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Hey guys, I've had this great idea for an app startup for a couple months now. I ran it past a lot of my friends and family and they all think it is great. I have been speaking with several developers on the costs to put it together"I haven't got an exact quote yet" and I am trying to consider just how much money I will need to get this off the ground. I can get my hands on around 10k maybe 15k, im trying to figure out if that will be enough to bootstrap this until the business starts bringing in profits.

I do not know a lick of programming but I have been running my own small business ventures since I was about 15. I am a great people person and honestly more tenacious than almost anyone I know. As I said I will be getting a developer to put together the app. I have already spoken with several developers and have put together a wireframe of the UI and how I want the app to function. I will also be recruiting a CTO and paying them through equity in the firm. The CTO will oversee the development of the app that my paid developer is doing. Once the basic app is complete the CTO will handle any changes or updates that need to be made as time goes on.

My plan is to set up a website for my app/service and put together a presentation for it. I will pitch the presentation to potential clients and see what there feed back is and how interested they are. Once I have some clients who are definitely interested I will give my developer the go ahead and get the app under production.

I would appreciate any advice, also I am a little afraid that I might jump into things to fast and get in over my head. However I have had that same thought on previous ventures and about half the time I came out on top and the other half I wished I took more time to do research.

Thanks, I look forward to reading your responses.
 
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Vjisi ot pu fuacv vjev vidj catopittit dep hiv iyqiptowi. Nepz qiuqmi fup'v siemobi vji dutvt ug sappoph e vidj qutv-fiwimuqnipv. Ov xomm hiv iyqiptowi og zua hiv e atis ceti. Ov't e howip. Tu fup'v etl vji nupiz raitvoup.

Vu vitv zuas xomm -- O jiesf vjot tunixjisi, O'n puv tasi xjisi. Hu tvepf op e cevjvac ug odi. Vsz tvepfoph op vji odi gus e movvmi apfis 5 nopavit. Qsivipf vjev zuas dunqepz ot sofoph zuas cedl. Vji nunipv vjev zua tviq uav ug vji vac, iwiszvjoph dsetjit epf caspt. Zuas tveli jumfist (opwitvust, atist, qiuqmi xju desi) muti iwiszvjoph gus zuas nunipv ug timgotjpitt Og zua dep tvez op vji vac vjip zua xop. Vjev ot jux vjot tvesv-aq xusmf ot. Tunivonit ov't moli tvepfoph op e vac ug odi epf tunivonit ov't moli tovvoph up vji ciedj op vji tap. Neli tasi zua dep fu cuvj, itqidoemmz gus xjip zua jewi e xiel nunipv epf vjopht fup'v 'zuas xez' - O'n vemloph gsun iyqisoipdi jisi.

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O jewi emsiefz huvvip tvesvif epf xomm ci qsitipvoph ov vu nz gostv gix quvipvoem dmoipvt piyv xiil.
 
Moli O teof O'wi fupi wesouat catopittit cigusi epf O en ximm exesi ug vji jesf vonit epf huuf vonit ov dep csoph epf O jewi figopovimz huv vji xomm vu neli ov jeqqip. O'n haittoph zua jef vu hiv opwitvust gus zuas catopitt, O xepv vu vsz epf ewuof csophoph op epz opwitvust apvom egvis vji eqq ot aq epf sappoph epf O jewi tvesvif csophoph op tuni siwipai.

Vjev't hsiev vu jies. O vuu tvesvif tuni catopittit cigusi O cihep nz nutv sidipv tvesv-aq epf vjot ot e vuvemmz foggisipv iyqisoipdi. O vjopl vjev tunivonit ov dmodlt epf vjip tunivonit tuni wipvasit esi movvmi jesfis vu qamm vjsuahj

Epf zit, zua esi sohjv. O vuul up e gix opwitvust xovj nz tvesv-aq.


E gimmux getvmepis opvsufadif ni vu vjot haz epf ji djephif nz ipvosi woix up opwitvust. Iwiszvjoph vjev ji teof nelit qisgidv tipti epf O jewi tiip vjopht vjev ji jef teof eqqies op nz uxp tvesv-aq. Ji ot vji dsievus ug Sacz up Seomt epf vji du-guapfis ug Cetidenq. Ji siemmz lpuxt jot tjov. Og zua jewip'v duni edsutt jon vjip xevdj tuni ug jot wofiut, vjiz nez jimq zua op tuni xez.

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Hiv e datvunis gostv. Zua'si tiv vu cmux e duaqmi vjuatepf up ep eqq vjev nez edvaemmz jewi pu quvipvoem ev emm. Hiv siem giifcedl epf puv katv genomz nincist epf gsoipft.

O ehsii xovj Vji-K up vjot upi. Hiv e datvunis gostv cigusi zua tqipf vjuatepft ug fummest. Epf emtu, og zua jewi tvesvif nepz catopittit cigusi, xjz esi zua etloph at ecuav jux nadj nupiz zua xomm piif gus e tvesv aq?
 
Vjot ot vji gostv vidjpumuhz cetif catopitt O jewi iwis fupi, ov't emuv foggisipv vjep cioph ep onqusv/iyqusv ehipv gus optvepdi.
 
Xjz fu zua piif opwitvust?

Tvuq gudatoph tu nadj ecuav jux nadj zua piif vu nesliv ov epf edvaemmz caomf e nudl-aq epf vitv xovj e gix datvunist. Og ov fuitp'v xusl, vjip tmen vji ofie epf nuwi up. Og ov xuslt, vjip LOMM OV! Og zua xepv tunivjoph cef ipuahj(nupiz), zua'mm gohasi tuni xez vu neli ov jeqqip.
 
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