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Discussion on: I finally released my first Side Project and you can too.

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Liam Hall

Outsourcing in itself is a big subject - If you're worried about cost, you can look for designers / developers that share your enthusiasm for the product / service and perhaps offer a skills exchange. You can find like minded individuals through lot's of services, post on here, Twitter, The Dots, find a co founder through services like Starthawk or people in your area using something like Shapr. In terms of Monetizing the product / service, I think that's dependent on your product/ service, a couple of proven options are to offer a free, limited version of your product/ service as well as paid, full featured version. If you have a free product / service, release a paid PDF "How to get the most out of product" or similar. Communicating with designers and developers is about finding a compatible partner, not everyone will work well together - Talk to different people, find someone who listens and shares your passion for your idea, set up a way of sharing ideas early on, through a service like Basecamp. Budget is really down to the product, talk to people, would they use the product / service, is the product/ service needed, if so how much would they be willing to pay for that product/ service - This will help you scope how much time / budget you should dedicate to the project.