I'm trying to get a complicated app made and am running into dead ends because everyone wants way more $$ than I can afford.
A few weeks ago went to a lecture and the speaker was excellent. He was talking about business, design, and his mobile website. (I thought ) he said he has 80,000 users subscribe to his mobile site in the first week and its growing, he's looking to go to investors now.
I really liked his business smarts so I hit him up to talk business.
Later on he said he would help me do my app and I was excited because his suggestions and ideas were even better than mine.
So I agreed to meet with him and hire them to do it. It sounded like he was more helping me out than anything.
Then today I started digging, and they dont have an actual office space that's listed on the company website, its like a office rental place, where you can rent a conference room for like $45/hour.
And I joined his mobile site and it wasn't that great, AND it was dead. I didnt see no 80,000 users on it.
Also when I told him my small budget, he wanted a little bit more for them to start.
I don't know if he's legit or I'm being bamboozled. He does have a LinkedIn and Facebook account. I looked at his biz partner's accounts and they seem legit.
Im supposed to give him half the payment up front, then the other half when its completed.
So if I do decide to hire him what can I do to protect myself in case I dont like the final result, or it doesn't get done at all.
Also would you question him on the office address, # of users, etc? or let it go?
