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Ask HN: Built an app but don't know how to take it to the next phase

2 points by npb12 ↗ HN
I just spent the last year and a half building an iOS app, an idea that I have a lot of passion for. It's a social app, so the next step is quite the obstacle for me, I don't really know how to go about pushing it to the market. Its content requires a decent size user base so I've been considering trying to get some funding for help.

I haven't released it to the app store yet.

I've made a video demo of the app and have thought about sending it to....

questions:

-what direction should I go from here with these presented circumstances?

-would it be risky to send someone the video who has a lot of money and resources?

-should I fly out to san fran and start knocking on doors?

-should I scrap my entire plan and just try to do it myself?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated

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zinssmeister
Without knowing exactly what your app does I'd say before taking funding or flying to SF you should start to get some kind of traction or a beta going with a user base to learn from. Also sounds like you are unsure how to market your app. If you need a certain size user/content base before your app is interesting you have an engagement wall problem. It might be a good idea to push installs by buying ads (twitter, facebook, etc.) on top of influencer marketing.
npb12
Interesting, thanks for the advice. I guess that engagement wall is somewhat a giant one in my case.

Sorry for being so vague with what I have.