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Aneil Singh

Kitchener Waterloo, Canada

Entrepreneur Founder Simply Appointments and Builder of the Internet...
Been hosting web/email since late 90's.
Building SaaS Cloud Data Center environments world wide since yr 2000.
Hosting and Supporting SaaS Cloud since yr2000.
Research and implement products
Product development
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Social Marketing

How to get the word out on a budget.

Lean Startup

As an entrepreneur with no external financing (wasn't looking for any) I have been required to BOOTSTRAP...

Data Centers, SaaS, Cloud, Security, Networking

Been managing SaaS Cloud Server and network hosting since yr2000.
Started my IT career in 1995

SaaS, Cloud speed performance improvements
Work on a Shoestring budget

SaaS. Cloud Design Building

Software as a Service

Out Sourcing Development

Been Outsourcing Development Offshore and local. There are good and bad you have to be concerned with.

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Aneil Singh answered

Where do you go for outsourcing website development and what do you look for when selecting the right one?

Website dev? or Web Application?
If web site you can build it yourself or see your local Craig/Kijiji list to find a person/company. As well as using oDesk.

As for WebApp.. well this is a whole other story. This typically take a lot of planning and logic to be figured out and setting end goal results and milestones.
I have used companies from Odesk Freelancer as well as local. I had problems with all.

If you can find local you will be more happy as timezone does play an important roll. Just because you think you can get it build for $6k in India will not mean that it is what you want and good code.
You have to find a reputable company and that is done by research or trial and error which cost time and money.

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Website Development

Outsourcing

Aneil Singh answered

How do you prevent turnover within your company? I am the founder of a 200 employee technology company that is seeing roughly 25% annual churn.

I think you need to provide more information.
ie; industry/space, technology, office location, perks, etc.., avg age of employees, avg age of employees leaving.

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Human Resources

Staff Retention

Aneil Singh answered

What is the best ERP system or any other system for managing a business?

depending on your business you can also use Waveaccounting. it is a free SaaS app.
I use it and have no affiliation with them.
There are many systems of course you can use but it is also about the size of your company.

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CEOs

Business Advice

Aneil Singh answered

I want to reduce some dev costs for my startup AND incentivize my main developer. Any suggestions for a possible agreement? Is equity sharing needed?

I would hold on to all your equity as long as you can. If you will be launching soon then you will see what the adoption in either beta or prod will be and this will affect your valuation.
Skin in the game for your dev is great but do they want skin in the game or do they just want a salary?
As a owner you cannot be thinking you are going to get paid anytime soon as every dollar you get will go right back into the business.

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Business Development

Equity Trading

Software Development

Aneil Singh answered

What is the best way to get companies to pilot out an application? (Free)

If the solutions does not fit the needs for company they don't want to waste their time. You need to find your market for what you currently have and then build the product our from there.
the company will provide feedback and add this to your roadmap.

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Human Resources

Sales Process

Aneil Singh answered

Is Open Cart comparable to Shopify and Magento?

As Kevin has said there are a lot of advantages with SaaS shopping carts.

If you can manage your own server (or have people(s) who can then you should be fine. I could not image from an infrastructure point of view you would build your own physical servers and firewalls, etc... This is why you start out with a VPS from a company like AWS, Godaddy, etc...
Damn, even Digital Ocean has hosting for $5/month.

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eCommerce

Aneil Singh answered

Want to market massage business with Groupon but we do outcalls and do not have a location. What do I do?

I have started my business for the massage industry.
www.simplyappointments.com

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Therapeutic Massage

eCommerce

Marketing

Aneil Singh answered

I'm about to graduate from a 9 week coding bootcamp. Should I start my company or go work and continue learning?

Do both. with a full time position you will have others around you and learn from that environment and with your own project you will be spending a great deal of time reading and trying. So you will be working twice the amount of time and if nothing else you have sped up your dev skills.

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Entrepreneurship

Web development

Aneil Singh answered

At what point should an entrepreneur give up on their venture?

I have had similar questions. For myself I am technical although not a developer and having to hire developer consultants, manage the product, advertise and all the other items the go with being a founder. The biggest challenge he been hiring developers I can afford who will actually do the work with quality.
So, yes I have had these same questions however when I get businesses registering or emails asking if my system does "ABC" I know I am building the right product and it's just the time the developers are taking to get it done which is my main issue.
When I go to conferences I get great response from people. www.simplyappointments.com
My latest issues have been development staff and trying to get the development complete to guide the customers for configuring the system.

For my situation I am over the hump and just cleaning up loose ends to make it easier for people to use.

So for yourself, are people going to find your product useful and will they pay for it?

Please reach out anytime.

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Entrepreneurship

Fundraising

Aneil Singh answered

What value is there to auto populate a SaaS subscription module with Businesses/Customers which have not actually registered for the service?

You make some valid points.

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Sales

Marketing

Legal Advice

Aneil Singh answered

Should I outsource the development of my app to a mobile development company? Which are recommended/reputable?

I am someone who was in you position, I am technical but not a developer so I needed to find someone/company who could build what I needed and wanted.
I went to freelancer and odesk as well as tried to hire local. I also tried to find a partner.
I had terrible experience overseas as well as local.

Connect with your local tech startup group and see if they offer some services or have a company who they have used in the past.
I can tell you that just because someone in India, China, South America is cheaper then local does not mean it's the best decision.
Spend a little more if you need to.
Have your dev done within or close to the same timezone. You will save yourself from staying up until 3am to have meetings.

You can shoot me a msg if you have other questions.

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