Alvin Lai

"A simple way to show that your app is going to be around for the long haul is to charge users money for it, the founder of Pinboard, a paid bookmarking web app says it best: http://blog.pinboard.in/2011/1... While conducting the beta test for my selective link sharing-via-email digests tool, Handpick: http://handpick.me I asked my users whether they'd pay to support the app to run for the long haul. They love my app enough to say yes and were delighted that they could actually actively fund the operations and development. Go on, try asking your users if they'd pay for your product. It's the best validation you can get!" - Alvin Lai

"Good points on the benefits of curation. I'd like to add that curation helps build better relationships with your audience because you respect their time and attention. You can go even further by handpicking links selectively for specific groups of people who you know would appreciate. I made a tool that does just this, helping you collect different links for different groups of people and compiles it into a single email digest, delivered daily or weekly at a specific time. It's called Handpick: http://handpick.me Let me know what you think!" - Alvin Lai