For Step 5 - let's not forget Nick D'Aloisios favorite tactic of spamming reporters.<p><a href="http://gizmodo.com/5830076/how-i-made-a-15+year+old-app-developer-cry" rel="nofollow">http://gizmodo.com/5830076/how-i-made-a-15+year+old-app-deve...</a>
I hate it when I hear people who have probably never coded in their lives, saying how easy it is to build something. From the outside everything seems like a piece of cake, but software engineering is more than that. It takes time, concentration, dedication and creativity.
One thing they forgot to add: Be 15 years old so that it makes a good sensationalist medoa story. A 40 year old doing this wouldn't get anywhere even if he lined up the Ocean's Eleven cast on his board! Terrible article by the way.
Best part of the article: Step 5. Get press. With your funding, buy off a few reporters to talk about your app. (Actually, just kidding. This is unethical to most journalists and will only probably work with TechCrunch.)