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practical guide to building your web app company

[WHAT]

1. ] http://webappsuccess.com/ - a practical guide to building a web app success(2011) -  free, creative commons licenced, guide to not only building the APP but the COMPANY / BUSINESS around the app. Whatever your goals may be for building a web app/business, here is some practical, tested, realistic advice necessary to achieve them.
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1. x] IMO, love the format/layout
1. x] very clean
2. ] location

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[WHEN]

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[EXAMPLE]

1. [GROUNDWORK]
1. ] introduction - survey of reasons why people build apps, huge market / huge + 'growing' potential, huge + 'growing' competition, the 'good news' is that most apps will fail, this 'guide' is a framework for success
2. ] elements of success - discusses the typical characteristics of successful web apps to enable you to appropriately assess and prioritise your ideas and inspiration. 
1. ] idea, ] originality, ] execution and ] context.  
2. ] First, ensure that you really know what the app’s underlying purpose is
3. ] EXAMPLE - 30 second elevator pitch
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3. ] Bare-Bones Project Management
4. ] Getting Set Up
5. ] Preparing Foundations
2. [STRATEGY]
1. ] Market Research
2. ] Analysing Users with Personas
3. ] Choosing Features to Fit the Market
4. ] Pricing Models
5. ] The Mysterious Art of App Pricing
3. [INTERFACE]
1. ] helping you create a usable, beautiful user interface that behaves as your customers expect.
2. ] Complexities of Designing for the Web
3. ] Interaction Design
4. ] Visual Composition
5. ] Colour and Typography
6. ] Prototypes and User Tests
4. [DEVELOPMENT]
1. ] doesn’t discuss programming code in detail, as this broad topic is comprehensively covered in numerous existing books and online resources. Instead, the complexities, considerations, tools and best practice methodologies of technical web development are explained, together with the performance, security and quality of the app.
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5. [PROMOTION]
1. ] puts a plan in place to acquire those important first customers, using traditional and modern marketing techniques

[HOW-TO]

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[REFERENCE]

1. x] # 2783 article - thomas fuchs - tips for building your web app 
   1. ] you dont need the latest greatest JS library 
   2. ] you dont need the ...

 

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NAME: web-app-guide

DESCRIPTION: By Dan Zambonini - A FREE guide to building a web app BUSINESS, creative commons licenced

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