I have to say, I'm looking into the same area. Although the line of business that I do differs completely from Mobile-Apps. But there are grand ideas that is currently untapped in the areas of mobile platform. But to kick-start and have a dedicated team would be costly. Thus, the best way is to leverage on each other's strength.
From where I stand, I can't do independent development style like "flappy-bird" and have it out there for the masses. This is where independent developers shine. But from where I stand, grand-big-ideas that could have meaningful penetration and marketability, this is where we get our partners to fund (in millions if needed) and there are cases we have this taken up to the government for grants.
1. You have mobile + server development skills
2. I have marketing + planner or I can hire these people to get it up. Since hiring dedicated personnel may be costly, thus I can leverage their scope across other products and services that I have. And at the same time, look into developing the market for the mobile apps.
3. Animator. - I'm currently hiring people in this field due to the expansion of our business into stronger graphics presentation. From simple graphics into complex green-screen video fx setup. And this is all for the purpose of internal marketing and we're not even doing it as a service to clients. We have strong budget in this field to which there's definitely room to grow and taking in other work as we progress.
Let's meet up and see how we can work this out. Drop me a buzz when you're ready.