#140: Tactical Tuesday: Decoding Mobile & Web App Development

<p><strong>OVERVIEW:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jason A. Duprat, Entrepreneur, Healthcare Practitioner and Host of the</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Healthcare Entrepreneur Academy</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">podcast talks about the three things he’s learned while researching mobile and web application development.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><strong>EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">First, learning anything new takes time, particularly if you're new to the space. The learning curve can be steep.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">During his research, Jason learned about software languages such as CSS, C++, HTML, JavaScript and PHP. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Knowing “analysis paralysis” was his worst enemy, Jason gathered information to get up to speed and made quick decisions.  </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Take advice with a grain of salt; Jason shares a story about dealing with an acquaintance’s referral, which included a steep referral commision. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The second thing Jason learned is there are two ways to get a web or mobile app developed. One option is to partner with a dev shop. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dev shops based in the US can be very expensive. The standard US rate is $130-$200/hr. There are also international shops, which are less expensive at an average rate of $40-$100/hr. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dev shops are experts in what they do. They have higher rates and usually only work for short bursts of time.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The third thing Jason learned was you can also hire an in-house softwar