Thanks for getting the ball rolling. I certainly didn't mean to offend anyone, and certainly did not expect someonte to work for free and develop an unresearched project in hope the dream comes true.
I would like to find a developer who see's the merit in the idea and would be paid for production as it progress's and would stay on as some sort of partner. This way changes , script errors or addition of features etc . would be dealt with quickly. I was not talking 5 -7 % either. The percentage could be as high as 40 % depending on how involved they felt comfortable with. On May 26, 4:03 pm, Prashant Sheth <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 followhttp://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- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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
