It’s easy to follow the hype and think that if your startup gets press coverage, Twitter mentions and some decent amount of app downloads, you’re doing fine. But it is actually just the time to closely watch your mobile MVP metrics, carefully introduce little tweaks and get ready for removing features that users don’t care about.
There’s a reason why many great products were created by very busy people. When we are committed to completing one important task within a tight deadline our mind stays super focused and we work more productively.
Strong community is an important component of a successful startup. That’s why Product Hunt is so popular. It managed to build a community of people devoted to finding new useful products.
Famous services not only solve user problems but also do great at becoming an integral part of their lives — a habit. Modern people are used to asking Google for advice, checking complex notions in Wikipedia and making daily pictures for Instagram.
Currently 2.6 billion people use smartphones and 77% of them keep their devices at hand 22 hours a day. That’s why on-demand economy solutions are the next logical step for startups.
