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It’s funny to hear this from the technical side. It resonates so strongly, because I’m in the same but polar opposite boat. Marketing day job for over a decade

It’s funny to hear this from the technical side. It resonates so strongly, because I’m in the same but polar opposite boat. Marketing day job for over a decade, but after spending far too long trying to find the technical partner I’ve built a functional MVP and got it in the hands of demo users thru TestFlight. It’s 100% not efficient use of my time. I would always rather find a technical partner - but the alternative of standing still while you search is too frustrating. Surely plenty of private/community slacks out there to connect the two..?

throwdecro 5y ago
> I’ve built a functional MVP and got it in the hands of demo users thru TestFlight Well done!
enumjorge 5y ago
> Surely plenty of private/community slacks out there to connect the two..? The challenge is finding an effective barrier of entry so that you are connecting people on both sides who are serious. Out of curiosity how did you build your MVP? Did you learn to code or did use no code tools or something similar?
- michaelje 5y ago
  I had a (relative to my profession) decent understanding of web languages(HTML/Php etc) from years in the marketing world, had a decent technical understanding, watched parts of the Stanford CS courses, and a lot of guess and check.. Google and throwing ideas around with technically minded friends/devs helped validate the ways I was approaching it. In the end I went to the source - Xcode and swift. In a fortunate way, moving to Canada right as the pandemic started meant I naturally had a lot more free time that I may have spent catching up with friends, travelling etc. Initially I was searching for local devs to work with but without a network and no one wanting to meet up with randoms I gave up and started to try do more and more myself. I should add it took me far longer than I would have liked - or a real dev would have taken. But my hope is with a true MVP in the hands of potential real clients it might be more appealing to the right person to take it on.
nmm 5y ago
Congrats on the MVP! Did you have a hard time convincing users to sign up for TestFlight? If so, how'd you overcome it?
- michaelje 5y ago
  Thanks, I really appreciate all the positive replies. Mostly they have been arms length connections - intros from people I know. Tbh, so far minimal pushback due to the (relatively) warm nature, and in their profession (healthcare) they are clear value in the value being provided. The TestFlight system is actually reasonably easy. While the private beta idea is good for today, plan to move past it once I validate a few more parts. There’s no fomo/network effects at play.

throwdecro 5y ago

> I’ve built a functional MVP and got it in the hands of demo users thru TestFlight Well done!

enumjorge 5y ago

> Surely plenty of private/community slacks out there to connect the two..? The challenge is finding an effective barrier of entry so that you are connecting people on both sides who are serious. Out of curiosity how did you build your MVP? Did you learn to code or did use no code tools or something similar?

michaelje 5y ago
I had a (relative to my profession) decent understanding of web languages(HTML/Php etc) from years in the marketing world, had a decent technical understanding, watched parts of the Stanford CS courses, and a lot of guess and check.. Google and throwing ideas around with technically minded friends/devs helped validate the ways I was approaching it. In the end I went to the source - Xcode and swift. In a fortunate way, moving to Canada right as the pandemic started meant I naturally had a lot more free time that I may have spent catching up with friends, travelling etc. Initially I was searching for local devs to work with but without a network and no one wanting to meet up with randoms I gave up and started to try do more and more myself. I should add it took me far longer than I would have liked - or a real dev would have taken. But my hope is with a true MVP in the hands of potential real clients it might be more appealing to the right person to take it on.

nmm 5y ago

Congrats on the MVP! Did you have a hard time convincing users to sign up for TestFlight? If so, how'd you overcome it?

michaelje 5y ago
Thanks, I really appreciate all the positive replies. Mostly they have been arms length connections - intros from people I know. Tbh, so far minimal pushback due to the (relatively) warm nature, and in their profession (healthcare) they are clear value in the value being provided. The TestFlight system is actually reasonably easy. While the private beta idea is good for today, plan to move past it once I validate a few more parts. There’s no fomo/network effects at play.