the startups.com platform about startups.comCheck out the new Startups.com - A Comprehensive Startup University

Categories

Browse Search

Loading...

Clarity

Andu Potorac

A Coruña, Spain

Building a software marketplace for non-coders @widgetic.

$2.92/min

—
0 Calls

2

2 Reviews

—

Avg. call

Growth Hacking Web development Product Strategy User Interface Design Product Development SaaS Mobile applications Early-stage Startups Software Project Management Creative Briefs

Call me to talk about

Product Strategy

Product strategy.

Answers 10
Reviews 2

Answers

Andu Potorac answered

How to find all NYC angel investors?

I would recommend you browse the sites that have already mapped these types of companies by categories.

Some good examples to start with:
https://nytm.org/made
http://www.digital.nyc/map
http://www.meetup.com/ny-tech/members/

Schedule a call • Share • Flag

angel investing

Growth Hacking

Andu Potorac answered

I'm using Squarespace. Can I have a box where customers drag and drop their video files and uploaded to a storage account?

Another service similar to the one mentioned is https://uploadcare.com/. Being restricted to SquareSpace means you need a widget that would be embeddable in their platform, that would come with this functionality.

You should also explore the big video players out there to see if they offer this type of widget (YouTube, Vimeo, Wistia, DailyMotion, etc).

Schedule a call • Share • Flag

Web development

Web Applications

Information Technology

Andu Potorac answered

Im looking for an app platform that lets me deploy the same data into various apps. Think Groupon's primary app and then their Getaways app. Ideas?

Hi. Parse should do the job ( https://www.parse.com ). We've successfully used them at Vuzum across many native and hybrid apps on both iOS and Android.

Schedule a call • Share • Flag

Programming

Mobile applications

bootstrapping

Andu Potorac answered

How should we plan a well-executed SaaS product launch to an existing customer base?

I don't think you should focus your entire energy on the launch. Instead, a smart cross-selling strategy could do great on the long term.

You didn't mention if the same user-base will already be signed-up to the service, or if they would have to make a totally different account. Assuming the latter, you could offer discounts at specific intervals for those that have already signed-up for the second service.

Schedule a call • Share • Flag

SaaS

Product launch

Andu Potorac answered

When we make a product platform, face different target users how to do?

This is a good problem to have. We're in the same position with our product Widgetic.

My advice would be to go through this article by Paul Graham:
http://paulgraham.com/ds.html.

I did a resume of what you need, here:

**Fire** - Focus on a deliberately narrow market (subsets of users). It's like keeping a fire contained at first to get it really hot before adding more logs.

**Consult** - pick a single user and act as if they were consultants building something just for that one user. The initial user serves as the form for your mold; keep tweaking till you fit their needs perfectly.

As you can see, this also seems the best approach - which not many products are lucky to have - to pick a specific target user group and focus on that initially, to get as much of that market first.

Schedule a call • Share • Flag

Product Design

Product Strategy

Andu Potorac answered

How do I grow from a one man startup when I don't have the money to hire & don't have skills or time for investors?

Believe it or not, at the size of 20+, I'm asking myself the same question. How do we grow more. There's just one answer, when you plan to bootstrap (which seems you do): product.

Focus on your product, try to reach PMF or at least a healthy cash flow every month, that would allow you to bring more people in your team (as partners, as employees or as a service provider - agency, freelancer).

Schedule a call • Share • Flag

Growth Hacking

Raising capital

Lean Startups

Andu Potorac answered

How long should a founder invest on creating a pitch deck? Are there any pitch deck templates? Should I have the deck reviewed by a pro investor?

I'd like to send some good resources we used for our deck:

How to deliver a killer business presentation: http://mashable.com/2012/02/03/improve-business-presentation/

How you can pitch for 5 to 6 minutes like a Techstars graduate: http://blog.spanishcurls.com/the-5-to-6-minute-pitch

14 things to avoid in your startup pitch deck: http://blog.press42.com/index.php/2013/01/16/14-donts-startup-pitch-deck/

The popular 10/20/30 Rule: http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2005/12/the_102030_rule.html

Sample Decks:
https://angel.co/7-cups-of-tea
http://bobbyvoicu.com/always-be-pitching-right.html
http://bobbyvoicu.com/saturday-video-great-startup-pitches.html
http://bobbyvoicu.com/linkedin-pitch-deck-explained-reid-hoffman.html
http://thenextweb.com/entrepreneur/2013/08/15/how-to-raise-money-as-a-first-time-founder/
http://blog.spanishcurls.com/the-5-to-6-minute-pitch

Schedule a call • Share • Flag

Fundraising

angel investing

Andu Potorac answered

What is the best platform to create a member based CMS website? (e.g. Squarespace)

There are many Website Builder Platforms. It's an entire industry that seems to be thriving - the top 5 players having all raised millions in funding this year (2014).

