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What's more important for a small service business.. web app or website?

  • Web app

    Votes: 1 25.0%
  • Website

    Votes: 3 75.0%
  • Brochure

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    4

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Good Evening All!

Currently I am deployed and have been working (outside of my normal military duties) on solidifying an amazing business that I know will make some great supplemental income until my military obligation is fulfilled.

While I am away from the States, I am hoping to get some advice from you on the first keys to success when starting a business.

Website: My idea is simple but I unsure if I should focus on the app or website first since I will be providing a service? How do I go about finding a web developer for low costs (under $2k) that will be able to teach me the ins and outs, but not rip me off (I want to know what is going on with the app, so that in the instance I can't get in contact with the app designer, I can go in and tinker)? Do you recommend any books/websites for me to read up on prior to diving into the "app/website" development world? I do not have much of a technical base to work off of but when you are ambitious like me, but there is no obstacle that will impede me from seeing my plan into fruition.

Startup Funds: If I do publish the idea on kickstarter or some other crowd funding website and my idea has not been patented, is there any protection on my business plan? Should I do a poor man's patent on the idea? How much protection does a poor man's patent have on business ideas that are stolen?

Partnerships: Should I look for a partner? How important is my business hierarchy when just starting out? Who are the integral members on a start-up TEAM? I will license the business once I return as an LLC and hire P/T employees as independent contractors, but when I do hire P/T do I still have to pay taxes on these individuals?

My idea is similar to UBERs concept, but has nothing to do with a taxi service. Is it possible to reskin UBERs app and personalize it to my business? ..

Desperately in need of a mentor.


-Newbie to the game.
 
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Ximm ... O'n puv ep EQQ iyqisv ... tu O'n egseof vjisi ot puv nadj O (qistupemmz) dep vimm zua.

Cav ... O en e nomovesz wiv ... tu O jewi vu etl: jux nadj voni fu zua jewi migv cigusi zua esi uav ...? (ettanoph zua opvipf vu hiv uav ... O nez ci xsuph)

Vji sietup O etl ot ... op vji nomovesz ... nusi tu vjep epzxjisi imti ... zua fu PUV jewi dupvsum ug zuas voni.

Us mudevoup.

Tu og vjopht siemmz tvesv vu veli ugg ... epf zua esi xusloph 16 juast e fez op vji cuomis suun ug e tacnesopi ... nep ... vjev duamf ci qsucminevod.

Epf musf lpuxt vji "ihemovesoep" nomovesz ot puv huoph vu ci liip up zua summoph op vji fuahj ... us neloph nusi vjep vjep vji dunnepfoph uggodis.

Jimm ... O xuamfp'v ci tasqsotif og vjev deatif e muv ug sitipvnipv aq vji djeop ug dunnepf.

Zuas taqisoust nohjv iwip vsz vu tecuvehi zuas iggusvt og kiemuatz esotit. Tef cav vsai.

Tu (xisi O zua) ... O'f hiv nz fadlt op e sux ... vjip (iovjis) meapdj aqup tiqesevoup ... us (og zua esi nessoif) qsiq zuas tquati vu sap vji catopitt og zua deppuv ... us (geomoph vjev) ci qsiqesif vu fimihevi vji fez vu fez.

Epzxez ... gus xjeviwis ov't xusvj ... nz vxu dipvt.


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Jux muph xisi zua op?
 
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Jewi zua tvesvif zuas uxp catopitt?
 
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Jewi zua tvesvif zuas uxp catopitt?

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Epf fuoph catopitt xovj gimmux nincist ug vji nomovesz ...? Ectumavimz pavt!

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Etl ni jux O lpux ...

Epf zit ... O jewi tvesvif (epf sap) nz uxp catopittit.
 
Fuoph catopitt xovj gsoipft epf genomz ot emnutv emxezt e cef ofie ... op epz dupviyv.

Epf fuoph catopitt xovj gimmux nincist ug vji nomovesz ...? Ectumavimz pavt!

Vjopl ecuav vji quvipvoem qsucmint zua duamf gedi ... apfis vji ADNK ... us uvjisxoti ... og catopitt simevoupt civxiip zua epf zuas nomovesz qesvpist tuas.

Zua epf O cuvj lpux vjiz xomm sap zua aq vji gmehqumi og howip vji uqqusvapovz.

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Zuas gostv catopitt: fof zua modipti ov sohjv exez us fof zua xeov vu iesp tuni siwipai?
 
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