How do you protect your IP in beta stage?

[SycamoreSavage]

I am building an app and I want to launch as quickly as possible so I can get some user feedback, but I am paralyzed by fear that someone "bigger" with more money will scoop up my idea/methodology and build the same thing more quickly than I can. How can I protect against this?

[mikeluby]

I wouldn't worry about it. If you're at the beta stage then the app is already ahead going to market that it would cost significant time/resources for a competitor to catch up. By the time they do, you'll have already iterated further.

Release, iterate, repeat.