Strips

But the "potential value" doesn't approach zero, only the probability of you being the one to reach the "top". Not only ideas for apps face this challenge. Athletes, singers etc. face the same thing, but the payoff also increases with population. Multiply the probability of successes with the potential payoff and you have the present value of your efforts. Of course if you spend much time doing that, the opportunity will be gone before you get started working on it.

Yes, and I'd like Dilbert to be real

"The Simpson's did it!!!"