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Guide needed on an educationally inclined startup

Read the details of this next generation sensation startup. It is aimed at helping students pass their exams (the ones taken in my country) like Prepscholar. I want to have a website to that effect and an exquisite and featured app.

I want the website to allow the following

How do I achieve this without breaking the bank?

What do I need to know to go into this business (programming languages, technical know-how word on marble, managerial and business advice). How do I increase my business (to prepscholar standards) leaving it fully automated while studying at college?

This is a long question. I dont mind reading an e-book (if it warrants that!) Thanks for your anticipated response.

Answer 10883

i dont mind reading an e-book(if it warrants that!)

Unfortunately what you describe will require a lot more than reading an ebook. Or quite a bit of money to pay people who know how to do all these things.

video lectures

Producing high-quality video requires expertise in set design, film-making, audio engineering, video editing, and of course, content.

Q and A section like Quora or Stack Exchange

An interactive website needs to be written in a server-side programming language. Stack Exchange was written in C#. Quora was written in Python. Other options are PHP, Perl, Ruby, Java, Node.js, and anything else that runs on a server.

You will also need client-side interactivity for which you will need JavaScript and probably an appropriate framework.

i want to be able to sell college help stuffs(e-books and stationeries)

E-commerce requires additional sets of expertise that generally mirror what you need to know to run a successful brick-and-mortar retail store. You need marketing, accounting, logistics, etc. Each of these is something in which someone can get a college degree.

how do i achieve this without breaking the bank.

Dedicate at least 10 years of your (full-time) life to learning everything necessary. Or get a good source of financing.

how do i increase my business leaving it fully automated while studying at college?

You can hire people to run it for you. A business this complex won’t run itself.


You might be better off focusing on one small thing. Read up on the idea of a Minimal Viable Product and see if you can focus on just that to start.


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