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Thank you for your reply. Option 1. I have a full time job, I am limited in time to learn how to code. Option 2. I looked into websites like Elance and Odesk and not really sure who to trust based on some bad reviews. Option 3. I believe can build the website with funds I have. I prefer not to have a partner at this time. Been there before and I usually run circles around them. You did not mention hiring a web developer / company?

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Option 2 is hard. It means you're in the role of engineering manager. Most people on oDesk/elance are individual engineers and the consulting shops on there are generally just loose associations of friends or crappy outsourcing firms.

I'd suggest finding a small, local consulting shop and asking them to build it for you as a work-for-hire giving you full copyright ownership. Full-time consulting orgs will have no interest in stealing your idea as it's their lifeblood to build out other people's ideas. Meet with the owners, see their offices, evaluate their past work, get a free consultation, and only pay what you can afford.

Finding a co-founder is also hard. I think it's the same success rate of starting a rock band. And I think it's more likely to have a bitter end where you're trying to divide a baby.

I agree. Your suggeston of finding a "local" consulting shop is probably the direction I will take. Thank you for your input! .

I was consolidating the idea of hiring either a full-fledged company/agency or a freelancer/freelancers, as option (2). The ELance /oDesk route is somewhat risky if you don't have prior connections with one or more people you know you can trust.

If you're really interested in subbing it out, ping me directly, I may be able to help you find somebody.

Thank you. I just might do that. Stay tuned......

Hiring someone was option 2.

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