A Way To Build Your $10k+ App When You're Broke...

[ZF Lee]

I didn’t say anything about any of the things you’ve mentioned.

I don’t care that you brought them up, but it’s interesting to observe how you’ve injected a ton of meaning into my words based on your own mental models - which come at a cost of your resourcefulness.

I don’t agree or disagree with anything you said - just thought it interesting to point out.

Well, yes. You can say my mental models derived a different meaning.

After @Maxboost talked on loss of first movers advantage, I decided to address whatever flaws of the college students strategy.

Turns out the industrial competence might be one of it.

Industrial competence doesn't means that the students cannot make a good working app. It may mean that if it undergoes harder tests due to market pressure, it may bend.

Test the market, sell in small quantities, while you beef up the product with outside help. Then launch the newer upgraded versions. The students provide the first traction.

I would still thread with caution with this route. It has its excellent benefits, but also some 'chunks in the armour'.

Fire burns and can destroy, but we still use it safely with pokers and fire grates.

 

[Maxboost]

Even a paid developer can steal it. And why waste months or years learning to code when you can just hire someone who is probably better than you'd be anyway

Learning how to code is not a waste in my opinion. Most apps and software will fail. When you learn how to code you have unlimited amount of tries until you die to hit that homerun. You can also build apps for others.You can hire a programmer to build your app but that will set you back about $6k a try. Good luck with that strategy...

 

[LittleWolfie]

Even a paid developer can steal it. And why waste months or years learning to code when you can just hire someone who is probably better than you'd be anyway

If the developer or student can steal your idea your failing on the E or barrier to entry so it's not fastlane.

Go get 100 letters of intent or 100 pre orders or 100 slowwalker customers (they won't be able to.build it themselves and they don't have your execution.) Now go hire a developer, your 100 customers and feedback/design/knowledge is a barrier they can't pass, because if they could they would be on their own path, plus while they are coding your out getting 110 customers. They can't do both
Go get customers