Hi The question is a little vague but I'll my best. 1. An accountant or maybe book manager (depending on the business) 2. A commercial attorney/lawyer. 3. Someone in charge of operations. You might not have to have these people as co-founders and it might be enough to use them as service prov...
I hope this answer will help you in two ways: It should help avoid unnecessary expense being incurred and it should also help you recruit software engineers to build your project. Before you spend a single dime on building, I'd encourage you to validate the idea itself with potential customers....
The best thing to do is to do physical, on-the-ground outreach. Part of the success of Tinder as well as many other apps before it were that they threw great parties and events on or near college campuses. The promise of free booze, free food, or really free anything will draw a crowd. Start i...
So long as the suppliers are able to deliver a basic level of service that would create a positive experience for the purchaser, I'd say that it's reasonable to conduct the experiment. Marketplaces always face liquidity issues in the early days. Happy to talk to you in more detail in a call t...
I started a large SaaS Company for B2B where perfection in code is as importante as it gets. So here is my advice, DON'T CODE until you know what the Saas Really is. First start understanding what the problem REALLY is. Interview people and actually spend 100% of your time doing Customer Disco...
There is nothing more harmful to a good idea than other ideas. By that I mean, the inability to decide which idea is worth pursuing over others, causes each idea to suffer when trying to distribute resources in support of more than one concept at a time. Your question presumes that the most imp...
I'm not the right guy to evaluate your project as a business model. If, however, you do decide it's viable and want to give it a whirl, let's talk about naming, branding, and explaining your startup. That's where I come in.
There is certainly value in starting customer discovery interviews. And no reason to wait for the delay that creating a landing page and waiting to collect emails would take. I would just advise that you get clear on your hypotheses about who your target customer is so you talk to the right kind...
A prototype will not get you an investor, to be honest. This is just a fallacy. If you can fund the prototype, launch it in the market, get some traction from users. See if your mobile app resonates with your users. You need to track whether your app is able to retain those users so that they k...
Crowdfunding is the best option in the present market. It gives you, 1. Early feedback 2. Exposure to more audience 3. VC free innovation / agility To start with, you may find the below useful: http://www.boardofinnovation.com/list-open-innovation-crowdsourcing-examples/ Hope this helps. Thank ...