As a non technical founder, i can go as far as prototyping an app on figma, or make detailed wireframes of what I want the app to be. Right now, after months of brainstorming and research, I would say I have a pretty good idea of what i want the app to be and what the functions of the app are. But I'm new to the startup world, and I'm at a stage where I'm supposed to choose one of the three options with their own pros and cons:
Find a technical cofounder for full stack development. It's very difficult to find someone with the same mindset and vision as me, but if I do, then this can be the best solution out of the three.
Learn either front end or back end or both. It's very time consuming especially when I'm in my final year of my bachelor's and doesn't really make sense (as advised by another founder of a pretty big startup)
Outsourcing dev. Lack of funding, IP issues, and communication gaps.
It would be great if someone who's already in the startup world to guide me with this or give me advise on what next step for me would be the most beneficial.
Specifically to adress the IP issue. You can include a complete transfer of IP to your company in the work order. This is pretty standard in most of the places that outsource full stack dev unless you're using a platform like megento or Shopify etc
But that being said you have to be very clear about your requirement and follow up and track dev like you would if it's being built inhouse ( weekly demo's of work done etc. ) I've used trelli to track this and it works well for me.
Happy to guide you on best practices for this if you do choose to go ahead. Know that it is a frustrating process and keep in mind that deadlines will be pushed so plan accordingly
What other options you have? You can’t do everything by yourself
this totally depends on what you are trying to do and how important the tech is.. if you are building a marketplace/D2C etc you can get it built outside.. anything where tech is core you should ideally wait for the right tech cofounder. I have had outsourcing done for my own startup, it was not a great experience. the lack of ownership in an outsourcing format hurts a ton more for a startup.
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