To a large extent, the skills required to develop an app have become commoditized over the past few years. Also available, are a large number of templates to kickstart app development (specially games). That being said there are some key issues which differentiate successful apps: User Acquisiti...
The viral strategy needs to be a natural extension to the app that requires SMS - not sure you want to just use it for the sake of it being viral (seems forced). A perfect example of this is the Twist app. The app tells someone you are meeting with when you will arrive. When you set up a twist ...
The standard procedure is to sign a mutual non-disclosure agreement with whoever you are disclosing your idea to, before you hire the firm. Once your product is built or is in the process, you have the option to patent or copyright it. Here's my article that gives the complete details on both:...
Prove that it'll make money: 1. Call real people that would pay for it and talk to them about their needs. Do they describe what you're planning to do? 2. Build a simple email capture page (use something like LeadPages or OptimizePress to keep it cheap/easy) and write marketing copy to capture ...
Hi Valentin, Have you considered splitting the research phase and the development phase? You can quote a fixed amount for the research phase (I'm sure you can estimate this in weeks and take the hit if you go over). You can say to the client that you will quote the development once the research ...
Read the book "Blue Ocean Strategy" - helps you find latent customer needs, bigger competitors might not address
The best way to do validation on this idea would be to acquire customers through Facebook ads (rich targeting makes you able to cohort users nicely). Then, you could manually pair people via email or through a simple text messaging exchange facilitated by Twilio. In this scenario, you could pro...
I would say don't let the revenue be your deciding factor. Build the idea that you enjoy the most. If you'd really like to try both then go for it. Just be careful to validate your SaaS business idea early and often, as it can easily become a much more complex project than what it sounds like yo...
In my opinion your cannot make something "go viral" organically. It is something that happens naturally and with a great marketing campaign. There are more than 1.5 million apps on iTunes and the chances of your getting found are minimal. You need to create a marketing campaign that uses paid tra...
Technically. Zero. Is just an image source change. If you're hiring someone then whatever they charge per hour x 1 hour lol. Good luck