build amazing apps that connect, inform, and inspire us.
