Victor,
Some of us have talked about this before, but the devil is in the
details. It's possible to bootstrap a company without hiring a CEO and
CFO, but, as none of us were situated to do without income, a customer
is essential.
- George
On Tue, Nov 09, 2004 at 09:49:21AM -0500, Victor wrote:
>
> There has been some ranting in this forum about the economic situation of
> software services.
> Is there anything we can actually do about it?
>
> The software services industry is making quite a bundle out of us. If you
> cannot beat them, join them. I would like to see a show of hands. How many
> people would be ready to actively create/join an employee owned
> not-for-profit corporation. The earnings would be partially invested in
> expansion, partially in benefits, and what is left distributed to the
> membership according to some criteria to be developed.
>
> We would need a CEO, a CFO, a good lawyer, and an excelent marketing person.
> The opertion would be based as much as possible on XP principles, like
> simplicity, opennes, and cooperation.
>
> It will be a learning experience, and we will make errors, but we will not
> be the first ones, and we know that it can be done.
>
> Because this is a first call, it's purposly generic. The details will be
> elaborated by those interested in participating.
>
> At this point in time I am only interested in finding out the measure of
> interest in following up with the idea. If there is enough interest, we can
> then discuss the details. Yet, I would like to stress that one of the
> central conditions of success is to find a good marketing person that's
> comfortable with the idea. As a population (with a few notable exceptions),
> we developers are known for not being especially good in marketing, or as
> entrepeneurs. So, this is an aspect that has to be taken very seriously.
>
> Victor
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