Outsource your idea | Launch your business for 1/4 the price
Outsource your idea | Launch your business for 1/4 the price, available at $59.99, has an average rating of 3.85, with 105 lectures, based on 447 reviews, and has 43199 subscribers.
You will learn about Understand what is and isn't outsourcing Validate your idea's preparedness and eligibility for outsourcing Plan on budgeting and ways of reducing the project cost before starting Navigate and operate outsourcing platforms Upwork and Freelancer Use advanced search criteria to locate specific outsourcing partners Build a contracting strategy that works with your level of experience and your idea's level of progress Figure out your ideal price point and preferred region Write job titles, descriptions, and settings that bring high quality bids Conceptualize your idea through the Sx5 framework to solidify your featureset Decide which features to include (and drop) in your project's first iteration Rapidly sketch your ideas like a professional Use wireframing tools like Balsamiq to quickly put together idea mockups Break through creativity blocks and keep your project ideation going Use prototyping tools to add interactivity to your mockup and pre-test features before slating them for development Create mockups and demos that deploy natively on tablets and phones Use advanced techniques for quickly bringing your project together Employ best practices for outsourcing, such as hybrid rates, managing tone, and navigating legality Use Asana and Trello to keep your project on track and increase project transparency Bug hunt and run QA tests like a professional Navigate the most common scenarios that arise from outsourcing This course is ideal for individuals who are Anyone interested in launching a business or product idea or Anyone interested in learning the intricacies of outsourcing and the best ways to contract work or Anyone interested in improving their skills in project or product management It is particularly useful for Anyone interested in launching a business or product idea or Anyone interested in learning the intricacies of outsourcing and the best ways to contract work or Anyone interested in improving their skills in project or product management.
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Summary
Title: Outsource your idea | Launch your business for 1/4 the price
Price: $59.99
Average Rating: 3.85
Number of Lectures: 105
Number of Published Lectures: 103
Number of Curriculum Items: 105
Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 103
Original Price: $189.99
Quality Status: approved
Status: Live
What You Will Learn
- Understand what is and isn't outsourcing
- Validate your idea's preparedness and eligibility for outsourcing
- Plan on budgeting and ways of reducing the project cost before starting
- Navigate and operate outsourcing platforms Upwork and Freelancer
- Use advanced search criteria to locate specific outsourcing partners
- Build a contracting strategy that works with your level of experience and your idea's level of progress
- Figure out your ideal price point and preferred region
- Write job titles, descriptions, and settings that bring high quality bids
- Conceptualize your idea through the Sx5 framework to solidify your featureset
- Decide which features to include (and drop) in your project's first iteration
- Rapidly sketch your ideas like a professional
- Use wireframing tools like Balsamiq to quickly put together idea mockups
- Break through creativity blocks and keep your project ideation going
- Use prototyping tools to add interactivity to your mockup and pre-test features before slating them for development
- Create mockups and demos that deploy natively on tablets and phones
- Use advanced techniques for quickly bringing your project together
- Employ best practices for outsourcing, such as hybrid rates, managing tone, and navigating legality
- Use Asana and Trello to keep your project on track and increase project transparency
- Bug hunt and run QA tests like a professional
- Navigate the most common scenarios that arise from outsourcing
Who Should Attend
- Anyone interested in launching a business or product idea
- Anyone interested in learning the intricacies of outsourcing and the best ways to contract work
- Anyone interested in improving their skills in project or product management
Target Audiences
- Anyone interested in launching a business or product idea
- Anyone interested in learning the intricacies of outsourcing and the best ways to contract work
- Anyone interested in improving their skills in project or product management
What do Slack, Skype, Fab, Klout, and GitHub have in common? They all started by outsourcing their product development. They didn’t have technical founders, they didn’t recruit a team of in-house engineers, and they didn’t have gigantic development budgets. Oh, and did I mention that they’re now collectively worth over 20 billion dollars?
Every single company or startup outsources in one way or another. Whether it’s your product development, your advertising, your testing, or your customer service – you need to be equipped to take advantage of the opportunities that outsourcing presents you. As an entrepreneur, outsourcing is an essential skill for saving money, being lean, and being successful.
Outsourcing is the go-to strategy for saving time and money in order to launch ideas that otherwise would never make it to market. You can build a world class product without hiring an in-house team or recruiting partners. When you finish this course, you’ll be able to outsource like a professional. You’ll cut your development costs by up to 90% and become a much more capable and skilled entrepreneur
At the end of this course, you’ll be able to:
- Create, conceptualize, and map out your idea in a way that anyone can easily understand
- Take your idea, create visual wireframes, mockups, and prototypes that are crucial for solidifying your vision and communicating it effectively
- Sketch, rapidly build, test, and collaborate on your feature ideas
- Understand, in intricate detail, the forces that effect your outsourcing project and how to position your project to be successful
- Write job descriptions that bring in the best bids
- Put together professional documentation for your idea and identify potential pitfalls before you spend money
- Select the best possible long-term team using a framework that’s built over 100+ professional outsourcing projects
- Employ advanced techniques for getting the best price and cutting your deployment time in half
- Tailor popular tools like Asana, Trello, and Google docs to masterfully run your outsourcing project
- Spot bugs before they become a significant problem
Course Curriculum
Chapter 1: Introduction (39 minutes)
Lecture 1: Course overview
Lecture 2: Join our community on Slack!
