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Welcome!
It's nice to see other online startups in action.
Did you have any coding background when you started the project? What were some of the hardships you faced getting your site up and into beta?
I had some html and java background, but I realized that was not sufficient enough for this project. I did find a few freelancers to get the early prototypes coded, but with a lot of money spent on coders who were more interested in trying to drain every penny out of me, I realized the best thing to do was to find a good partner who was as passionate as I am about the project and its potentialities, as well as had the skills required to code a website of such complexity. I certainly learned that doing this project on my own would have been too difficult. Our team now consists of 5, 1 designer 2 coders and 2 project managers with vast experience in web development and who are passionate about everything that has to do with the web. Of course, most of us are doing this as part of a hobby and pushing our own abilities, but also in the hopes that something good will come out of it in the near future as the buzzmart community grows.
Hardships? I wish I knew where to start. First, prioritizing university, relationships (cough...girlfriends...) and time to get away from the computer screen to do something else every now and then (very important to one's overall well-being). Another major challenge was finding the right people with skill to code a website such as buzzmart from scratch. Not easy I tell you, and I have gone through many freelancers who made a lot of promises but could only talk the talk but not walk the walk. I learned a lot of lessons on the way, unfortunately spent a lot of my savings as well, but as I said before, find a good partner who believes in your project as much as you do - it just takes a huge load off your back. I always say to people that running a website is what I imagine raising a child must be like, in other words a lot of work! I look back at my early prototypes and the poor screenshots I made on paint, kind of nostalgic to look back at how things have evolved. Lastly, never give up, keep believing in what you do and even if it fails, well...just hope your mother has a spare room in her basement or attic. Better to have tried and failed than to have never tried at all, at least that' how I see it.
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