Steps to DApp and ICO Creation

Hi all! So excited to be on Steemit!! I'm a former C, C++, C# developer but I've been project managing the development of apps for a while now and I've recently been living, breathing and eating the block chain. I am so pumped and passionate about decentralization. So, I'm creating a community based app on EOS (that's the plan), and this is my first rough sketch of the steps to take from conception to release of the DApp.

I know it's not perfect and it's just a start, so please feel free to leave me feedback if you want to! I am putting it out there so those newbies who are starting out can get a rough outline which will improve with time as I refine. Fostering innovation and community. Thanks all for your time!

Steps to DApp/ICO:

Decide on branding, vision, mission
Conceptualize product and features
Market research
* Competitors - How many? What do they offer?
* Customers - Who are they? What they do want?
Market Saturation - What’s the market saturation?
USP - How are we different? What can we offer that is unique?
SWOT Analysis - Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats
Legal Research
* Are our operations legal in the United States?
* Where are our operations legal?
* Where can we launch our ICO?
Determine product features
Decide on platform for building the application
* Platform options:
* NEO
* Ethereum
* Lisk
* EOS
* Steem
* ICON
- What are the advantages and disadvantages of each platform?
  - How important are they to our unique market?
  - Grade advantages and disadvantages of each platform on a scale of 1-10 in order of importance based on the features
    needed for the DApp
  - Readiness of platforms for adoption
Determine costs associated with getting to ICO phase
Build up expectation on DApp/ICO platforms
* Waves
* ICONOMI
* Tokenmarket
* Steemit
* etc.
Create development team
Create development/product release strategy
Work on white paper
Work on website
Networking/advisors
Work on development plan
Create legal framework of ICO
Create tokens, decide on token number, market cap and time cap
Advertise ICO
Hold ICO
Development - ongoing through final release of software and beyond.
Continue conversations with investors and advisors
Release Alpha software to developers
Release Beta Software to developers
DApp release to public
Marketing DApp
Further development/improvements

Thank you for this awesome start welcome to steemit hope you're doing well and best of luck to you. =)

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@steemladder, thank you so much!

Sounds awesome! Welcome :)

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I'm glad you enjoyed! See you on Steemit!

Sounds like you've got a clear idea of the steps and process involved. As someone who is also learning about blockchain development, I'm looking forward to hearing more of the details.

I've also been keeping an eye on EOS. What is it about EOS that has made you (plan to) choose it for your project?

@roscoeh, there are a large number of reasons I've chosen EOS over Ethereum. This is open to change as I continue to explore. Some of these reasons include:

Delegated Proof of Stake in EOS vs. Proof of Work in Ethereum
Investment is smaller
EOS tokens can be "rented"
Zero transaction fees
Not vulnerable to DOS attacks
Scalability
Dramatically higher transactions per second with EOS
Programming language is known vs. need to learn a new one for Ethereum

That's just a few of the top reasons I'm looking at EOS :).

Thanks for engaging!

Thanks for that. Looks like I've got a white paper to read ;)

Thanks a lot! I'm currently conceptualising an idea with a team of super motivated people and this is really helpful to help me wrap my head around everything!