Tech startup

We will be developing this platform using existing open-source software available in the market with customization required to meet our software requirements. We will take the help of experts wherever required. This will be open-source software which will also be available online for download and approach us for licensing. '''It will function just like the internet. Anyone can download and host and get connected to the network.''' The revenue and expenses generated will be transparent online and live. Initially it will all go into a single account in each country in their own currency and later we will make it granular at a village/town level.

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1. We want you to bake in at least 30% profit. So that you earn while doing great work for the society. We do not want people to suffer when they are contributing to projects which will benefit everyone. On the contrary, we are ready to pay premium prices to attract the best talent in the world similar to Mediawiki and Google. This will ensure that you will be able to support us in the best way possible. Prarthana will send revised quote as per our discussion considering all possible expenses for third party resources  2. We are missing the standards of quality. We know these standards are not present in any quotations. However, we request you to set a standard of an MNC company and share the revised quotation. Example: Quality of documentation, standards of coding with details to understand the code which can provide flexibility to - Will check and include, we will follow

3. We are missing the timelines and we want you to share the revised quotations basis the fastest timelines possible without compromising on the quality. - Timeline is mentioned in the quote which is around 10 weeks for all modules implementation without compromising quality.

4. We want you to provide service levels for providing support for different types of issues that can happen after the product is developed. We want the estimated pricing range basis the timeline in which the issue will get resolved. Example -  User is not getting registered or examples of severity - cost for resolving the issue in 4 hours, 24 hours, 48 hours, 7 days and 1 month. Where ever not possible you can mention it as not possible. We will rate issue as per severity and will charge as per effort estimates. 5. Include third party licensing costs if you think that somethings can help you to do things at a faster pace and improving the quality as well. - Will update  6. Focus on using all the open-source and community-oriented software as we are building a software which will be managed by the community similar to how Linux is functioning. Include the cost of hiring any open cart or CMS specialist where you think will be required to get the best output. Look at hiring the best teams or people who can contribute to the project in the best possible ways. - I have considered the cost for server setup & CMS installations  7. Do not focus on fixed cost resources, hire people on task. Look at creative and innovative solutions by hiring people across the world who can provide 24*7 services. - Yes I have thought of same hiring people for task where required to achieve fast and quality delivery 8. Look at options of automated escalation of issues and routing them to people automatically and making them payments once the issue is resolved basis the severity ranking. This helps in realtime resolution. This is a suggestion, this will make your startup very popular and will be a key differentiator even from great MNC's who are not providing such services. - Good suggestion, we can make provision where people using this portal can log the issues in the system and it will be available for people who can resolve it. 9. Mistake proofing techniques which will ensure that issues do not crop up. include the cost of testing the software which was not baked in the pricing. (Most of the software companies have reactive mechanism, if you can think of proactive mechanisms to identify the major reasons for the issues and build mistake-proofing systems, this will be an innovation from your company) 10. Cost of Alpha and Beta testing to check the scalability and reliability of the software. - Will update 11. Cost of flexibility to ensure that we can add new features quickly and easily, similar to MediaWiki modules which are very flexible and can be customized very easily. - We will always keep system flexible at possible extent so easy for customization in future  12. We want you to take ownership in the longterm as well and look at this aspect before you provide your pricing/costing as well. - Yes definitely I will try my best to take this project to next level. 13. Finally, instead of developing again from scratch see how we can partner with the existing opensource software and involve them from the beginning. Include the cost of getting the contacts, meetings and finalizing the contracts with them. - Yes we have thought of customizing existing opensource CMS. 14. Include a portal where we can take suggestions from anyone in the world  -  by asking them to select the appropriate options and timeline in which we are able to answer and resolve them in percentages against the set service levels. - Will include place in portal where we can take such suggestions from people with predefined fields 15. Include the cost of selection and finalizing the resources and vendors as applicable. - Initial cost have been included, some resources may be required later stage if any such need arises. Will make provision in quote for same.