- IT industry analysts (What are the industry trends? What will be popular next year?)
And from the discussions with those groups, I know they would be willing to pay for this kind of tool.
Obviously, my goal is to build a critical mass of users and customers. And the dilemma is whether leave it a SaaS tool and earn from subscription or open it up for everyone and make profit in some other way...
- developer-focused marketers (What are developers interested in, so we can build better products for them?)
- developer evangelists/advocates (Are developers adapting the tools we're evangelising about?)
- IT industry analysts (What are the industry trends? What will be popular next year?)
And from the discussions with those groups, I know they would be willing to pay for this kind of tool. Obviously, my goal is to build a critical mass of users and customers. And the dilemma is whether leave it a SaaS tool and earn from subscription or open it up for everyone and make profit in some other way...