I found some of the resources in this article very helpful, such as Stylate, which looks like it can quickly provide value for a specific aspect of your startup. In terms of making mockups before diving into making the actual product, the author is advocating doing that for gauging customer interest in the product. You wouldn't sell mockups of a product in place of the actual product itself.
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#32Fucking hell that's an awful post. Lean Startup is great but you should realise the value of investing in good design. Don't go down a rabbit hole of 'big vision' design perfection straight away, sure (a $50k set of Photoshop comps before you've got product-market fit isn't a great idea) but you're not going to get very far with a fucking Unbounce template. Hire a good designer—one who knows how to do 'early stage st…
You don't need a designer before you write a single line of code.
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#33Out of curiosity I checked out ecquire's homepage and without watching the video, I had no idea what the product actually was. The supposed 'great headlines and content' are non-existent.
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#34I'm thinking of creating a startup, but I'm a busy guy. Can I pay someone else to make it for me? I'd still collect the profits of course.
I've not even got time to coordinate outsourcing my impending fortune. You can forward those profits to my checking account.