I began planning my project in July 08 and first learned about Drupal. In November of 08 I began looking for a developer to work with me in the Bay Area, as It was important for me to be near the action since I was new to Drupal. In the end I wasn't able to find a developer who could build what I was looking for within my budget.

Shortly after I realized that I wouldn't be able to afford to do my project, that Priyanka, at Ebizon reached out to me, and inquired if I would be interested in talking with them and if I would consider using a development shop abroad to build my project. I presented Ebizon with my business plan, wireframes and interaction strategy. they took a look at all my documentation and returned with a proposal that would fit nicely into my budget, with a development time frame that I found acceptable, from what I had learned and understood that developing in a drupal environment would allow.

But what to do about being close to the development... I ended up traveling to New Delhi to meet and work with the Ebzion team. Under Mr Sudeeps Goyals guidance, a team of engineers were able to pull the many components of my site together and either customized or developed a number of modules, and were very instrumental in finding workarounds or enhancements that would meet the goals of the site and ultimately the user.

No problem was to big or unsolvable for this team, and I am happy to say that not only did I find a great development company to build my site, I ended up with a team of engineers who know the inner workings of the site, and who I am now able to contract all site enhancements improvements to, a long term technology partner there to help me evolve and improve apon my site. My learnings of what contributes to a successful digital product that users love and return to time and time again: ⁃ A clear, simple business plan, with objectives keeps the project headed in the right direction ⁃ Know your audience, and know that what you are providing for them is something that they want to use. ⁃ Define the users goals and objectives. ⁃ Know that the digital product you are building for them will meet their goals and objectives. ⁃ Create, or have created user interaction wireframes. ⁃ Create, or have created user interface & visual design that enables to user to find and work with the features of the site, in a clear and compelling visual experience.

Armed with the majority of this information, Ebizon and I were able to create and launch a successful website that not only meet my expectations, but ultimately the goals and objectives of the sites audience.