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Thanks Chris, it's great to see people (pre-)launch. I think you deserve some honest feedback. You absolutely must learn to code. If you're running a start-up
by ekpyrotic 13y ago
Thanks Chris, it's great to see people (pre-)launch. I think you deserve some honest feedback.
You absolutely must learn to code. If you're running a start-up out the back of your bedroom, you need to push down costs -- and push them down hard. That means cracking open a jar of coffee and doing everything yourself -- including the coding.
Thankfully, at this point you only need a professional(-ish) looking front-end. As it's a hardware product there's no obvious/pressing/necessary need for interactivity. So you need to learn the basics of HTML, CSS and JS. This isn't as difficult as it may first seem/appear -- a good week/fortnight should get you up to speed on the basics. Or, even a productive night.
Then you should deploy and customize a pre-existing framework, i.e., Bootstrap. There's a tonne of interesting content hanging around about how to adapt Bootstrap to your needs.[1] These days there are many tools for novices to get to grips with contemporary trends quickly and easily.
Why do you need to do this? One, because at the moment no-one will take you seriously -- at all. And I mean that in the nicest way possible. There's no use getting on the phone/networking/reaching out if your product is effectively pre-Internet. A non-website sets off serious, serious alarm bells. You're wasting your time. Second, as no-one will take you seriously, you're funneling your ad revenue down the drain.
It's time get your head down, learn and crack on. Don't hesitate to reach out.
[1]: http://coding.smashingmagazine.com/2013/03/12/customizing-bootstrap/ http://coding.smashingmagazine.com/2013/03/12/customizing-bo...