How To Find a Great App Development Partner
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Our Vice President of Marketing explains the criteria for picking the best app development partner for your business.
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SOURCEBITS
HOW TO BECOME A GREAT APP
DEVELOPMENT PARTNERElliotte Bowerman,
Vice President of Marketing
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1. You have an app idea but don’t know how to bring it into reality
2. You made a basic MVP, now you need to put the big app pants on 3. You can’t/don’t wish
to hire internal employees
4. You need a lot of help FAST
5. You’ve gotten funding at LAUNCH Festival to take your app to the next level
YOU KNOW YOU NEED HELP WHEN…
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Good
Fast Cheap
Fast + cheap will lead to a very different development partner vs. fast + good.
Decide on your priorities.
PICK TWO
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Your budget is a major filter when working with development partners. A fixed-cost system vs. an hourly rate both have their pros and cons.
VARIABLES
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Because every app is unique, ranges will vary, but keep in mind that “You get what you pay for” is very true in mobile app development.
COMPARING
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Marketing Development Design
Great development partners support your BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT and always keep the bigger picture in mind.
AVAILABLE SERVICES
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Are you impressed with their work?
Research & evaluate their • website• portfolio• reviews
TALENT & EXPERIENCE
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• Where are YOU?
• Where are THEY?
• Frequent in-person/hands-on time with the team?
• Any language requirements/cultural familiarities?
LOGISTICS
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• Do you LIKE the people you’ve met?• Are they passionate?• Is there mutual respect?• Would you have a beer with the team?
THE PEOPLE FACTOR
NINJAS VS. ZOMBIES
Operations Lead Mani Farr [email protected]
Director of HR & Recruiting Navpreet Kaur [email protected]
Finance Naveen Ramaswamy [email protected]
Legal Counsel Rajwinder Sandhu [email protected]
Finance Manager Yagamurthy S [email protected]
IT
vs
Zombies will build exactly what you want - but only that
Ninjas will BATTLE for your success
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Budget
AvailableServices
People
Zombiesvs. Ninjas
Talent &Experience
Logistics
SUMMARY
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Our unique co-founding partnership model means we’re involved every step of the way, from product ideation, design and development, launch marketing strategy, business planning, securing investors, and long-term growth.
PRODUCT STUDIOS