Lecture 3: What is outsourcing?
Lecture 4: What is it good and not good for?
Lecture 5: How much should I budget?
Lecture 6: Section 1 review material
Lecture 7: All the course review sheets in one PDF
Chapter 2: Getting Started (70 minutes)
Lecture 1: Where to find outsourcing firms and freelancers
Lecture 2: Introduction to Elance
Lecture 3: Going further in-depth with Elance
Lecture 4: Introduction to Upwork
Lecture 5: Going further in-depth with Upwork
Lecture 6: Introduction to Freelancer
Lecture 7: Other techniques and platforms for finding contractors
Lecture 8: Section 2 review material
Chapter 3: Dive Deeper (63 minutes)
Lecture 1: Choosing your ideal subcontractor strategy
Lecture 2: Deciding between a firm or freelancer
Lecture 3: Understanding how to choose from the best outsourcing zones
Lecture 4: Understanding price & autonomy
Lecture 5: The "Goldilocks Syndrome"
Lecture 6: Section 3 review material
Chapter 4: Posting Expertise (84 minutes)
Lecture 1: Writing the right title
Lecture 2: Practicing with titles
Lecture 3: Writing the right description
Lecture 4: Getting hands on with writing descriptions
Lecture 5: Getting the settings right
Lecture 6: Reviewing your settings
Lecture 7: Section 4 review material
Chapter 5: Plan Your Outsourced Idea (Optional) (48 minutes)
Lecture 1: The Sx5 framework for solidifying product ideas
Lecture 2: Coming up with strategy, Sx1
Lecture 3: Coming up with scope, Sx2
Lecture 4: Section 5 review material
Chapter 6: Documentation (71 minutes)
Lecture 1: Creating an overview
Lecture 2: Adding the functions section
Lecture 3: Going further in-depth with functions
Lecture 4: Creating the pages section
Lecture 5: Creating parameters
Lecture 6: Creating the users section
Lecture 7: Adding comments
Lecture 8: Section 6 review material
Chapter 7: Building a Low Fidelity Wireframe (128 minutes)
Lecture 1: Intro to sketching
Lecture 2: Materials for sketching
Lecture 3: Sketching it out
Lecture 4: The finishing touches
Lecture 5: Upgrade to a tool, getting started with Pidoco
Lecture 6: Getting used to the features in Pidoco
Lecture 7: Creating a quick sitemap
Lecture 8: Site elements to start with
Lecture 9: Using templates to save time
Lecture 10: Handling images in Pidoco
Lecture 11: Adding and controlling layers in Pidoco
Lecture 12: Annotating everything
Lecture 13: Alternative: Using Balsamiq for quick wireframing
Lecture 14: Alternative: Using Balsamiq continued…
Lecture 15: An example project created in Balsamiq
Lecture 16: Section 7 review material
Chapter 8: Creating a Demo for Outsourcing (Optional) (48 minutes)
Lecture 1: Introducing M.A.P.
Lecture 2: Adding interactivity to your prototype
Lecture 3: Collaborators and reviewers
Lecture 4: Creating a tablet version
Lecture 5: Section 8 review material
Chapter 9: Selecting the Best Person (41 minutes)
Lecture 1: Reviewing bid language
Lecture 2: Bid language
Lecture 3: The response rate test
Lecture 4: Dissecting the bid rate
Lecture 5: Section 9 review material
Chapter 10: Strategies for Getting the Best Price and Experience (44 minutes)
Lecture 1: Strategy: The $50 test
Lecture 2: Strategy: Rapid cycling posts
Lecture 3: Strategy: The Keyer question
Lecture 4: Strategy: Repeat the project back to you
Lecture 5: Strategy: Get them off the platform
Lecture 6: Strategy: The long term strategy
Lecture 7: Strategy: Messaging freelancers
Lecture 8: Strategy: Dividing specializations
Lecture 9: Section 10 review material
Chapter 11: Outsourcing Best Practices (83 minutes)
Lecture 1: Five pillars for evaluating contractors
Lecture 2: Six red flags for contractors
Lecture 3: Response rate sets the tone
Lecture 4: How important is site reputation?
Lecture 5: How to handle referrals
Lecture 6: Is outsourcing a long term solution?
Lecture 7: How to handle extra work
Lecture 8: Legality with outsourcing
Lecture 9: Fixed rate versus hourly rate – use my method
Lecture 10: What is good? Avoid this trap
Lecture 11: Outsourcing and protecting your IP
Lecture 12: Section 11 review material
Chapter 12: Managing Your Ongoing Project (23 minutes)
Lecture 1: Getting introduced to Asana
Instructors
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Evan Kimbrell
Founder of Sprintkick | Ex-VC | Ex-startup founder
Rating Distribution
- 1 stars: 10 votes
- 2 stars: 11 votes
- 3 stars: 44 votes
- 4 stars: 134 votes
- 5 stars: 248 votes
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