Best Idea Ive heard all day -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nick Cavet Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 11:11 AM To: Kristina Anderson; jobs@lists.nyphp.org Subject: RE: [nyphp-jobs] Got a Great Big Idea - Need a Developer/Partner to Make it Happen
Here's an idea, how about writing some code instead of responding to this ridiculous email chain and billing your clients for it. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kristina Anderson Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 10:46 AM To: jobs@lists.nyphp.org Subject: Re: [nyphp-jobs] Got a Great Big Idea - Need a Developer/Partner to Make it Happen I had a brilliant idea also and that was, as a self employed programmer, to build stuff for people with these "great ideas". Now, thanks to all these people and their "great ideas" and "low budgets", I have some new great ideas. Such as being able to go to the dentist when I need to go, being able to afford decent food, and being able to pay rent on time. Full Time Job....here I come!! Cash is king -- it's so true. I'm done posting on this...but it sure did hit a nerve. > I have 2 great ideas too, one of them there's no competitor and the > other there are only one competitor, but it's years behind the new web > tendencies. > > I have all expertise to build each project, BUT my main issue is time. > Currently I work 10h/day in my own company and the rest of my > available time I help in open source projects (read as Doctrine and > Symfony). My company job is a fulltime work on a "brilliant idea" of > someone else, that has enough money to build it. > So, we all have our "brilliant ideas", but most of us never can make > it happen. If you have budget to hire someone to build it for you, > great.... otherwise... define new metas and "create" time to build by > yourself... > > > Cheers, > > On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 11:28 AM, Dan Masca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hello, > > we work with start-ups from different States from some years ago. > > We invest our work for equity and small amount of money in 5 start- ups. > > One of the best experience we had with Toby Murdock and Mike Lewis. They > > are co-founders of www.qloud.com ( search for "MyMUSIC" plug-ins on > > different social networking sites) was done by us ( they and REEA.net > > team)for shares and small amount of money at the beginning. > > They respect our low rate and they respect the equity that my new media > > shop had. They were good and find angel investors and VC's after a lot of > > work . Not easy, but we fight together for this ideas even that we work at > > thousands miles distance. > > >From some months ago www.qloud.com is part of www.buzznet.com > > > > We work for other start-up : www.cellit.com and related media services in > > special for radio station. > > We work right now in other two. One of them found the big investor and after > > almost 10months of work and some equity we have the chance to develop it the > > business for next 2-3 years. > > > > We believe in the dreams of our business partners and we try to share with > > them our experience and in almost all the situations we understood what we > > must do and how we can recover the investment. > > >From my point of view is more important to be pro-active and to try to help > > the other and to learn how we can do good businesses . > > Of course that we don't invest money in something that don't have a business > > plan and a minimum market research, but all the time I will say : "I am > > interested and let's see if we can make profit and if is possible a big > > ones." :) > > I think that big ideas, need big dreamers too . > > > > Good luck to every entrepreneurs ! > > > > Dan MASCA > > www.reea.net > > > > > > Joseph Crawford wrote: > > > > I have a great big idea too, there are only 2 main competitors.. downfall is > > i do not have the ability to fund the project even though i would do all the > > programming myself there is server admin, front end designer / js guys etc. > > The only way I could get this off the ground would be to use a template (i > > refuse to) or get friends to join in the deal. > > Trying to sell something to someone for 10% of ZERO is not going to work. > > > > On Aug 19, 2008, at 9:24 PM, New Media Concept wrote: > > > > I've got a pretty good idea that's been brewing in my head for quite a > > while. It's ambitious, audacious, and certainly a challenge, but at the same > > time, it's so audacious that it deserves nothing less than a real try. > > > > I used to work in the media industry and came to the painful realization > > that it's probably the only industry that does an incredibly poor job of > > bringing in new people and new ideas. At the same time the media industry > > hasn't changed much even as technology has given it the potential to solve > > many of these issues. The end result is more misses than hits, and promising > > original talent being burned out as they tire out from trying to get their > > lucky break. I think it's time to change that. > > > > I've spoken to several tech and marketing execs who all agree that this is > > an idea that is entirely feasible and self sustainable, and therefore worth > > trying at the very least. I've spoken with others in the industry, including > > other artists and creatives, who all tell me that they and everyone they > > know would jump at the chance to partake in that concept because something > > like this has been sorely lacking in the industry for nearly it's entire > > history. So in the end, it could be at the very least a self sustainable and > > unique niche site, or be even more, and disrupt and shift the entire > > industry. > > > > It's not a concept that can be deployed overnight, but whose features can be > > logically implemented over time to create an ever more full featured > > product. The first iteration of the concept would be simple and could be up > > and running fairly fast(in fact a simple prototype using open source > > resources was built and successfully tested). However I need someone who > > will be able to take it beyond that, and keep it going as new pieces of the > > puzzle are being implemented and thought up. > > > > I'm going to need a good LAMP developer who knows how to work with UGC and a > > CMS, and wants to be part of building an idea that might carry them for the > > long haul. I'm really looking for my long term technical team/partner(s) to > > really make this idea and vision happen. > > > > So if you went through the trouble of reading all that and don't think I'm a > > nut for daring to think big, shoot me an email with your qualifications and > > I'll let you know more of the details. > > _______________________________________________ > > New York PHP Community Jobs Mailing List > > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/jobs > > > > NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > > http://www.nyphpcon.com > > > > Show Your Participation in New York PHP > > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php > > > > ________________________________ > > _______________________________________________ > > New York PHP Community Jobs Mailing List > > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/jobs > > > > NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > > http://www.nyphpcon.com > > > > Show Your Participation in New York PHP > > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php > > > > _______________________________________________ > > New York PHP Community Jobs Mailing List > > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/jobs > > > > NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > > http://www.nyphpcon.com > > > > Show Your Participation in New York PHP > > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php > > > > > > -- > Guilherme Blanco - Web Developer > CBC - Certified Bindows Consultant > Cell Phone: +55 (16) 9166-6902 > MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > URL: http://blog.bisna.com > Rio de Janeiro - RJ/Brazil > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP Community Jobs Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/jobs > > NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online > http://www.nyphpcon.com > > Show Your Participation in New York PHP > http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php > > _______________________________________________ New York PHP Community Jobs Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/jobs NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php _______________________________________________ New York PHP Community Jobs Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/jobs NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php _______________________________________________ New York PHP Community Jobs Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/jobs NYPHPCon 2006 Presentations Online http://www.nyphpcon.com Show Your Participation in New York PHP http://www.nyphp.org/show_participation.php
