The document describes an individual's process of starting a business to test an idea within 50 minutes. The individual realizes coders need a service to start freelance work remotely. In under an hour, the individual creates a website called Remotefreelancing.com, sets up an email address, adds visitor tracking and hosting, designs a page explaining the problem and solution, and makes plans to promote the site. The quick process demonstrates what can be built in 50 minutes to test a new business idea.

1. Start your business in 50
minutes
…the tech way
LEE MALLON
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2. 5:15am
Reading news and saw this
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3. 5:20am
Reading…
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4. 5:23am
I could do with this…
Crap… this service is just for designers not coders
Humm….
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5. 5:27am
I wonder if anyone else feels this way?
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6. 5:30am
• I would personally pay £30 per month for this
• What if I got just 100 people to do the same
£30 * 100 = £3,000 per month = 
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7. 5:32am
What do I need to do to test the idea
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Website name and url
Simple website explaining the service
Email address for people to ask questions
A way to record visits to the website
Host website somewhere
Promote to coders
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8. 5:35am
Website name
• .com
• Contains remote or
freelance keyword
• Doesn’t cost £3,000
Remotefreelancing.com
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9. 5:40am
Website page
• 1 page
• Looks professional
• Explains problem
• Gives a solution
• Gets people to signup
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10. 5:53am
Email address
something@remotefreelancing.com
1. Setup hello@remotefreelancing.com
2. Forwarded to my day to day email
3. Setup my email so I can send from
hello@remotefreelancing.com when
answering peoples questions
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11. 5:56am
Tracking visits
• I want to see if people visit
my website
• Where they are located
• What time of day
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12. 5:59am
Website hosting
• Cost effective
• Easy to manage
• Scalable if site takes off/gets a lot of visits
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13. 6:04am
Promoting
• Comments of original article
• LinkedIn groups for software contractors
• Twitter list of people searching for “remote coding work”
• Email to friends in the industry
• Add website url to tech people focused news sites
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14. 6:05am
• Website remotefreelancing.com – created
• hello@remotefreelancing.com – setup
• website designed & content added – completed
• Visitor tracking – added
• Website hosting – configured
Website to test out new business idea… 50 mins… done!
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15. 6:10am
Go for a run…
what could you build in 50 minutes
90% of jobs will require IT skills by 2015
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16. Questions
Ask me…
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