Create a phone app.

[Guillaumed]

Good morning/afternoon/evening everyone!

I have several ideas for apps but don’t know anything about “coding/creating” apps. I wanted to know where should I find a programmer/software engineer ( if this is who I need ) and how to protect my ideas from being stolen....?

Any advices will greatly appreciate it!

Thank you for your time.

 

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[Teddy L Wang]

Good morning/afternoon/evening everyone!

I have several ideas for apps but don’t know anything about “coding/creating” apps. I wanted to know where should I find a programmer/software engineer ( if this is who I need ) and how to protect my ideas from being stolen....?

Any advices will greatly appreciate it!

Thank you for your time.

facebook groups offering services. MJ talked about how learning to do difficult tasks weeds out those who aren't willing to enter through a more difficult entry barrier. also, if you don't try yourself, then do you know how to delegate the task to someone else? not saying you need to be an expert... but at least give it a shot? worth a try try udemy/skillshare... also, ideas are a dime a dozen. protect your execution, not your ideas.

 

[PJ-Mallen]

I created a suite of iphone Apps for fun (passion project), I used a developer that I knew, as a favor but paid him for his time. It's not something you can learn overnight. I would go to Upwork or Guru and post your job, you'd be surprised at how inexpensive it is, it's easy for developers to do it. Keep in mind you will need them to do updates in the future, it's not a one time thing. Also, most Apps are free, so unless it's a game you can't charge much for it, so it's more of a tool for branding and marketing. Upwork is a gold mine.

To protect your ideas go to uspto.com and apply for a trademark, it's $225 per idea. Keep it general so it covers more products and don't use a logo unless you have a concrete brand, just trademark the name in the right category. There are a lot of unethical companies who will lead you to believe you need them to complete the process but it's a simple fill-in-the-blank process and they now have a series of short videos showing you exactly how to do it.

 

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[Guillaumed]

I created a suite of iphone Apps for fun (passion project), I used a developer that I knew, as a favor but paid him for his time. It's not something you can learn overnight. I would go to Upwork or Guru and post your job, you'd be surprised at how inexpensive it is, it's easy for developers to do it. Keep in mind you will need them to do updates in the future, it's not a one time thing. Also, most Apps are free, so unless it's a game you can't charge much for it, so it's more of a tool for branding and marketing. Upwork is a gold mine.

To protect your ideas go to uspto.com and apply for a trademark, it's $225 per idea. Keep it general so it covers more products and don't use a logo unless you have a concrete brand, just trademark the name in the right category. There are a lot of unethical companies who will lead you to believe you need them to complete the process but it's a simple fill-in-the-blank process and they now have a series of short videos showing you exactly how to do it.

Thank you PJ, helpful!

 

[vasanthanju]

Thanks all for this guidance

 

[Julio Andres]

I had found a couple of great app developers on the past on Upwork.
But I know about app development, so I was managing the stuff, even overseeing technical stuff.

So I would recommend that if you really want to follow that path, at least try to do a simple app by yourself, Udemy courses are very good to start, and are practically inexpensive. You can set a three month period just for you to study and develop something, and at the same time you can refine your idea, make mockups, show it to close friends/family.
I would say three months won't make you even a junior developer, but it could give you some knowledge on the area.

And don't worry on your app idea being stolen, to make an app successful you require much more than the app, the technical part is the easy part (if it's not something wacky/superdisruptive, or related to other hardware).

good luck!

 

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[Guillaumed]

I had found a couple of great app developers on the past on Upwork.
But I know about app development, so I was managing the stuff, even overseeing technical stuff.

So I would recommend that if you really want to follow that path, at least try to do a simple app by yourself, Udemy courses are very good to start, and are practically inexpensive. You can set a three month period just for you to study and develop something, and at the same time you can refine your idea, make mockups, show it to close friends/family.
I would say three months won't make you even a junior developer, but it could give you some knowledge on the area.

And don't worry on your app idea being stolen, to make an app successful you require much more than the app, the technical part is the easy part (if it's not something wacky/superdisruptive, or related to other hardware).

good luck!

Thank you Julio!