[carlosdaniel]

Sounds like a case where you would usually push through by yourself, but given what happened last time I think you would be better getting some extra help and getting the product out sooner.

I know a couple of outsourcing companies so I can give you a few pointers, good companies have NDAs and other contracts in place to protect you and your IP, usually they have US presence and they have workers on aligned timezones. I can say such companies are not rock bottom cheap but the quality and security it comes with them might be worth every penny (while also being cheaper than getting a full US team).

If you like I can pass you a few contacts in case you'll like to go this path.

[artharrison]

Would love that info - at least it would give me some concrete examples of what's available. I definitely have a budget -- willing to invest in the idea & no longer a starving student, so I certainly wouldn't want to be going the rock-bottom cheap route. Thanks.

[carlosdaniel]

I know of a company that works more like extending your engineering team, it's called Nearsoft, they have presence in the valley so if you live around I can drop you the contact info of one of the founders and help schedule a coffee meeting or something informal just to get to know how they work.

I recommend you them because they have several startups as their clients, some small other big so they could probably be a good fit.

I'll keep it there as this is starting to sound like an advert, so I'll leave my email: [e-mail]

Cheers.

[artharrison]

I'm actually in Toronto, Canada (closest I got to the valley was an invite to the YC interview round almost 6 years ago now ...), but I'll reach out via email because I would absolutely love to hear more.