Building Your Startup: How to Successfully Work with Designers & Developers

Monday, November 19th from 6:00 - 7:30 pm

Ryan Hinchey, Business Development & Strategy Lead, Worry Free Labs

Jeremy Belcher, Senior Information Architect, Atmosphere BBDO 

Need an awesome new design but can barely draw a circle in Photoshop”?  Do you have an idea for a product you could sell right away but can’t build?  Do you get overwhelmed when thinking about all of the moving pieces that go into building a web or mobile product?

Working with a 3rd party agency or freelancer to help design + develop your product can be what your company needs to get to market, and being fully prepared greatly enhances your chances of a successful relationship.  In this class, we’ll teach you how to efficiently outsource part or all of your product, prepare for success, and educate yourself and your team in the process. More importantly, we’ll teach you to avoid the costly mistakes that almost every company makes in this process, allowing you to stay on course and on budget. 

Student Takeaways:

• Learning what you need to know before you approach an agency
• Resources to educate yourself about the design and development process
• Ways to prepare your company and yourself to most efficiently use your resources, avoiding wastes of time and money

Ryan Hinchey works on the new business team at Ceros, a SaaS based creation and distribution tool for brand marketers.  Prior to Ceros he worked at Worry Free Labs where  he worked with startups and Fortune 500 companies to help them define and build their web and mobile products.  He has experience working with companies across a variety of industries and at various stages of growth.  Prior to Ceros and Worry Free, he worked at Sapient Nitro, a global interactive media agency. 

Twitter - @ryhinchey 

Jeremy Belcher is a Senior Information Architect at Atmosphere BBDO, where he designs web and mobile experiences for some of the world’s biggest brands. Prior to that, he was a User Experience Designer for Worry Free Labs, working primarily with startups, often in their very early stages. Additionally, Jeremy has experience on the other side of the aisle, creating a digital music startup right out of college where he outsourced design and development of the main product as well as the website. He has many mistakes to share with you.

Twitter - @jeremybelcher

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