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Product Management

Would you recommend outsourcing coders from India ….or where do you suggest?

Clay Hebert answered: It depends on a lot of things. This is a pretty broad question with lots of pieces. Rob Walling has a great course on Udemy on The Startup's Guide to Virtual Assistants. The course costs $99 and it's more focused on VA work than straight dev / coding but it touches on both. I took it and it was worth every penny. https://www.udemy.com/startups-guide-hiring-virtual-assistant-va/

6 answers • over 12 years

Entrepreneurship

Looking for sources of “micro-angel” funding (~$100K) for a food start-up. Any suggestions?

Dan Martell answered: High net-worth individuals familiar with the industry or credit cards. Visa can make an amazing investor, just be sure to ask for money when you don’t need it.

3 answers • over 12 years

Entrepreneurship

What are some ways to execute a kick-ass beta phase?

Dan Martell answered: A few thoughts. 1) Get a diverse group (geo + backgrounds) to use it. 2) Invite people to use your product in person (on their laptops), 3) Measure the impact using www.survey.io – iterate and fix all the user flows.

3 answers • over 12 years

Entrepreneurship

How can we reward our top users without money and without appearing too big brotherish?

Dan Martell answered: You can start by personally emailing them and saying thanks. Doing something public without their permission isn’t cool. I send Direct Messages on Twitter, emails, all day thanking people.

6 answers • over 12 years

Entrepreneurship

What are the secrets to great user testing?

Dan Martell answered: Listen, don’t tell. Conduct it on their computer. Fix the issues after each test .. iterate like mad, especially when you’re small / trying to figure it out.

4 answers • over 12 years