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Re: New Website Builds Minimum Viable Products for Startups

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Post by dpritchett » Thu, Aug 12, 2010, 4:56 PM UTC

rcavezza wrote: post #36

If you were me, much would you charge for this service?

I would peg your fee against the quality of your portfolio.

For a ballpark estimate, try charging an hourly rate pegged at the yearly salary you want to make divided by 1000. My reasoning behind this is the other thread suggesting that contractors need 2x an employee's salary to cover for a lack of benefits balanced against the idea that a standard 40 hours x 52 weeks work year has 2000 hours.

  Example:  $50,000 * 2 / 2000 = $50/hr.

Re: New Website Builds Minimum Viable Products for Startups

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Post by rcavezza » Thu, Aug 12, 2010, 4:57 PM UTC

dpritchett wrote: post #40

rcavezza wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

False. Linking to people I admire. I considered changing this (as I changed many parts of the site based on HN comments), but I like the links as a tribute to them.

The links are fine but to make it kosher you need to put up some sort of description like "These fine folks inspired me. They are not affiliated with this service."

Implemented this change after a little more thought. Sorry if I offended anyone.

Re: New Website Builds Minimum Viable Products for Startups

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Post by Martin2010 » Thu, Aug 12, 2010, 5:49 PM UTC

You gotta remember to A/B split test your MVP before reaching P/M fit yo

Re: New Website Builds Minimum Viable Products for Startups

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Post by desigooner » Thu, Aug 12, 2010, 5:55 PM UTC

rcavezza wrote: post #42

dpritchett wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The links are fine but to make it kosher you need to put up some sort of description like "These fine folks inspired me. They are not affiliated with this service."

Implemented this change after a little more thought. Sorry if I offended anyone.

it's all a learning process ..

you might want to change case for the footer .. the caps don't help :)

i see you're a RU grad .. i'm an RU alum, now in Boston.

Re: New Website Builds Minimum Viable Products for Startups

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Post by eduardo_f » Thu, Aug 12, 2010, 7:01 PM UTC

user24 wrote: post #33

rcavezza wrote: post #24

Thanks for the comments everyone: Here are some replies... 1.) This website took 90 minutes to create from idea to publishing. 2.) Eric, Steve, Brant, and Peter are in no way affiliated with this except they are awesome and helped inspire it. 3.) An MVP can mean many things to many people. I think you should do the least amount of work in order to validate/invalidate the most assumptions. "Get out of the building", s…

make this into a marketplace which connects technical people with your target, instead of what it is currently which is a glorified "hey I'm a freelancer please hire me" page. Then you have a product. Screen applicants on both ends to ensure quality.

It's a good idea, but marketplace companies are notoriously difficult to start. You have to find customers that want to get an MVP and programmers willing to build it. It's like trying to do two different startups at the same time.

Re: New Website Builds Minimum Viable Products for Startups

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Post by rcavezza » Thu, Aug 12, 2010, 10:30 PM UTC

danshapiro wrote: post #37

rcavezza wrote: post #24

Thanks for the comments everyone: Here are some replies... 1.) This website took 90 minutes to create from idea to publishing. 2.) Eric, Steve, Brant, and Peter are in no way affiliated with this except they are awesome and helped inspire it. 3.) An MVP can mean many things to many people. I think you should do the least amount of work in order to validate/invalidate the most assumptions. "Get out of the building", s…

VCs get away with it because: 1) They have reputations; 2) They have the money 3) It's a practical necessity for someone who looks at a dozen pieces of IP daily. None of those cases apply to you, and as a general rule, no competent entrepreneur will pay a contractor who won't sign an NDA. My recommendation would be to sign enthusiastically, because it means you got a job.

Couldn't disagree more.

1.) This isn't about getting a job, it's about helping entrepreneurs start companies.

2.) I already had two queries that rubbed me the wrong way because they are similar to project I have in the works. Signing an NDA would probably jeopardize the work I've already done.