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    Startups Help! I'm at the complete mercy of my developer.

    March 08, 2018

    Startups Help! I'm at the complete mercy of my developer.

    Help! I'm at the complete mercy of my developer.

    Posted: 07 Mar 2018 06:00 PM PST

    I started a company recently and hired my first employee.

    He's a JavaScript developer. He seems to know his shit and talks the talk but he seems a bit protective about his code. He will show me it if I ask but I don't have a clue what I'm looking at.

    He's missed deadlines, deadlines I asked him to set for himself so he could work at his desired pace.

    I don't want to micro manage, to suddenly change the dynamics of our relationship and interfere with him if he is doing what great job.

    I would like to know what to look out for, so that i know that he is doing a good job and that I'm not being conned

    How do I know that I have everything he built for me while under our employment?

    As an Non-techie employer how to I protect myself?

    Any advice?

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    How do you you launch your MVP to the market to get feedback when it is a one time purchase? With apps/websites its easier because you can send out updates but what about goods?

    Posted: 08 Mar 2018 01:16 AM PST

    I recently listened to Eric Ries' book (audiobook) The Lean Startup and I have one burning question from it.

    He mentions getting the MVP out to customers as soon as possible and then measuring how successful it is. When you make updates you continue to measure which validates your updates. This is fine for an app where you can update it and then judge the download rate and the stay rate (not sure what's this is actually).

    But what If it is a physical product that is bought as a once off E.g. A new type clothes line. It would be naive to try to sell the MVP without a refined product because the likelyhood is that that customer will not be buying a second clothes line and if the MVP is terrible they will just throw it in the bin.

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    How do i calculate the growth of my startup

    Posted: 07 Mar 2018 07:58 AM PST

    I have a b2b revenue model, where all the money essentially comes in a large monthly check when a client signs up. As of now i have 1 client and a few prospects.

    Im sure this can grow and i know there is massive scaling potential. As one person im capped at 3-4 clients but once i start hiring the scale is limitless. But i cant calculate how long that will take.

    How can i predict how many clients i will have/how much funding my startup will have in a few months from now?

    Id like to know this because i need to know when i should start hiring and scaling up.

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    How to best create a true native app for an existing site

    Posted: 07 Mar 2018 04:45 PM PST

    Hi everyone! I'm working on a startup project and the site is for the most part done. It has a nice responsive layout on mobile, but I'm looking into the best, most cost effective means to create native apps for iOS and android.

    I have a psuedo "app" version, but it's just the web view variant which is limited and slower than the browser version. Probably do to routing through the wrapper?

    Also, I don't even know if the App Store would accept this form.

    So what is the scope and estimated cost of getting an app made these days when all I need is a little UI variant for the most part?

    Thanks!

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    Lessons from a Startup launch

    Posted: 07 Mar 2018 02:05 PM PST

    I've recently launched an app with my brother, Alex, and we'd like to share you a few things we've learnt through the process. We didn't know much about how to successfully launch an app, and honestly we didn't expect too much going into the launch. The experience both helped us understand what worked for our launch, and what we wish we did more of.

    Here's some of the lessons we learnt:

    1. Set yourself a deadline. It's too easy to keep delaying your launch because you want to implement this new "amazing" feature. This feature won't make or break your product, and delaying you're launch is only delaying any validation that you're solving a real problem. We had a forced deadline as Alex was appearing on Hotseat Millionaire and had plugged the app on the show. If we didn't have this deadline, we probably still wouldn't have launched.

    2. Launch with Product Hunt. I can't emphasise enough how much this helped our launch. If you don't know what Product Hunt is, it's a tech curation site which features new products that people can check out. Alex found a great hunter (someone who posts the new product) in the week before we launched and we ended up placing in the Top 10 most upvoted. This lead to us getting 400 real users, a producer from Shark Tank US getting in contact and a good marketing point.

    3. Build your social media presence and email list in advance. Just because you haven't launched your product yet, doesn't mean you can't find users that want it. This is something we didn't value highly enough, and therefore missed out on having a ready made user base on launch. Selling before you build is also a great way to validate you're really solving a need.

