Sunday, October 20, 2013

[coding] Blueprint for a Badass Business

A few days ago I looked at a checkin diff for a complicated feature that [stupid ass partner] made without telling us, which we need to migrate to our code, and decided that I would rather just sit around thinking about having my own company.

Again, the main themes are a small, nimble company with good people.  We go after niche markets where expertise in a particular domain gives us a competitive advantage.  If we focus on business ideas that heavily revolve around apps, we get the following areas of expertise:

  • wireframes
  • graphics
  • app coding (android, iOS)
  • backend (e.g. 'the cloud')
  • website (and IT)
  • business (marketing, accounting, legal, tax, finding new work)
  • bullshit
  • domain knowledge

The domain knowledge expert would probably be a different person for each project.

The bullshit category is for solving problems that crop up, and handling people that are difficult to work with.

The rest is...pretty self explanatory.  I already have experience in the backend, and I'm looking to gain experience in the app coding category.  I am also interested in dabbling a bit in wireframes.  I'm not great at graphics, and I loathe dealing with web or IT shit.  I'm also inexperienced in the business side of things; it would be great to have a person who excels at that.

So...that's the kind of people I would need.  Assuming I do another app like this skin care thing.  Unfortunately a friend just gave me and idea related to 3D printed Legos....


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