On 22/02/2012, at 2:00 PM, Craig Ambrose wrote: > > So, to avoid that fate, one essentially needs to market a brand that says "we > are a pool of rails contractors and we're all awesome". That's pretty similar > to the brand of any rails contracting company. Running a company entails a > bit of work, so I think that perhaps you're aiming for more of a service > where the contractor bills the client directly, but the "pool" of developers > provides some extra advantages for the client, such as the ability to bring > more resources in, or also to get replacement resources if a developer is > unavailable. Such a concept would be totally possible to market, but still > the theme "we are a pool of rails contractors and we're all awesome" would > need to have a strong presence.
You could maybe achieve this by pitching it as a co-op or collective? You would probably want to expand it to designers, UX professionals, etc if you want to be a compelling alternative to existing consultants or agencies. Obviously anyone who wanted to set up something like this would need to get legal and taxation advice :) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en.
