Kristina, The resources I have found most useful, in addition to Kaufmann's "Personal MBA", are:
SCORE.org biznik.com LinkedIn.com gm4jh.com elance.com guru.com If I were in your position, and I have been, I would build my reputation on what I can do personally by showing the same or similar experience. You are, in fact, trying to get a VC or marketing guru to "hire" you. The more you can show a good chance for success the more likely you are to get funds or sweat equity from team members. Leam On 5/19/12, Kristina Anderson <k...@kacomputerconsulting.com> wrote: > I definitely think that marketing oneself is important and time consuming, > which is just one more reason that I do NOT want to do consulting any > more, but want to team up with marketing genuis and let the code do most > of the work so I don't have to!!! :) > > > On Sat, May 19, 2012 7:21 am, leam hall wrote: >> Morning Kristina! >> >> >> I'm not sure if I understand your prime motivation as I see more than >> one. To go from hourly consulting to a longer term gig then I'd recommend >> finding a code house that supports products you are interested in. Or >> that >> use technologies you want to integrate into your future solution. For >> example, look to 10Gen for MongoDB, etc. >> >> If your driver is income stability then there are lots of recruiters >> who will happily make $$ off your desire for resource levelling. There >> were >> some recent posts on the Jobs list, I believe. >> >> If your desire is to raise your income then perhaps you need to look >> at marketing and selling yourself better. I highly recommend Josh >> Kaufmann's "The Personal MBA" as a way to get better in business >> without the overly expensive and often pointless sheepskin. >> >> If your desire is to build a better mousetrap then perhaps getting >> work with a current CRM shop to see what goes on behind the scenes owuld >> help. It doesn't have to be a PHP based product but you'll probably be >> able to transfer your knowledge fairly easily. >> >> Hope that helps! Many of us are in the throes of career growth or >> transition and there seems to be a lot of good out there. >> >> Leam >> >> >> On 5/19/12, Matthew Kaufman <mkfmn...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> This doesn't answer your question, but check out >>> http://apps.gotonames.com >>> >>> >>> On Saturday, May 19, 2012, Kristina Anderson wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Greetings, all! >>>> >>>> >>>> For a while now I've been tossing an idea around in my head -- >>>> building and maintaining a saleable open source product rather than >>>> doing hourly consulting. Specifically, a product in the CRM / >>>> marketing software space, which I feel is under-served. >>>> >>>> Does anyone have any experience with hooking up with business side >>>> people to refine ideas, get their input, and obtain funding/business >>>> partners? >>>> >>>> I've become increasingly disenchanted with hourly and per-project >>>> consulting as the economic pressures increase (and increased economic >>>> pressures are another reason why I think CRM/marketing is the area to >>>> go with). But, I'm not sure exactly how to go about making my dream >>>> come true and look forward to any input. >>>> >>>> On a side note, if anyone has any overflow work, please contact me >>>> off list. No reasonable offer refused. :) >>>> >>>> Thanks guys. >>>> >>>> >>>> Kristina >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Kristina Anderson >>>> PHP / MySQL / AJAX / etc / Systems Analyst / Programmer / Consultant >>>> Skype: kristina.anderson835 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> New York PHP User Group Community Talk Mailing List >>>> http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk >>>> >>>> >>>> http://www.nyphp.org/show-participation >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Mind on a Mission <http://leamhall.blogspot.com/> >> _______________________________________________ >> New York PHP User Group Community Talk Mailing List >> http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk >> >> >> http://www.nyphp.org/show-participation >> >> >> > > > -- > Kristina Anderson > PHP / MySQL / AJAX / etc / Systems Analyst / Programmer / Consultant > 646 247 4987 > > > _______________________________________________ > New York PHP User Group Community Talk Mailing List > http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > > http://www.nyphp.org/show-participation > -- Mind on a Mission <http://leamhall.blogspot.com/> _______________________________________________ New York PHP User Group Community Talk Mailing List http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk http://www.nyphp.org/show-participation
