Starting up a business – Step 4: Take Action (Results)

I know its been a while since my last step of my Step by Step Business series, but it’s been an extremely busy “while”. I’m in the process of writing an ebook which I’m very excited about however has taken up so much of my time. However I have taken a break to update you on my new business.

The last step I did was Step 4, which to me is probably the most important step and this is to take action. I got some great feedback from a great bunch of programmers and the costs to get this done ranged dramatically. I had offers anywhere from $50 through to $2000. I’m not kidding. The strange thing was that the established and highly rated guys were in the lower price range compared to the newbies asking for the higher end programming fees. This tells me that just because the guy asks for $2000 doesn’t mean that it will be a better job that the guy who’s asking $150.

So what did I do? Well luckily for me one of the programmers was able to direct me to an already existing script. What this script did was search the net for videos, live stream them to phones and give the user the option to download these directly to their mobiles. Perfect. So essentially what has now happened, is that I have gone from requiring something custom made to simply needing a decent programmer to bolt on an already existing script and tailor it to what I want.

Naturally, I picked this helpful programmer to do the programming for me. Cost? Wait for it… $72. That is not a joke and this includes the script. Yes that’s $72 for the programmer and the script! So with all things being equal the entire programming to get the basics up and running will cost me a whopping $72. That’s the equivalent of a nice dinner, 1 shoe (not the pair), ink cartridges or a low key night out.

Whoever said you need money to create a product needs to read this post and my Starting up a Business Series. Anyone who uses the excuse “I don’t have the money”, yet just bought a new shirt, needs to read this. Don’t worry, I can safely admit I have been there and made the mistake of spending so much on a prototype. Learn from my previous mistakes as well as my current example to not fall into the trap. Do your research, take action and act in a frugal manner to ensure you get the best deal without paying for nonsense.

The next step will involve the final touches before it goes live and this will be done on the completion of the programming. I’ll need to give it some functionality tests as well as the real world experience required. I have been told that it should only take about a day but this is always a variable when it comes to programmers! Until then I’ll be thinking of a name and getting a simple logo created.