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| seen | Dec 8 '10 at 19:10 | |
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Mar 31 |
awarded | Popular Question |
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Dec 5 |
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So I've got this great idea for the iPad… but what next? This would let me keep my own LLC and right to future products, but still involve them both in this project. Plus, it could be a good trial run to see how we all work together? |
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Dec 5 |
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So I've got this great idea for the iPad… but what next? I don't want to burn them from something they're already involved in (to varying extents). I also know I'd want to work with them in the future. Should I do what you recommended earlier with regard to investors. Offer each 10% of profits from THIS app for a one-year period.. and extend that period if need be to get more work from them as time goes on? |
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Dec 5 |
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So I've got this great idea for the iPad… but what next? Additionally, I think I may be able to raise investment from my mother, who is an experienced businessperson and the Southern California finance director for a nationally known non-profit. If I'd want to partner with anybody, it would probably be her. (Would lend credibility.) Is there a good way to get my other two colleagues involved when I can't pay them anything now? |
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Dec 5 |
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So I've got this great idea for the iPad… but what next? So one last question (for now!). I've already chatted heavily with one friend about this project, and let a talented coworker know about it, and she expressed interest--she's the 'organized/methodical' person of the bunch. At the same time, I don't really want to start a 3-person LLC with two people who, like me, have no management experience. (I also don't feel like being bound to long-term to profit sharing.) |
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Dec 5 |
awarded | Commentator |
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Dec 5 |
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So I've got this great idea for the iPad… but what next? I say < $1000 for v. 1.0 b/c it is a very simple project that is easily releasable in stages, and 1.0 is almost fully defined. Plus my best friend does excellent UI work (his employer does contract home-page work for some very high-profile tech companies). I think if I get some turbo codeslave to churn out a quality back-end, I'll get results much quicker. (To answer your question, I have about 3 days' experience of real-world server scripting (PHP)... my real strength is not the development, I've got the creative vision.) |
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Dec 5 |
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So I've got this great idea for the iPad… but what next? Thanks again Franky. One last question: Do you have experience/success hiring remote developers off oDesk? I feel like I could get 1.0 out really quickly for < $1,000 that way. Your advice is great, especially doing the simplest, next indicated thing. I've been reading "rework," and that seems to be the common theme there as well. The moment either of these projects come to fruition, you'll be the first to know. |
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Dec 5 |
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So I've got this great idea for the iPad… but what next? btw, THANKS! You and Jeff are being so helpful. |
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Dec 5 |
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So I've got this great idea for the iPad… but what next? Another thing I've been mulling over is working on my other, probably less-profitable idea first, to get the ball rolling as an entrepreneur. It's a very simple web-based productivity app, I jokingly call it Basecamp's missing feature. I think a skilled Rails developer could probably bang the whole thing out in 2-3 days (I'm learning Rails myself, but I'm not there yet...). Is it a good idea to get a smaller project like that under my belt first? |
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Dec 5 |
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So I've got this great idea for the iPad… but what next? @franky thanks again! |
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Dec 5 |
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Dec 5 |
accepted | So I've got this great idea for the iPad… but what next? |
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Dec 5 |
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So I've got this great idea for the iPad… but what next? .. which is a good reason why I might want to just go-ahead and form an LLC like Franky suggested? |
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Dec 5 |
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So I've got this great idea for the iPad… but what next? To answer your questions, I don't have any significant iOS experience (or, after reading Franky's response, maybe the HTML5 canvas?). I'm good at learning new technologies, but I know I need someone much more skilled and experienced than I. I am more passionate about planning software than I am about writing the code. My "big idea" isn't a big disruptive innovation or game changer, it's just a tool I really want almost every day, and I'm surprised it doesn't exist yet. I don't know if that matters? But, this is just one of the four "unique" ideas I have. |
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Dec 5 |
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So I've got this great idea for the iPad… but what next? Thanks, Jeff. I'm actually taking all my classes online, out-of-state! I may turn there next though. I've been reading "Rework," by the 37Signals guys, and that definitely got me motivated. |
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Dec 5 |
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So I've got this great idea for the iPad… but what next? @franky: you just gave me more useful information than the entire semester of MIS I just finished studying. Thank you thank you! |
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Dec 5 |
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So I've got this great idea for the iPad… but what next? @franky, thanks! So follow-up question. I don't really have any money to pay someone up front. Do you know if it's common practice to offer someone an ongoing percentage of profits from the app for its lifetime? The 2nd question is: what's the best way to protect myself from having a potential developer run off with my idea and leave me in the dust? |
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Dec 4 |
asked | So I've got this great idea for the iPad… but what next? |
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Nov 7 |
awarded | Student |
