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Not to be a naysayer, but not all apps are stuff people _want_ because they aren't exactly solving their problems (or satisfying them). So IMO, the first step i
by dayve 9y ago
Not to be a naysayer, but not all apps are stuff people _want_ because they aren't exactly solving their problems (or satisfying them). So IMO, the first step is having an honest conversation with yourself. Next would be to talk to your few users & friends, to try to find out if they like the app and if they would recommend it to a friend or two. As PG Says, "if you make something users love enough to tell their friends, you grow exponentially, and that will convince any investor"[1]. Note that, 'Convince any investor' here is proof of growth.
[1] http://paulgraham.com/good.html http://paulgraham.com/good.html
If you haven't read any of these, you should check them out.
http://paulgraham.com/ds.html http://paulgraham.com/ds.html
http://paulgraham.com/growth.html http://paulgraham.com/growth.html
- forkLding 9y agoYeah I've read paul graham, and I've followed your advice, each of the users likes it and want to recommend it, they didnt because its nighttime and will do tmrw. I'm not too concerned about investors and I don't think highly of VCs/Investors mainly because I think investors will only care if you have users and if you cared too much about investors you wont get them because you're no longer caring about users. All in all, not really here to convince any investors because thats not the goal of the business. On the subject of what people want, I actually did this app because people friended me on fb and msged me to ask when this app was done. I was ready to give up then and nearly did if they didn't do that.