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Re: Ask HN: Reasonable approach to outsourcing MVP app?

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Post by patrickgordon »

My agency has a particular focus on working with startups to build their MVP. It can definitely be done and there are a lot of great suggestions in this thread. A few key things that we look for as the people on the other side of the table from you:

* Clear understanding of the problem you are trying to build an MVP for

* Wireframes / UI Mockups / User flows / User stories are so, so beneficial

* Being open and realistic in regards to timeframe which depends on the complexity of MVP

* Willingness to communicate often and stay in touch regularly throughout the build.

Happy to discuss offline if you'd like to talk about it more. My email is on my profile. We're based in Australia.

Re: Ask HN: Reasonable approach to outsourcing MVP app?

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Post by williamtaormina »

fratlas wrote: post #9
williamtaormina wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not really that unreasonable, but maybe a bit high. I'd be more than willing to bet that if you down-scope your feature set by 10%, you'd cut development costs by 50%. What exactly are you building?

Reading up on it, I'm starting to think it should be around 15-25k. It's a simple app which involves payment systems, GPS and talking to 1 or 2 APIs, with a very simple FE.

Without disclosing anything proprietary, I challenge you to describe your "MVP in Three". In other words, what are the three most important value-creating activities your app will facilitate?

Re: Ask HN: Reasonable approach to outsourcing MVP app?

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Post by fratlas »

williamtaormina wrote: post #12
fratlas wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Reading up on it, I'm starting to think it should be around 15-25k. It's a simple app which involves payment systems, GPS and talking to 1 or 2 APIs, with a very simple FE.

Without disclosing anything proprietary, I challenge you to describe your "MVP in Three". In other words, what are the three most important value-creating activities your app will facilitate?

Reduce inefficiencies in waiting times on C2B sales through GPS tracking (pretty hard to explain without mentioning the domain).

Re: Ask HN: Reasonable approach to outsourcing MVP app?

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Post by williamtaormina »

fratlas wrote: post #13
williamtaormina wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Without disclosing anything proprietary, I challenge you to describe your "MVP in Three". In other words, what are the three most important value-creating activities your app will facilitate?

Reduce inefficiencies in waiting times on C2B sales through GPS tracking (pretty hard to explain without mentioning the domain).

Not quite what I was looking for, but I'll take it. How's the development hunt going?
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