I'd say that this is the wrong strategy - the said developer has to be proficient with: backend development, frontend development, app development (on 2 platfor

I'd say that this is the wrong strategy - the said developer has to be proficient with: backend development, frontend development, app development (on 2 platforms!), and have some solid design skills. Basically, if someone like that existed, he'd most probably be a rockstar beyond your price range (and who might not even be interested to work with you). What you will most probably find is someone average at all those tasks (I'd say average is the best case, jacks of all trades are tricky to evaluate). What I'd advise: * limit your hiring to a really strong backend developer and implement a solid backend API that can be used by all your frontends * hire two good web/app shops for the rest - there are a couple of very good ones out there, do your homework and find what those are * if you choose to go the single developer route, check Phonegap Build https://build.phonegap.com/ https://build.phonegap.com/ * maybe in time hire a frontend dev and/or a designer What are you guys contributing to the startup? I assume it's domain know-how and business. If that's the case, you should probably also look into enhancing your marketing skills (to be successful you'll also have to get into sales and customer support but this will be later I think). Check PG's last article regarding this topic (i.e. 'what founders should do'): http://paulgraham.com/ds.html http://paulgraham.com/ds.html Good luck!