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Can a non-technical person contribute and idea and watch other people build it if it gets chosen? Is this an "idea sourcing" engine or more "crowdsourcing deve
by graham1776 13y ago
Can a non-technical person contribute and idea and watch other people build it if it gets chosen?
Is this an "idea sourcing" engine or more "crowdsourcing developers without needing to join a full startup"?
- bitsweet 13y agoAssembly is a collaboration platform to enable everyone to work together and get paid to create better products. The "idea sourcing" and backing is meant to find new products with some market validation so we know people want what we are building. Non-technical people can definitely contribute to the apps. There are many coding tasks, like marketing and copy editing, that goes into any successful product.
- whatupdave 13y agoNon-technical people can definitely contribute to the apps. For one if it's their idea, they get an immediate stake in future profits. There is also a lot of marketing and strategy work that goes into any successful product. The community around each product will vote the relative merits of each contribution. Basically, if someone submits work that is deemed good, they will receive a stake in profits. In terms of where it lies on the idea sourcing to building spectrum, I would say it's definitely leaning towards building successful products. There's no shortage of good ideas floating around, we want to help organise people together to build great products and push those products to succeed.