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Question answered in Quora - I don't have lots of money to build from scratch so what's the


Even before building a site, I would vet if your idea indeed solves a problem that your target market is having, interview about 100 people, fully understand what their problem is, why are they looking for a site like yours, why would they transition to yours and not udemy, if there is already udemy, what is different about yours? Why would they come to your site instead of udemy, How much will they pay you? Once you fully understand that and the value prop your site offers, Then you can go about building it.

The cheapest way to develop this site will be to find a small company in India or China or somewhere in the far east. But that also comes with risks, you need to work with these people, these people might not have the work ethic you and I are used to here in the US, there may be cultural issues, you need to hand hold them and help them fully understand and get it done. It can be done, but it requires more hand holding, and make sure you do proper Project Management, so that way the site is built according to your expectations.

Once the site is done then go back to your target market and show them your site, show them how yours is better than udemy and then ask them to pay for it. You would probably need to take baby steps, you need to get some free users to sign up and impress them with your value prop and get them to say wow things about your site, have them articulate the value prop, how much money they saved or how much time they saved, what is special in your site that helped them so much. Then you can market the heck out of that - that i your messaging and start making money from it.

Also check out my book Puga Sankara's Supply Chain Blog - that is a must read before spending Hundreds & Thousands of $$$ on your MBA or Masters Degree to get the best ROI or before starting your Entrepreneurial journey.


ABOUT THE AUTHOR 

Puga Sankara is the CEO and Founder of Smart Gladiator. Smart Gladiator is an ATDC Georgia Tech company, Smart Gladiator's award-winning product LoadProof (https://feature.loadproof.com/loadproof) is an Enterprise Photo Documentation System that is enjoying tremendous traction in the Supply Chain Community. LoadProof (https://feature.loadproof.com/loadproof) is a patent pending Centralized Cloud based Enterprise Photo Documentation System for Supply Chain. It is built on the premise that photos and videos are vital documentation serving as compelling proof of important operations performed in the supply chain within and across organizations. These operations may be related to fulfilling customer orders, meeting contractual obligations, or transferring merchandise across different parties taking part in the Supply Chain operations. LoadProof is as important for your organization as an ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) which is an enterprise system of record for critical documents such as Purchase Orders, Sales Orders, Contracts between parties etc. that have tremendous legal ramifications, or a WMS (Warehouse Management System), that holds indispensable information related to orders shipment/fulfilment data. Just like Instagram, Facebook or Snapchat have evolved into platforms that enable individuals to showcase how pretty they or their clothes are, LoadProof is a similar Enterprise system of record that holds photos, not so much for show off, but to serve as compelling, unequivocal, thoroughly documented proof, even in the court of law when there is a dispute between organizations while they perform many facets of their functions/operations, as well as for increased visibility and transparency within the Supply Chain. The capabilities of LoadProof are discussed in detail in the next sections of the document below. LoadProof is live in 460+ Sites, 250+ corporates, 13 Countries.There are more testimonials in this link here also https://www.g2.com/products/loadproof/reviews. Learn more here on our YouTube channel,  https://youtube.com/@smartgladiatorloadproof  & also here in LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/smartgladiator/

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