Entrepreneurs often get tempted to build app that can handle millions of users from the start. Honestly; that’s a mistake.
If you have certain app idea, you need to start somewhere. Here is our feasible approach to building apps that has a chance at success:
Focus… Focus and focus on the immediate requirements – the reality simply can’t be denied that most apps won’t have many visitors at launch. It is thus always recommended to focus on such elements as market validation. Possibly you know this already; this will provide important feedback on how you could improve your app by fixing issues or by making design changes.
Find bottlenecks & tackle the biggest bottlenecks – Do not think about a complete rebuilding of your app when it starts to experience performance issues. Instead use tools for bottleneck monitoring and load testing. Find bottlenecks & tackle the biggest bottlenecks. Sticking to an incremental approach to growth is important
Rebuild only when it is absolute necessary – Once you have enough users that you need ensure that your app keeps working properly. It’s always better to stick to an incremental approach and keep your launch time frames realistic.
For start ups, building apps to handle 100 million users isn’t a practical approach. Often in such cases the apps usually never launch. Entrepreneurs run out of time. They often miss their market opportunity or blow through their funding. This is because creating software which can handle millions of users from the start takes a lot of time and money.
Take a cue from even Amazon.com. No, it didn’t start as a website capable of serving hundreds of millions of users. Amazon focused on making incremental improvements.