This list is in no particular order. Some of them offer the ability to create membership type websites (but not in the standard way where your members would access a CMS - that can only be done custom).

Website Builder Platforms

BaseKit Based Platform (HostGator, SiteJam, etc) - http://www.basekit.com/
GoDaddy Website Builder - https://www.godaddy.com/
Jimdo - http://www.jimdo.com/
Populr - https://www.populr.me/
Readymag - https://readymag.com/
SquareSpace - http://www.squarespace.com/
Voog - http://voog.com/ (edicy back in the day)
Webflow - https://webflow.com/
Webnode - http://www.webnode.com/
Weebly - http://www.weebly.com/
Wix - http://www.wix.com/
Yola - https://www.yola.com/
Zoho Sites - https://www.zoho.com/sites/
Moonfruit - http://moonfruit.com/
Biznessweb - http://biznessweb.com/
Aircus - http://www.aircus.com/
imcreator - http://www.imcreator.com/
Cloudcannon - http://cloudcannon.com
Webydo - http://webydo.com
Sidengo - https://sidengo.com/
Homestead - http://www.homestead.com/
Virb - http://virb.com/
Breezi - http://breezi.com/
Strikingly - http://www.strikingly.com/
uCoz - http://www.ucoz.com/
Flazio - http://www.flazio.com/
Jigsy - http://jigsy.com/
Webstarts - http://www.webstarts.com/
Webs - http://www.webs.com/
Vistaprint - http://vistaprint.com/
Simplesite - http://www.simplesite.com/
SnapPages - http://snappages.com/
Exai - http://www.exai.com/
Site Sumo - http://sitesumo.com/
DoddleKit - http://www.doodlekit.com/
Pikock - http://www.pikock.com/
Gutensite - http://www.gutensite.com/
Flavors Me - http://flavors.me/
Airsquare - http://www.airsquare.com/
Mobsyte - http://www.mobsyte.com/
Pagekit - http://www.pagekit.com/
Goodsie - http://goodsie.com/
Freshcreator - http://www.freshcreator.com/
Oxxy - https://www.oxxy.com/
Cubender - http://www.cubender.com/
Lifeyo - http://www.lifeyo.com/
Froont - http://froont.com/
Mozello - http://www.mozello.com/
Pixelhub - http://pixelhub.me/
Dudamobile - http://www.dudamobile.com/
Unbounce - http://unbounce.com/
Nubook - http://nubook.com/
Zyro - http://zyro.com/
Justaddcontent - http://justaddcontent.com/
Mpress - http://mpress.me/
Livecontrol - https://www.livecontrol.net/
Rocketspark - http://www.rocketspark.com/
The Grid - https://thegrid.io/
Website - http://www.website.com/
Sitezulu - http://www.sitezulu.com/
Sitedity - http://www.sitedity.com/
Nikktto - https://nikktto.com
Website builder - http://www.website-builder.com/
Mrsite - http://mrsite.com/
Websitebuild - http://www.websitebuild.net/
Landerapp - http://landerapp.com/
Simplybuilt - https://www.simplybuilt.com
Instapage - http://www.instapage.com/
Broadsheet - http://broadsheet.io/

I'm sure there's more website builder platforms out there that are not in my list.

Schedule a call • Share • Flag

Website Development

Website Design

Website Monetization

Andu Potorac answered

Where can I find programmers willing to join a growing mobile start up for equity only?

As the CEO of digital agency Vuzum but also the founder of our own startup Widgetic, I can tell you that we've got a lot of similar requests. But we turned them down, and always will.

The reason is simple: if we want to invest time into an idea, we'll invest in our own. And we'll get 100% of the equity while we're doing it.

And more than that, starting a product with someone involved as a partner, who is miles away, would happen with a lot of legal issues and mistrust.

If you're going this route to get an MVP out it's also a bad decision, because if - by the smallest chance - is going to be successful, this initial partnership will follow you across your product's lifetime. See how Facebook paid 60M to the twin brothers for similar reasons.

Schedule a call • Share • Flag

Technical Hiring

Business Development

Mobile applications

Andu Potorac answered

How can i find a really good UI/UX designer to create my web application ?

I would build on top of Danny Halarewich's answer.

Having gone through a sorrow experience with Dribbble, I would recommend you also check that the work of the designers you contact is live, so that you can require them to send some references.

Reach out to those references before deciding on a designer.

Schedule a call • Share • Flag

User Interface Design

User Experience

Team Building

Reviews

Andrei is a visionary and that's his strongest quality. He's a perfectionist and makes everyone exceed their limits. He always tried to understand every situation and listened to everybody when he needed to. All of this will make the business he develops to grow and make him a successful man.

Corneliu Chitanu Source: LinkedIn

Andrei's Flash work is top-notch - well-written, elegant, functional and attractive. He's quick to respond and easy to work with. Highly recommended.

Duncan Watt Source: LinkedIn

Member since December 2014