how about a 6th takeaway in a follow up, in which he discusses retention of these initial 1000 users? I think it's great he was able to obtain those numbers early but I think those users are a bit ephemeral.

yea that would be a good post... ill see what i can do!

yea it have :)

Yup, however his blog post actually had some valuable insights instead of just hollow words.

hah! the post was meant to be mutually beneficial

Personally I was expecting a discussion on the viral nature of asking people near you to join up to popcorn in the app.

that was my original intent. and then I totally forgot to add it until I had already posted.

Strike while the iron is hot!