Ask HN: Getting startup to the next level?

6 points·bavidar··6 comments

My startup is doing okay. We have received investment from a few angels and have a working MVP that is drawing good traction. I have never had a startup go this far and want to know what are the best things to take it to the next level? Should I be worried about getting more users or building more core functionality per my current users request.

Any help would be great?

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Search a good marketing company (Expert in same domain of your product) which can help you advertise your product more. Then go for its branding. Get help from good branding agencies.

More users of course. If you have an MVP, pile on the users, and give them a reason to share it with their friends. That way, you won't need marketing. Your users will do it for you.

Get more users, add functionality only if it will increase the number of users or reduce your churn rate.

Get more sales.

This is the only real answer in the thread. "Next level" is code for "more revenue" in almost every scenario. How do you get more skrillos? Well, you can market the company more, or you can hire a sales guy, or you can add new features that opens up your product to a new market or wider part of your existing market, or you can...any number of things! It's hard to say what is "best" as it depends on the product and the target market/customer.

It all depends on what industry your startup is in.

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