The process of applying ideas to practical problems; may refer to creation of a Web site, service, or software.
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Finding out another start-up has the same idea
I came up with a great idea for a webapp, I've been creating design docs, project specs etc. Everything was going well until I decided to google my idea, which to my surprise came up with one result ...
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Outsourcing Website development overseas
I am in the process of outsourcing a MVP website to vendors in the asian region. Although I have no questions about the quality of programming of some of the vendors, I am concerned with the web ...
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Should I outsource the development of my idea or develop it myself?
Short background:
I have a web startup idea which solves an existing problem. There are many online solutions available for the problem, but my solution is "unique". I have done a basic background ...
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How to reject Feature Requests?
How do you reject feature requests nicely especially when the feature request is made publicly via twitter, uservoice or something like ideastorm?
For us general reasons to reject are:
It's going ...
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Outsource basic webdev maintenance? (eLance vs oDesk vs Guru vs RentACoder)
I am considering outsourcing some basic webdev maintenance work.
Little tasks like: "Please add clock or other wait indicator when the AJAX is still processing." that should take less than an hour ...
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Need to create a minimum viable product site quickly [closed]
I have a few ideas that I need to validate. Is there any offering that lets me quickly create MVP sites? I'd need:
Website design template
A way to capture user's email address so that they can be ...
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Checklist for starting a website [closed]
I have an idea for a startup and for it:
I've created mockups of the site and work flow diagrams.
I've registered the domain name and incorporated the company.
Actively looking for the ...
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Make my failed Web application open source?
I've outsourced the creation of Web Spy Pro (www.webspypro.com) last year.
It's a Webanalytics software that record/play the visitor mouse movements, so you can see exactly what visitors are doing on ...
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Fourth co-founder but first developer
I came in as 4th co-founder with some old friends but am the only developer. I am doing all of the work right now and quit my job to work on the project. Two of the other guys are learning how to code ...
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What do you do when your software with minimum features is taking forever to develop?
This will be tough to explain but....
What do you do when you are developing a software that needs to deal with large amount of variations of semi structured data from the web ?
I told myself it ...
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Where can I find a developer who would be interested in a partnership rather than up-front payment for work?
I have a site that I'd like to build in PHP/MySQL and preferably using CodeIgniter, but I don't have the time that I need to devote to building the site. I'd like to find a developer who is willing ...
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Internet startup - ownership share - developers vs biz people?
this is really good advice about ownership shares in a startup company.
But the advice is also very general. E.g. in the startup phase developers are extremely important - without them - there is no ...
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What are reasonable ranges for cash and/or equity to have developer create MVP?
I'm roughly following lean startup methodology, having started with an idea, making mockups, showing to several potential customers, and even running a couple of crude pilots. Positive signals so ...
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tech startup - code licensing and copyright
Me and my developers are developing the code for a tech startup that I have an equity with. I'm giving the code to the startup for the startup purpose use. However, since I'm the developer, I would ...
