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Recent content by miguelst

  1. miguelst

    Talking to people you don't know well, what's in it for them?

    IDEA 
    I'm wondering, if I'm about to question them about the problems they have, but I first tell them what my solution could be, won't that bias their answers? Would it be okay to mention my project/solution at the end of the interview? What do you think?
  2. miguelst

    Talking to people you don't know well, what's in it for them?

    IDEA 
    With the essence do you mean the problem it could solve for them? Or what the reason is why I'm interviewing them? Thanks for your post.
  3. miguelst

    Initial market research plan for a SaaS tool, would you add anything?

    IDEA 
    I have a SaaS idea that I want to validate, before starting to build anything (which is difficult as a developer, it's always itching to get going! But not this time, I want really thorough market research). These are the ideas I got. Initial research Create a list of questions, question about...
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    Market Research and Product demand

    MARKETING SAAS / APPS 
    Thanks for this post, I've been thinking about building a landing page first to gauge interest and even receive payment, but for software, the cycle is longer, so if I start getting leads or paying clients, it could take months before an MVP is released. How would you tackle this for software...
  5. miguelst

    Talking to people you don't know well, what's in it for them?

    IDEA 
    I'm evaluating the need for a SaaS idea, I've got a few connections that I can talk to, however a broad segment of my target market are people I don't yet know. How does one ask for 10 minutes (I'm keeping to short ) of someone's time, to just have a chat and ask some questions, are people open...
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    I'm not new, but I understand what needs to be done now

    INTRO 
    Nice! Added it to my ever-growing reading list, I'm reading The Lean Startup now, next up are The entrepreneurs guide to customer development The mom test Value proposition design Testing business ideas
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    I'm not new, but I understand what needs to be done now

    INTRO 
    Hi (again) everyone, I subscribed to this forum a year ago after reading Unscripted. I've been a web and web application developer for over 12 years, I'm always working on side projects, or getting new ideas and immediately executing them in code, but it's only now that it clicked, I'm building...
  8. miguelst

    Joining a startup, what are the options?

    SAAS / APPS 
    Well my main goal at this point is to build websites that are well built, meaning they generate leads, have good SEO and are more then just pretty. I'm thinking of working out an SEO offering with a monthly payment, but I still need to do research on that and figure out what I can do every month...
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    Joining a startup, what are the options?

    SAAS / APPS 
    Very good point Andy, thanks for making me think of it like that, my dream is to have an agency that makes beautiful websites in my niche (lifestyle and higher-end design), an agency in which I have designers, developers working for me. So in terms of goals this one single project doesn't mean a...
  10. miguelst

    Joining a startup, what are the options?

    SAAS / APPS 
    Well once I did the research, wireframe and design phase there's no reason for them to allow me in, they can then use all that information to go to an outsourcing company. Asking for a part, a share of the project instead of billing 10k in research and design costs is more of a win-win...
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    Joining a startup, what are the options?

    SAAS / APPS 
    I've been a developer for whole my life, I recently started my own agency, where I'm now starting to outsource work, and focus on sales and growing the business (the dream!). Now an old friend of mine contacted me to ask if I could manage a development team for a new web platform they're...
  12. miguelst

    Rejection Therapy, I'm going to contact CEO's of the biggest companies around, what can I get from a conversation?

    MINDSET 
    Your response is kind of harsh but I appreciate you taking the time to respond, some good advice here, I realised the mistake in using companies or entrepreneurs for this exercise, I'm going to keep on on doing some rejection therapy, but I'm just going to focus on asking runners if they want do...
  13. miguelst

    Rejection Therapy, I'm going to contact CEO's of the biggest companies around, what can I get from a conversation?

    MINDSET 
    Thanks! That book looks interesting! It's just a mindset thing, a no is just that, but on the other hand it's difficult to not take it personal the first few times.
  14. miguelst

    Rejection Therapy, I'm going to contact CEO's of the biggest companies around, what can I get from a conversation?

    MINDSET 
    So I'm doing rejection therapy (basically trying to get refused as much as possible). Today I ran 100 meters with a dog that's not my own, the guy just said yes, and the local swimming pool allowed me to print 30 pages on their printer, also a no I was trying to get, it's been a fun ride! Now...
  15. miguelst

    Weekly Progress: What will you get done this week?

    CHAT 
    Nice post @Andy Black My one big thing is to add a first case to my website portfolio! I launched a beautiful website yesterday, of which I'm very proud, I'm going to add it to my portfolio so people know what I can do for them. Have a good week, everyone!
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