WOW, the group's been awfully quiet on this. Ok, I'll take the fall here. I've seen this request often (as a programmer, web-guy, IT, more), and even more often, it falters and goes away.
To answer this, here are the questions to consider: #1: why would someone have this request? #2: are ALL your basis covered: admin, legal, marketing & sales, support? #3: once you've done this, what is the value proposition to your programmer? what are all the things u are looking for? #4: what is the market value for these services and why can't u afford it? #5: if the person is going to defer their compensation, what's their upside? is it fair? they are foregoing compensation and benefits for doing the work with someone else.. #6: what's the real upside-/ risk to the person: is it worth the upside? #7: what happens if the biz fails not due to that programmer -person? #8: if the compensation was reversed, i.e u were paid THAT offer for THAT much work, would you take it? If you come from a point of fairness, generally it'll work. Don't understimate your programmer, and don't try to get something for nothing. Too often biz "idea-generators" will come from a point of view "oh this idea is so unique.. NO ONE has done it..." chances are .. its been done about a dozen times.. and about a dozen people are doing it at this time. The idea isn't the money, the execution is... that's why a strong executive team is what is always looked for. if you are ONE person telling a programmer that "build-it and the customers will come" you are not reliable.. and the programmer is risking all.. GENERALLY (not always).. if you have a team, and some measure of success.. then there's a better position of reliability. The programmer's goal and deliverables are tangible.. but as an "idea-person" your deliverables aren't defined.. how do u build a business? Finally, an NDA is about the most absurd thing in the world, if u are a startup u do NOT have the litigation $ to get someone on an NDA.. its MOSTLY the execution of the idea that will create a market winner.. This would be a starting point for a discussion.. after this.. its all fair-game and there's no limits to the ways things can/will work out. Regards Prashant On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 3:36 PM, Greeeenr <[email protected]> wrote: > I have and have had some great ideas. Most have gone on to be > developed by others and bought by bigger companies. > My frustration ,not being a programmer, is that many developers are > not as qualified as they think or pretend to be. > Many web developing companies are just looking for large corporate > dollars and don't seem to put realestic timelines or bugets together. > Having the Associations and sales experience I would like to partner > with a web designer/designors and create these projects with an exit > stradegy in place to sell and move on. > I would appreciatte any ideas of how to > -Partner fairly and not lose your idea > - ensure I am involved with someone who can deliver a complete > product > - is there a form for this type of arrangement ? > > -- > Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Refresh Austin" group. > > [ Posting ] > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy > We do not accept job posts from recruiters. > > [ Unsubscribe ] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > > [ More Info ] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin > -- Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Refresh Austin" group. [ Posting ] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy We do not accept job posts from recruiters. [ Unsubscribe ] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] [ More Info ] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin
