Marie already has a custom-built product. While she has a growing ecosystem, she’s wondering how to deliver a brand new application with more functionalities. She already knows how much it costs to develop a custom application, and for this second one, she would prefer a more economic approach.
Today I’m going to answer a question from Marie, the founder of a legal tech startup. Her question is:
Before answering this question, let’s add a bit of context.Marie already has a custom-built product. While she has a growing ecosystem, she’s wondering how to deliver a brand new application with more functionalities.She already knows how much it costs to develop a custom application, and for this second one, she would prefer a more economic approach.Among the technical solutions to develop this new offer, the CMS WordPress is something that looks compelling. The question is, is WordPress suitable to build a startup product?Let’s review the basics.
WordPress is a CMS (Content Management System) that enables almost anyone to build and edit the content of a website. One out of four websites are built with WordPress.
So far using WordPress to build a startup product sounds like a good idea, and it’s definitely an option. But let’s move to the cons.
If you are willing to get your hands dirty and invest some time trying to do things yourself, it’s definitely something to consider. In a few days and after buying some plugins, you should be able to have a working prototype with custom screens.It‘s particularly suitable for a limited budget and if you just want to test you market. Now this is not the only option to build an MVP and you should also consider this: WordPress is rarely the end solution. You will have to drop it and restart from scratch sooner or later…WordPress is an economic solution to build a temporary MVP and start generating revenue.
So to answer Marie’s question, if you need to build a new product, you need to make a decision based on two factors:
If that‘s the case, maybe the risks are not that high, and you should consider a more reliable solution.Now if like Marie, you have a specific question for your project, just go ahead and ask on myctofriend.co/ask.I will do my best to answer your question by video or redirect you to any existing content that will answer it.I publish a new video every week, so subscribe now and learn how to be better at tech management and build your startup successfully.Also be sure to go through our other content here at myctofriend.co to learn more from real startup growth experiences.I’ll be waiting for your questions, and I look forward to seeing you in other videos. Cheers.