    4. Hustle to get your first users. Spending thousands on advertisements when you launch isn't the formula to getting the right users, it's sourcing people who face the problem you are solving. For us, it's been users on reddit and other forums who are interested in self-development and self-improvement, so we have been building our presence within those communities. Doing this allows you the chance to iron out your retention kinks and ensure that when you do start paying for marketing you're not pouring money into a leaky bucket.

    5. Talk to your initial users and get feedback. Talking to your users and getting feedback on your product is the only true way to develop it. The majority of your assumptions will be wrong and you must be agile in your response. This is especially important around your launch where you have had little to no user interaction with the product.

    Just like to say thank-you to everyone who helped us with our launch. Anyone who would like to chat or find out about our app, I'm only a message away!

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    Is it still possible to go viral using social media, or the only way is using paid ads?

    Posted: 07 Mar 2018 11:46 PM PST

    It used to be relatively easy to go viral using social medial if one had a good product. As the noise in social media has picked up a lot, I am wondering if it is still possible to go viral using free social media, or using paid ads is a must? I would like to know what are the best methods to go viral with as little cash as possible? Are good resources for the so called growth hacking? Do you know any good website, article, Youtube video, or book for growth hacking and successful social media marketing?

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    App / services recommendations

    Posted: 07 Mar 2018 03:12 PM PST

    Hi r/startups!

    Just wanted some advice on what apps/software/services you use to help you run your companies?

    I work for a fairly small development company where all of the staff work remotely on the road or at home. The Support team are the only fixed location team in the company and our developers work abroad.

    Currently we use Skype for real time communication (and I hate it). I'd love us to move to Slack but the higher ups are nervous about change as they're so dependent on Skype now.

    We also use Zendesk for customer facing tickets and JIRA for our development tasks.

    I use Trello for every area I can but just wondered what you swear by and has helped you keep everything on track and connected both in the office and remotely?

    Also any Trello/Slack integrations you think are most helpful?

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    Innovative ways to increase the level of dopamine for the active users on your new social startup.?

    Posted: 07 Mar 2018 10:45 PM PST

    I'm curious if any of you have any rather innovative/unique ways to increase the overall dopamine and experience of remotely active users on your new startup. The startup in this sense is social and in regards to launches and startups, is geared towards the masses. So no crazy specific niche, just overall appeal to your average person.

    'Real-time' alerts/notifications when someone replies to something you recently commented on or posted for example is an obvious one in this situation, but i'm kind of struggling to push far beyond that and I have very high expectations to increase the overall dopamine triggering (is that even the right word?) for the users who adopt my website.

    Thanks! This if pretty fun. But challenging.

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    Need help building email list fast!

    Posted: 07 Mar 2018 08:08 PM PST

    Hey everyone!

    Im launching an IndieGoGo page late March and I need advice from people who've done it before how to build a targeted email list the fastest way possible.

    All help is welcome, including links to guides that have helped you before, however personal experience is what Im really looking for.

    Im already emailing blogs and reporters and will eventually do retargeting advertising on Facebook.

    Im not allowed to post links on here but I might edit this post and add the name so you can look it up yourselves if enough people are curious.

    Thanks so much for your help!

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    Advice on time tacking when outsourcing.

    Posted: 07 Mar 2018 07:24 AM PST

    Guys hi,

    For those of you who outsource web development using hourly contracts what tools do you use for time tacking?

    We have 3 developers we are working with through upwork, and upwork's time tracker is very convenient.

    Now we are in need of 1 more developer to join our team outside of upwork. What software we can use for time tracking? (something similar to the one upwork has)

    Also should time tracker include screenshots? Upwork uses one and i really like it so we can make sure that dev is actually working. It's not an issue for a old employees, but important for new hires.

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    Should I dogfood my app at my current company?

    Posted: 07 Mar 2018 11:28 AM PST

    I got the idea for my app based on a serious hole in the software development process at my current company and the one's before it. My MVP is about to go live and think this could be an awesome opportunity to receive feedback on my idea. This could also backfire if someone wanted to be a douche about it and investigate my time spent on the app vs. time spent on the company's work. I work at a small and unconventional company (especially by means of HR) and think it would be fine.. but curious if any of you have done this and what your experience was like?

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