SEED was put together by the REMITR team - however, the goal is to offer as much support as possible any many startups and small businesses as possible. We're stronger together.
For $500, you won't get decent enough developers.
>> Let's say it is $1000 for decent developers, would you not agree that it's way less than the ones in NY or SV?
Most of the 'rockstar' developers wouldn't want to risk it in a startup (which could fold out anyday) when they already are making > $1500 a month in that BigCo Inc. Unless equity is put on table for grabs, it's a pretty sad deal actually.
>> Sorry to add this, but same is the situation in the valley as well. It's but natural!
Well, aren't investors a major part of the ecosystem? This would be more like the classic railroad paradox. IMHO, only after India sees good number of credible startups with popular products will VCs ever bother to look at India.
Of course VCs are a good part of the ecosystem but given that India opened a tad too late, VCs might take time to pitch in as much as their western counterparts. Should we not create an ecosystem in the meantime and make as many startups work as possible, with no, low and limited VC funding?
$1,500 there feels like $150,000 here. It's like people from Japan who come here and say "US is so cheap, a high end meal is just $50 or max $100, I can eat facy 5 times a week!" I tell them that would change once you start earning in US dollars, thats when the equation will adjust itself and you will realize output is a function of input.
I suggest partnering with a designer or a design company. Offering them equity might get you a good start in terms of design and of course it continues further as your startup scales up.
I didn't consider offering equity. I understand it's common but I have a (possibly irrational) aversion to giving away any part of my company. To the point where I would rather do freelance work to get the money and pay the designer.
Ok, honestly what does this title want to convey?
If I knew my blog posts are not being read and I still want to keep writing, I might as well start writing offline and not blog. That will be my two bits in saving world resources!
"Path is a private photo sharing network - think Instagram, but without the filters and with a privacy model that takes away any anxiety associated with sharing photos with people you don’t know. It’s based around email addresses and phone numbers, rather than a public database of users. And compared to other popular social applications, Path is going against the grain: there’s no follow system and the friend system is also quite different from what you’re used to on Facebook."
That's not as common as it used to be, is it? I do still run into sites that annoy me, but it's nowhere near as bad as it was during the first wave of "this entire site will be in Flash because that lets us do cool design stuff" web design.
