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Outsource your idea | Launch your business for 1/4 the price

Got an idea? Make it a reality for a fraction of the price. The complete guide to launching your idea with outsourcing.

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.


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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 desc 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

About the Instructor

Evan Kimbrell
Founder of Sprintkick | Ex-VC | Ex-startup founder

Course content

Total 13 hours 1 minutes
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Introduction
1 Course Overview Preview 7分34秒
2 What is outsourcing Preview 6分27秒
3 What is it good for and not good for Preview 12分12秒
4 How much should I budget? 12分13秒
5 Section 1 review material 1分00秒
Getting Started
6 Where to find outsourcing firms and freelancers 7分46秒
7 Introduction to Upwork 19分38秒
8 Going further in depth with Upwork 5分51秒
9 Introduction to Freelancer 8分44秒
10 Other techniques for finding contractors 5分38秒
11 Section 2 review material 1分00秒
Dive Deeper
12 Choosing your ideal subcontractor strategy 8分24秒
13 Deciding between a Firm or freelancer 19分52秒
14 Understanding outsourcing zones 18分34秒
15 Understanding Price and Autonomy 8分08秒
16 The Goldilocks Syndrome 7分39秒
17 Section 3 review material 1分00秒
Posting Expertise
18 Writing the right title 9分03秒
19 Practicing with titles 12分37秒
20 Writing the right description 11分04秒
21 Getting hands on with writing descriptions 14分59秒
22 Getting the settings right 18分51秒
23 Reviewing your settings further 17分10秒
24 Section 4 review material 1分00秒
Plan Your Outsourced Idea (Optional)
25 The Sx5 framework for solidifying product ideas 18分18秒
26 Coming up with strategy, Sx1 11分17秒
27 Coming up with scope, Sx2 18分13秒
28 Section 5 review material 1分00秒
Documentation
29 Creating an overview 5分41秒
30 Adding the functions section 10分18秒
31 Going further into depth with functions 10分23秒
32 Creating the pages section 19分37秒
33 Creating parameters 10分39秒
34 Creating the users section 11分07秒
35 Adding comments 2分39秒
36 Section 6 review material 1分00秒
Building a Low Fidelity Wireframe
37 Intro to sketching 1分00秒
38 Materials for sketching 3分35秒
39 Sketching it out 8分02秒
40 Sketching and the finishing touches 14分46秒
41 Upgrade to a tool, getting started with Pidoco 10分14秒
42 Getting used to the features in Pidoco 11分31秒
43 Creating a quick sitemap upfront 14分44秒
44 The site elements to start with 5分27秒
45 Using templates to save time 2分22秒
46 Handling images in Pidoco 9分41秒
47 Adding and controlling layers in Pidoco 7分57秒
48 Annotate everything 10分36秒
49 Alternative - Using Balsamiq 19分39秒
50 Alternative - Using Balsamiq continued 3分14秒
51 An example project created in Balsamiq 3分10秒
52 Section 7 review material 1分00秒
Creating a Demo for Outsourcing (Optional)
53 Intro to MAP 9分50秒
54 Adding interactivity to your prototype 14分52秒
55 Collaborators and Reviewers 12分49秒
56 Creating a tablet version 9分46秒
57 Section 8 review material 1分00秒
Selecting the Best Person
58 Reviewing bid language 9分34秒
59 Bid language in depth 13分49秒
60 The Response rate test 6分19秒
61 Dissecting the bid rate 10分57秒
62 Section 9 review material 1分00秒
Strategies for Getting the Best Price and Experience
63 The $50 test 4分02秒
64 Rapid cycling posts 4分42秒
65 The Keyer question 7分31秒
66 Repeat the project back to you 4分00秒
67 Get them off the platform 4分10秒
68 The long term strategy 5分07秒
69 Messaging Freelancers 7分13秒
70 Dividing Specializations 6分14秒
71 Section 10 review material 1分00秒
Outsourcing Best Practices
72 6 pillars for evaluating contractors 15分42秒
73 6 red flags in contractors 7分40秒
74 Response rate sets the tone 4分28秒
75 How important is site reputation 4分41秒
76 How to handle referrals 3分11秒
77 Is outsourcing a long term solution 5分59秒
78 How to handle extra work 2分03秒
79 Legality with outsourcing 10分46秒
80 Fixed rate versus hourly rate - use my method 9分51秒
81 What is good: Avoid this trap 9分02秒
82 Outsourcing and protecting your IP 8分58秒
83 Section 11 review material 1分00秒
Managing Your Ongoing Project
84 Getting acquainted with asana 12分16秒
85 Getting acquainted with asana 2 9分51秒
86 Section 12 review material 1分00秒
Bug Hunting
87 Becoming a bug hunting master 10分53秒
88 Bug testing on mobile 4分49秒
89 Some thoughts on bug hunting 1分29秒
90 TIP - Accelerate your testing this way 0分39秒
91 Section 13 review material 1分00秒
Common Scenarios and How to Handle them
92 Low quality work 6分00秒
93 Missing Deadlines 8分07秒
94 Repeatedly missing bugs 5分58秒
95 They ask for money upfront 5分02秒
96 They bid and disappear 4分05秒
97 Contractor raises their price 8分25秒
98 Section 14 review material 1分00秒

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