Do you have an idea for an application?
Problem: you don't know how to code, and neither do you have thousands of dollars to hire a developer.
Even if you DID have the money to hire a developer, you don't know how to find one that is trustworthy.
The risk of losing all your money is real.
Here's my solution:
I am a developer myself, and I socialize online with many talented developers that are hungry for experience.
I would like to have these aspiring debs build your application (a generic version of it) as part of a course I'm running.
They wouldn't build your exact idea, so you don't have to reveal your big idea, but it would be close enough that you could get a good feel for what the developers can create.
Afterward, you can review the completed assignments and decide to hire one of the developers to customize the already-completed application for your specific needs.
Here's what you need to know about the developers:
Who can this help?
I'm trying to help those entrepreneurs that meet the following criteria:
If your idea wouldn't get done at all, otherwise, then maybe this could be a good arrangement.
How to proceed:
Reality Check:
What if I abandon my idea?
No worries!
What if no one completes the app?
Can I have an Android / iOS app created?
No, sorry. I will be teaching web applications only.
If you want to put the application on the Apple / Google Play stores, there are simple ways to do that, though. I'll even help you find someone that can do it for you, but you'll have to hire them yourself.
How complicated can my application be?
The aim here is to test your idea quickly.
Part of planning the MVP will be to identify a really really small feature set to see if there's a market for your idea.
If we cannot arrive at a small enough feature set, then this won't be a good fit.
How much will this cost me?
You won't pay me a thing, and you won't pay the developers anything unless you decide to hire one to customize the application for your specific idea.
In the beginning it will cost you some time, though.
You'll need to be dedicated enough to plan out your MVP and submit requirements / napkin sketches to me so I can put together the lesson plan.
The whole process will be a great learning experience for you.
How do I hire one of the developers to complete my idea?
I'll ask all developers that complete the course to provide a link to their completed app. With their permission, I'll share this with you and you can review them.
Just pick one you like and ask to be connected with the developer.
From there, you two can work out details. I won't get involved.
Can't I just use some tool for building my own MVP?
Of course.
Here are some tools I've heard about:
You don't need to be a coder
-- Code-Free Startup
My Marketplace Builder
But if you prefer to have full control over the code and plan on building your own dev team, going this route is an option.
The fact is, I'm going to be creating these courses anyway, and your ideas are not needed; however, this is an opportunity for me to help entrepreneurs that want to build something from scratch with code they have full control over.
How many apps can you handle / how many courses will you create?
Good question.
For now, I'm the only one creating these courses. I will create as many as possible, and I will create them as quickly as possible.
This will be an ongoing venture, as there will always be new app ideas to build, and there will always be aspiring developers available to do the work.
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NOTE:
If this needs to be a paid marketplace ad, please let me know.
I am not accepting any money from anyone that participates in this, so I thought a basic thread would be okay.
Problem: you don't know how to code, and neither do you have thousands of dollars to hire a developer.
Even if you DID have the money to hire a developer, you don't know how to find one that is trustworthy.
The risk of losing all your money is real.
Here's my solution:
I am a developer myself, and I socialize online with many talented developers that are hungry for experience.
I would like to have these aspiring debs build your application (a generic version of it) as part of a course I'm running.
They wouldn't build your exact idea, so you don't have to reveal your big idea, but it would be close enough that you could get a good feel for what the developers can create.
Afterward, you can review the completed assignments and decide to hire one of the developers to customize the already-completed application for your specific needs.
- You have confidence the developer can do the work because they've already done it!
- You know the developer can customize the project to your needs because they are already intimately familiar with all the code.
- You don't pay a thing unless you want to move forward and hire one of the developers, and that's between you and the developer. I stay out of it.
Here's what you need to know about the developers:
- They're hard workers and are eager to learn.
- They'll do a good job building your MVP so if you create the next big thing, more experienced developers will have no trouble working with the code.
- They're eager to build experience and a portfolio of real applications so they can get a job working as a software developer. Heck, you may even want to hire them yourself!
Who can this help?
I'm trying to help those entrepreneurs that meet the following criteria:
- Have an idea for an application
- Don't have a lot of money to hire a developer
- Don't mind putting in some real effort to plan the MVP with me
- Are patient enough to let me develop the course and have the students actually build the project
If your idea wouldn't get done at all, otherwise, then maybe this could be a good arrangement.
How to proceed:
- Reply to this thread with the best way to contact you.
- I'll give you some info to help you make your idea generic enough that you don't have to reveal any details to me or the developers.
- I'll help you decide what is really MVP and what can be done later or manually for now.
- I'll develop a course around it and provide that course to developers.
Reality Check:
- Developing software can take a long time.
- The smaller your MVP the quicker it will be done, but don't expect this to be done within a couple of weeks.
- We'll need time to plan the MVP and then I'll need time to create the course and get students to sign up.
- Students will need time to complete the project.
What if I abandon my idea?
No worries!
- You still went through the valuable exercise of planning an MVP.
- I still got great material for an online course.
- Students still got to build something interesting.
What if no one completes the app?
- I'll just give you the code I wrote when I created the course. You can then do what you want with it.
- You can then hire anyone you want to work with it. It will be an enormous headstart and will undoubtedly save you lots of time and money.
Can I have an Android / iOS app created?
No, sorry. I will be teaching web applications only.
If you want to put the application on the Apple / Google Play stores, there are simple ways to do that, though. I'll even help you find someone that can do it for you, but you'll have to hire them yourself.
How complicated can my application be?
The aim here is to test your idea quickly.
Part of planning the MVP will be to identify a really really small feature set to see if there's a market for your idea.
If we cannot arrive at a small enough feature set, then this won't be a good fit.
How much will this cost me?
You won't pay me a thing, and you won't pay the developers anything unless you decide to hire one to customize the application for your specific idea.
In the beginning it will cost you some time, though.
You'll need to be dedicated enough to plan out your MVP and submit requirements / napkin sketches to me so I can put together the lesson plan.
The whole process will be a great learning experience for you.
How do I hire one of the developers to complete my idea?
I'll ask all developers that complete the course to provide a link to their completed app. With their permission, I'll share this with you and you can review them.
Just pick one you like and ask to be connected with the developer.
From there, you two can work out details. I won't get involved.
Can't I just use some tool for building my own MVP?
Of course.
Here are some tools I've heard about:
You don't need to be a coder
-- Code-Free Startup
My Marketplace Builder
But if you prefer to have full control over the code and plan on building your own dev team, going this route is an option.
The fact is, I'm going to be creating these courses anyway, and your ideas are not needed; however, this is an opportunity for me to help entrepreneurs that want to build something from scratch with code they have full control over.
How many apps can you handle / how many courses will you create?
Good question.
For now, I'm the only one creating these courses. I will create as many as possible, and I will create them as quickly as possible.
This will be an ongoing venture, as there will always be new app ideas to build, and there will always be aspiring developers available to do the work.
======================================== end FAQ =======================
NOTE:
If this needs to be a paid marketplace ad, please let me know.
I am not accepting any money from anyone that participates in this, so I thought a basic thread would be okay.
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