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How to launch, startup playbook and cost calculator

117 pointsby bentossellover 7 years ago

12 comments

hailpixelover 7 years ago
I&#x27;m not sure what this site is trying to be. The playbook just contains generic steps of a lean &#x2F; startup process. The calculator seems to be a deal funnel for a consultancy which again is loose and amorphous.<p>Who&#x27;s the audience here?
gravypodover 7 years ago
There&#x27;s a lot of guides for starting VC funded &amp; B2C things. I haven&#x27;t been able to find a &quot;guide&quot; for setting up a software consultancy. I know a group of programmers who would sign up if I started one and I think I&#x27;m good enough at explaining difficulties&#x2F;alternatives to someone who isn&#x27;t technologically inclined.<p>It looks like there&#x27;s a lot of need for people who can write quality software by contract in a timely manor it&#x27;s just very difficult to find clients and start a real business. How do you make that first leap?
arekkasover 7 years ago
I find the progressiveness of the web app confusing - isn&#x27;t there a page where I can see what exactly you&#x27;re doing? Also I would expect a cost calculator that I can just use (and that is smarter than the 1k other calculators) instead of filling out a contact form.<p>In any case, the best of luck to you.
codingdaveover 7 years ago
Their 4 week paid service to launch your startup idea sounds to me like, &quot;If your idea is trivial enough that a couple guys can code it in a week... then we are those guys!&quot;
wasnthereover 7 years ago
good luck swindling the dreamy eyed 20 somethings... what a joke!
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hoodoofover 7 years ago
This is an ad for their paid services or something? I went through a bunch of button presses that seemed to lead to a page promoting me to buy something?
tluyben2over 7 years ago
Nice idea but such a calculator really depends on the type of business and the amounts from this one seem really low. Depending on your business and the number of people that actively can do tasks involved ofcourse.
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z3t4over 7 years ago
It would be cool with a startup service, where you just need to have an idea, and take strategic decisions, while all the work is done by other people.
pascalxusover 7 years ago
More concrete examples would be helpful: actual user acquisition channels that could work and how to use them. Everything else is relatively easy: User acquisition is the hardest part.
dotshover 7 years ago
Why to write something that exist for years and is for many ppl a holy bible for starting a startup? Has not even gone out of date and nobody wrote anything better. :)<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;gettingreal.37signals.com&#x2F;toc.php" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;gettingreal.37signals.com&#x2F;toc.php</a><p>For years I watch how many medium articles, websites or self-appointed internet gurus write about the same thing over and over again... with very weak effect.<p>It&#x27;s nothing personal, yet I don&#x27;t like that chat look that force me to click and click to read something.<p>BTW. U make super advanced website for &quot;Your estimated cost for this project is £1800&quot;?
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ashtubeover 7 years ago
Awesome! Good luck Ben!
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call_outover 7 years ago
I&#x27;m going to have to call out Ben Tossel for vote brigading. Here&#x27;s a link : <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;bentossell&#x2F;status&#x2F;920574217841774592" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;bentossell&#x2F;status&#x2F;920574217841774592</a><p>This is not product hunt to say &quot;Hey we launched on PH&quot; which is code for &quot;come upvote my post&quot;.<p>I can only speculate on what goes in private, but you get the point.<p>This practice of vote brigading is very very common for people who have any meaningful following or are close to &quot;influencers&quot;. I know a shit ton of people who do either open vote brigading or do so privately. It&#x27;s also very easy to avoid the voting ring detector since launches are rare. It&#x27;s fucking disgusting to say the least.<p>The only consolation for me is that such people <i>will not</i> succeed long term or at least very few will succeed. To the community : please keep your eyes open, a lot of content does not get to the front page organically, when you see such posts call them out.<p>I hope the comments on this post make sense with this context.