Are there any examples of start-ups that have been fairly successful (had some 10K users/acquired, etc) by outsourcing all development work on platforms like Elance/Odesk.<p>We at QwikDial (qwikdial.com) are a 2 member startup and were wondering if some had a similar experience that they'd want to share.<p>Thanks and also feel free to review our landing page (qwikdial.com). We are looking for beta testers.
This page doesn't seem to work right on Google Chrome on Windows -- I can't click on any of the links.<p>It's unclear looking at the page what exactly is being sold? Health insurance? Some other kind of insurance? What do pets and fitness have to do with it?<p>I'm skeptical about any company in this space because often they talk as if you are going to get quotes without hearing from a second-rate salesperson. Maybe you're not doing this but you will pay for their sins regardless.<p>I have a friend who runs a dev shop in India who runs the software development operations for startups who have the business operations elsewhere. These guys are world-beating at what they do.
There are some examples here: <a href="http://www.quora.com/Outsourcing/How-far-can-outsourced-development-take-a-startup" rel="nofollow">http://www.quora.com/Outsourcing/How-far-can-outsourced-deve...</a>