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Those who run startups know how important & how difficult it is to get feedback. You may ask friends & colleagues who may not really give you the best. There’s a startup called Beta Testers Hub where you can seek early adopters of your product or service.

The Hub is open to both – startups & those who want to test out the products. Those interested can submit their Websites, mobile applications or desktop apps. Products have to be at pre-launch stage, should be usable & have its main features working.

Imagine that you’re doing a soft-launch and you know that there are some rough edges, but it’s working for most people & you want to find the edge cases. It’s a good place to validate your idea & see whether you lack essential features, or you need some UI overhaul to make it usable.

On the other hand, for beta testers, there’s no limitation to what they can test. The guys at the Beta Testers Hub send out regular newsletters with the latest products, & those of you interested can then apply for each one of them if you like ‘em all!

Beta testers will not get paid directly for this job, but the startups that are featured will decide what would be the reward for the testing. Usually it’s a free lifetime license, or other Online goodies related to the company. Some of the startups could feature their besta testers & implement some of the suggested features.

The Hub is a project by DevriX, a WordPress development agency.

Image Credit: Beta Testers Hub

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Startup Open Strategy offers links to host of biz & strategy tools

New startupIf you run an Online startup or any kind of business on the Web, then this particular startup Open Strategy launched last week could be of immense help.

It’s no secret that most of the Online biz need help in the forms of tools & services like social media networks or Content aggregation Sites. Open Strategy does just that – it provided you with an aggregated listing of tools to help you implement strategies & get your job done easily.

If the idea is simple, the ue of the website is easier still. Links to tools are grouped into different categories. You’ll find tools for everything – from consumer research to Online analytics, social media monitoring, user testing, ad planning/strategy templates, etc.

So a startup looking for tools to implement its various strategies will find it easy to come back to Open Strategy every time it needs a tool for something specific, instead of having to search the Web & decide which tool is best or most suited for its needs.

No doubt it’s more convenient that it’s all aggregated in one place, & that they have taken the trouble to categorize tools. But the best thing about it is that each submitted tool has gone through a review process before getting listed, which makes it all the more better.

This not only means that the tools will be tested & found to be good enough before being listed. It also means that each tool conforms to certain required criteria for submission. This includes that it should be under one of the predetermined categories, & it must be free or have a paid trial period of at least two months.

Creators & developers who want to see their tools published on this new startup can create an account on the Site, & submit their tool with a name, URL & short description. That’s all it takes.

Open Strategy is currently in beta, so you’re bound to see some improvements & additions going forward. For instance, they’re working on creating a mobile version of the Site right now.

Open Strategy was developed by the It’s Not Rocket Science team that includes strategists NYC-based Jonathan Colmenares, London-based strategist Matt Butler, & Paris-based art director Adrien Laurent.

Image Credit: Open Strategy

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