[girish_h]

It depends on what kind of project you want the developers in India to get done, combined with the location(city) in India that you are planning to have your team work out of.

If its something like a mobile-first product, it will be better if you can have one of your trusted team-mates, who understands both the product and the aesthetics of your product, sit in India and operate the team: the reason being this team-mate will need to be hands-on with the developers on the product features and also add a lot of value on the aesthetics of the app.

In most cases, the developers in India lack these skills. As long as you are able to address that, you will be good.

The other most important question to ask yourself - are you looking at this team simply to save your development costs (or) are you looking to really collaborate with them and look at them to add value to your product? If its the former, then a lot of brickbats are thrown when the deliverables are getting delayed and you may end up in a bad state and write negative reviews about developers from India. But if you look at the India based team to add a lot of value to your product, then the guys will go any end to deliver the product for you. It becomes a happy ending for everyone. In this case, you wont even mind the 10-12 hour timezone difference.

[starter]

Great tips, thanks! I'm really looking to collaborate with them as equals, not merely remote assistance. It just seems like a great people policy.

[girish_h]

Its really good then. I am so happy to hear that. Hope you identify a great set of developers / testers with whom you can collaborate with. Let me know if you need any assistance. I have done that before for a couple of product companies in the US and one in Singapore... Will be more than happy to help you.

Also, wishing you a great success with your product.