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26 views

Building a B2B platform [closed]

My question is, what kind of "developer" or "programmer" would i need to find, that could help me build a similar platform to that of amazon, with their third party sellers selling to customers? Also ...
8
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2answers
444 views

When a huge company copies your startup

What do you do when a huge online company (as dominant as say Google, Apple, Microsoft etc in their respective niche) has a big feature that's been lacking in their very popular product, and your ...
0
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0answers
40 views

What are the pros and cons of hiring a developer for your startup in some other location? [closed]

The design for a website is ready and I am looking for a developer who can to start with develop the minimum viable product (paying the resource monthly or as a contract) and if we get along well, ...
0
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5answers
242 views

What kind of development team will we need?

How many developers would it take to build another Facebook? Or at least a trimmed down version. Can one good developer do it, or would we need a large team? I have three partners, none of us has ...
1
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2answers
153 views

Issues with Start-Up and Co-Founders

Currently I am stuck in a messy situation where I am the only designer/developer for the web driven start up, along with being co-founder, the other two co-founders (business guy and editor), are ...
0
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3answers
140 views

What type of developers to hire for outsourced development?

I'm trying to build a minimum viable product SaaS website as a proof of concept, and wanted to know what type of developers I should be looking for if using an outsourcing website like odesk / vworker ...
1
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3answers
107 views

which technology or strategy a new / inexperienced freelancer should use to earn profit?

Actually I m fresh recent grad who has just started his freelancing work. In due course i have got a project to develop website for a middle scale business (travel agent). As I don't trust on my ...
7
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4answers
505 views

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 ...
1
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4answers
264 views

Creating functional document for a website

I have an idea that I'd like to implement and on doing some research I realized that another website does exactly the same thing. I would like to clone the site and since I am pressed for time, I was ...
3
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4answers
397 views

My startup is in “concept” stage. Where should I go from here?

I just found OnStartups and I'm looking forward to sharing insights with you guys. My startup is currently in "concept" stage, and I was wondering where to begin my journey. I have a great idea, ...
0
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4answers
153 views

Should I delegate tasks to be done that require knowledge I don't have, or learn it myself?

First off, I'll start by saying I read a few somewhat related posts, but I will still ask my question as my situation is slightly different and may call for different solutions. Anyway, here are the ...
1
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2answers
80 views

Good resources to hire developer on a work basis

Is there a place where I could hire a developer (or a team) based on functional specs I would submit. What I am envisioning is a site where I would submit a description of my project and get access ...
3
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4answers
332 views

e-commerce store using wordpress

I am considering setting up a e-commerce store for a friend's retailing shop. What I am interested in is a solution that is easy to maintain in terms of administration (insert new products, new ...
0
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4answers
398 views

Ideal iPhone App Developer Team

I'm planning to develop an iPhone application that will connect to facebook and our own company website. I know that I will need a developer for this. But what's the ideal team to get this kind of ...
1
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1answer
103 views

A gaming network forum and site

I am currently in the process of creating a gaming network, but there are 2 things I'm wondering about. If I were to run multiple games, is it generally a good idea to give every game it's own ...
3
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1answer
55 views

What's the best way to discourage junk data submission to my site?

I'm working on a search site. But the data being searched is only the data submitted by the public. I have no need for users, but I want to discourage people/bots from submitting complete junk that ...
3
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2answers
537 views

Site for web designers + developers to share equity?

There was a site I found a while ago, where someone with an idea could post it (either a designer or a developer), and they could locate 'the other half' (i.e. a designer looking for a developer), and ...
0
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2answers
109 views

Software / Web development for creating a website to serve a two-sided market

I have subject matter expertise in a specialized field of design. I want to create a two-sided market between customers who need these specific design services and designers who have those skills. I ...
6
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6answers
469 views

I'm not a geek but I want to start an online business

I have no web-building background but I genuinely believe in an online business. I wish to build an online directory and I have little budget as of now. So should I: 1. Go get educated 2. Rope in an ...
0
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2answers
972 views

How to promote a startup Web Development company?

We are a startup web development company and planning to increase our client base. Our need for the moment is to take our company one step further and achieve proper recognition in our field. What ...
4
votes
5answers
522 views

What software or development tools do you use to create and maintain your website?

I'm looking for more great software tools (than the ones listed below that I already use) to not only create and run a website, but to verify and maintain it. All our websites run on Unix servers with ...
4
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3answers
382 views

Best way to get a developer working for you?

I would like to know what is the best way to hire someone to help you building a web-site. I heard about guru.com and elance but I am not convinced that I can get someone from there who can help me to ...