William Wickey
Sep 4, 2018 · 1 min read

Another way to think of this is in terms of cost-per hour:

Say you could secure a reliable, competent developer for $75 to build your app — which is possible.

$15,000 / 75 = 200 hours

Can your app be built in 5 weeks of full time work?

Yes, this is possible.

Your role as a non-technical founder is then to maximize the output of that developer’s time with effective project management, clear instructions, etc.

(The math changes if you need, a designer or additional skill sets.)

At @Crowdbotics we help non-technical people turn ideas and specs into working software, including apps, browser extensions blockchain, software, AR/VR, chatbots, etc. http://www.crowdbotics.com

A number of companies from Y Combinator’s Startup school have used Crowdbotics to build their MVP. Those fully-functioning MVP builds typically cost about $6k and take about a month to complete.

    William Wickey

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    Director of Product Marketing & Growth @ Crowdbotics. More at williamwickey.com.