Re:How to Come Up with Profitable Business Ideas
by ryanmarsh on Friday May 18, 2018 @07:38PM
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2.b Be independent contractor. Carefully work on side-biz on your own time. Have good documentation and git-log in case someone at the client ends up caring when you worked on it (zero risk if it's not core biz for them and they aren't assholes). Don't tell anyone what you're working. Don't use proprietary data in your product. Profit
Re:How to Come Up with Profitable Business Ideas
by michaelbuckbee on Saturday May 19, 2018 @12:51AM
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Again, every situation is different. But the benefit of bringing the client in is that they can act as your first reference client (the hardest to get), and that it's not job+sidebusiness, but a hybrid so your time is more efficiently spent.
Re:How to Come Up with Profitable Business Ideas
by goatherders on Friday May 18, 2018 @06:07PM
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Good advice. I have a B2B lead gen system that I offer - built on 19 years of experience - for 75% of the price of someone who has 2 years experience.
1) Consult in the industry as a contract developer at X/hour rate.
2) When you find a problem that they're facing that you might be able to turn into a business, offer them 0.75X/hour while you work on it in exchange for the right to commercialize it.
Obviously this doesn't work for everything, but it's a non-obvious way to get paid while fixing a real problem and build a business.