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Where to find software developers for early startup, with reasonable rates?

Siarhei Harbachou Specialty Market Researching

January 5th, 2016

Interested to find developers to build product MVP. What is your recommendations - how do you find engineers with good price/competence balance? More

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We have the Product mapped out. How do we find (inexpensive) help in building the MVP?

Nathan Terrazas

July 21st, 2015

We're in the midst of the ultimate startup dilemma- we don't know how to code! What advice or resources would you suggest we go to for help with building... More

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Considering a web development firm - embrace or proceed with caution?

Trevor Collins Crowdfunding Entrepreneur & Co-Founder of 100 Danish

October 9th, 2013

I found a potential web development firm to build out an MVP for the startup I’m building, CloudConservatory.com. However, there... More

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Are there significant risks to creating an MVP that is too minimal?

Mike Kelly

August 25th, 2015

I'm creating an MVP currently but am worried that an MVP that is too 'minimal' could prevent potential early adopters from interacting with our product.... More

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How much should you raise in a seed round?

John Anderson

December 10th, 2013

I've seen a few companies willing to invest somewhere in the neighborhood of 150k for a stake in the company. This would provide... More

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Technical Co-founder Vs. First Employee Vs. Contract it Out

Matt Rodak

March 5th, 2014

Hi,I'm going through an ideation accelerator and I've gotten my idea to a point where it has be vetted by customers and advisers and I'm ready to... More

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How to Validate your Business Model before You Start?

Richard Pridham Investor, President & CEO at Retina Labs

January 28th, 2015

I'm looking for feedback on ways to validate your business model and market need prior to MVP build. I have a concept that I believe is valid and... More

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Equity compensation for building a MVP

Rashad Bartholomew Change Everything

February 16th, 2014

I'm building an MVP which should take about three man-weeks of work.  I plan to split the project between two coders evenly and compensate the coders... More

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Difficulty finding reliable developers?

Jim Sim

May 21st, 2015

So just some background about me: Though I've been in technical leadership positions for the majority of my career, my current... More

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Odesk for an MVP ?

Maïté Grisard Field marketing expert

September 16th, 2013

Hey all,I got my MVP, working now on wireframes but I don't have a technical co-founder (yet). So I am thinking about using Odesk. Anyone got experience... More

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