Re:Ask HN: How do I beat the solo development blues?
by psyklic on Wednesday June 04, 2008 @01:07AM
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1.5 e+3 = 1500 people. Is this large enough of a market? It seems like it may not have much growth potential ...
Re:Ask HN: How do I beat the solo development blues?
by anamax on Wednesday June 04, 2008 @03:02AM
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It depends on how much those folks will spend to reduce their pain. And then there's the wannabees who you might get to pay for junior versions.
Re:Ask HN: How do I beat the solo development blues?
by sosueme on Wednesday June 04, 2008 @09:36AM
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that was me trying to be a smart ass. missed an order of magnitude
the market is about 15000 people
regarding a wannabe / junior version comment I am inclined to think that the tool requires 100% functionality to be useful.
Seriously.
I am one of those "non coding" founders. I come from the entertainment biz and know first hand that there is a need for web app suite that would help about 1.5 E+3 people each to do what I did for the last 5 years.
The tools that exist for what I want to have developed either are no tools at all, something like a business process checklist, or do 30% of what is needed or required for the final outcome and does it poorly because the company that provides the tools does not want to give too much control to the user over the process.
I have personal seed money (not a ton, about 10k usd) to develop a demo with someone, and would rather have someone interested in startups than a dbase programmer off Craigslist.
I did some interface diagrams/sketches and wrote quite a bit on needed features. The 1.5 e+3 entertainment professionals (like me) in question work together twice a year to do about 3 e+9 euros worth of business each time.
If done properly the web app would be self enlarging/viral within this community.