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Product Launches: Should we allow users to use our app in beta or wait to launch until the app is ready?
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Brian Carruth, Tech Founder, Agile Development, Startup Funding answered:

For the most part I would agree with the other commenters. We ran into this when we launched our app. We pushed to get our iOS out quickly to have it in user hands. That took resources away from our Android, which ended up taking several months to get out. In that time we lost a lot of momentum. So, in the world of a million apps, any buzz you can get is good and you need to capitalize on that. Users are fickle and you can easily lose them. However, make sure what you deliver really is what users want so you don't turn them off. It seems like you're already on the right path and as long as your current version provides value to the user, I don't see a reason to wait to get it perfect.

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