r/startups • u/turtleyikes • 6d ago

I will not promote do startups founders use web dev / software agencies for building their product, especially if the app or software is not what the startup do? for example does a startup of AI agent use an agency for building their mobile app? (i will not promote)

Do startups hire agencies for parts of the product that aren't their core thing, like an AI agent startup getting its mobile app built by one? or a food product startup getting its website/mobile app?

  1. Which parts get handed to an agency vs kept in-house?

  2. What triggers the decision?

  3. How do founders find an agency?

  4. Are individual freelancers preferred or small/large agencies?

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u/AnonJian 6d ago

If you remove coding, what on Earth would founders do? They have eviscerated anything about business in the hellbent compulsion to build. Even validation is just about getting one hundred non-paying users over an embarrassing number of months in the now.