Hey guys, i have a pilot of my startup and its goin great. The next step will be developing much bigger site and system then what i have now. As i dont want to recrew a tech-founder just for that purpose and to be able to afford it, i was thinking about outsourcing the development. For that matter i have two qwestions for you guys: 1) Does outsoruced dev team in early stages harm future funding rounds for the startup ? 2)Which successful early oursourced booststrap startups do ou know ? and can you link up their story ? thx!
It is better to work with an outsourcing company in the MVP and early stages to build the product than finding a tech co-founder. There are several reasons:
1. it is very hard to find a reliable tech founder.
2. you will have to convince the person about your idea and also give away liquidity.
3. Even if you find, it doesn't mean that tech co-founder will be able to do everything, you still might have to hire some developers to do tech work.
I would suggest to go with outsourcing now. I have written a detailed blog here, you can check more details:
https://www.simpalm.com/blog/do-you-need-freelancers-or-co-founders-for-technology-startups
Answered 4 years ago
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