Kickstart a micro local service. How ?
Aim:
kickstart a mobile app .
The app:
Connects people with other people near them.
The environment - extremely dense city. Like 20,000 people in a 500 meter radius. yes twenty thousand.
Potential uses of the App:
People (will) post about things they want to sell/share/buy/advertise
Use it as a noticeboard, advertise small micro services
Localized meetup.com - find people with common interests
and so on
The biggest hurdle I am facing is that finding those first 20-30 users.
App with 5 users and 2 posts just won't cut it.
How can it be populated with real posts and genuine users? Just to start..
I am prepared to pay well, but have no idea how to bring in those posts. Can't / don't want to make fake posts.
One idea was to pay people with lots of contacts to use it among their group. But I don't see it working now.. or could it ?
Another was a paying invite system, but that I think this will come later..?
Any ideas/suggestions.
I am in India btw.
Thanks
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