Good tips! Thanks.
On Sat, May 19, 2012 9:29 am, leam hall wrote: > 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 > > > -- 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
