Startup Freak

Release Date: 2018-04-12

Developer: PulPul Games

Genres: Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Early Access

Price: 8.99

In Startup Freak you take the role of a budding entrepreneur and grow your very own software startup from humble beginnings to a multi-million dollar company. Along the way you will have to overcome countless challenges from building testing and securing your product to devising the ideal marketing strategy and securing investment. Through it you must ask yourself the ultimate question: are you a Startup Freak?Build a stellar teamYour staff are everything especially in those all-important early years. Hire an awesome team skilled in technical design operational or sales aspects of your startup.Build out your productCreate your very own product by researching the market and building bigger and better features that match your users demands. But building features isnt everything! You must ensure they are tested and bug-free well secured and tuned for performance. Features can also be upgraded and enhanced for example by incorporating responsive design or adding accessibility.Plan your infrastructureEven the best software is worthless without the right hardware to run on. Manage your data centres across the world by researching better and more powerful servers and dealing with ever increasing and shifting user traffic to your services.Find the right sales channelsNot every sales channel is created equal. More importantly not every sales channel works well for all types of product. Its your job to use data and a bit of intuition to figure out the best go-to-market strategy and win against the odds.Tune your pricingPricing software is more art than science. Plan a pricing strategy test it and adapt to the market.On-board investorsEarly stage startups are always in dire need of funding. But pitching your venture to a potential investor is no easy feat! Research and understand your would-be investors put together a convincing slide-deck and watch them offer you millions for a small share in your company. P.S. dont forget to haggle!Deck out your officeWhat startup doesnt want to be the talk of town for its fancy office? Buy all sorts of gadgets and furniture for your office and give your employees yet another reason to stick around.Make a big exitSooner or later every founder wants to make an exit from their startup and see the fruits of their labours on a check. The number on that check is dependent on every single decision you have made along the way.