I'm in the process of hiring a mobile app development team for a rather large project.
Long story short, I came up with an idea that's very unique, and can serve to create a value for a lot of people, making life a little easier. Even better I was able to sell the idea to one of my personal training clients who is now a business partner. He's been a corporate lawyer for a decade, has the initial funds to get our beta model going and has handled all the legal stuff NDAs, S-Corp formation in Delaware, operating agreements....
So after a lot of meetings to develop the concept solidifying what we want as our beta model, it's time to hire the developing team.
We went through a pretty serious list of NYC based app firms and decided we'd prefer to work with someone where we can sit down for a meeting on a weekday afternoon if need be. We're not outsourcing this one oversees.
I've been doing my reading and have a pretty good grasp on what kind of questions I should ask. This includes; who owns the code, prior work, is design work included, will someone be there to further develop the concept based on industry knowledge, what's the cost and time frame.....
I have another client that works for a mobile app start-up that has gained a lot of traction. He mentioned that I should have them build me an app on the spot that is ultra basic (logo, page of text) and mentioned any good developer could do this in 5 minutes. He also said that I should check the iTunes ratings of their apps. Further I should find the 1st one star review, read it, check the date, and see how long it took them to launch an update if it was to fix something that was broken.
While I do have this basic grasp, I'd like to inquire if anything the experts on here would recommend as a "must have" in a mobile app developer?
Thanks in advance for the continued wisdom!
Long story short, I came up with an idea that's very unique, and can serve to create a value for a lot of people, making life a little easier. Even better I was able to sell the idea to one of my personal training clients who is now a business partner. He's been a corporate lawyer for a decade, has the initial funds to get our beta model going and has handled all the legal stuff NDAs, S-Corp formation in Delaware, operating agreements....
So after a lot of meetings to develop the concept solidifying what we want as our beta model, it's time to hire the developing team.
We went through a pretty serious list of NYC based app firms and decided we'd prefer to work with someone where we can sit down for a meeting on a weekday afternoon if need be. We're not outsourcing this one oversees.
I've been doing my reading and have a pretty good grasp on what kind of questions I should ask. This includes; who owns the code, prior work, is design work included, will someone be there to further develop the concept based on industry knowledge, what's the cost and time frame.....
I have another client that works for a mobile app start-up that has gained a lot of traction. He mentioned that I should have them build me an app on the spot that is ultra basic (logo, page of text) and mentioned any good developer could do this in 5 minutes. He also said that I should check the iTunes ratings of their apps. Further I should find the 1st one star review, read it, check the date, and see how long it took them to launch an update if it was to fix something that was broken.
While I do have this basic grasp, I'd like to inquire if anything the experts on here would recommend as a "must have" in a mobile app developer?
Thanks in advance for the continued wisdom!
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