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[Federico Ulfo]

I agree totally with Leam.

>From open source you don't do money, unless you create something great,
that sometimes break (Mongo for example), because people use it and need
you to fix it.

7 years ago I published a template engine called RainTPL<http://raintpl.com/>,
lot of developers use it and help me to improve it, which is good because I
use it in all my website, but I never got a penny from it. Is fun yes, but
if you want to do money get a job :)

On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 10:21 AM, leam hall <leamhall at gmail.com> wrote:

> Morning Kristina!
>
> I'm not sure if I understand your prime motivation as I see more than
> one. To go from hourly consulting to a longer term gig then I'd
> recommend finding a code house that supports products you are
> interested in. Or that use technologies you want to integrate into
> your future solution. For example, look to 10Gen for MongoDB, etc.
>
> If your driver is income stability then there are lots of recruiters
> who will happily make $$ off your desire for resource levelling. There
> were some recent posts on the Jobs list, I believe.
>
> If your desire is to raise your income then perhaps you need to look
> at marketing and selling yourself better. I highly recommend Josh
> Kaufmann's "The Personal MBA" as a way to get better in business
> without the overly expensive and often pointless sheepskin.
>
> If your desire is to build a better mousetrap then perhaps getting
> work with a current CRM shop to see what goes on behind the scenes
> owuld help. It doesn't have to be a PHP based product but you'll
> probably be able to transfer your knowledge fairly easily.
>
> Hope that helps! Many of us are in the throes of career growth or
> transition and there seems to be a lot of good out there.
>
> Leam
>
> On 5/19/12, Matthew Kaufman <mkfmncom at gmail.com> wrote:
> > This doesn't answer your question, but check out
> http://apps.gotonames.com
> >
> > On Saturday, May 19, 2012, Kristina Anderson wrote:
> >
> >> Greetings, all!
> >>
> >> For a while now I've been tossing an idea around in my head -- building
> >> and maintaining a saleable open source product rather than doing hourly
> >> consulting.  Specifically, a product in the CRM / marketing software
> >> space, which I feel is under-served.
> >>
> >> Does anyone have any experience with hooking up with business side
> people
> >> to refine ideas, get their input, and obtain funding/business partners?
> >>
> >> I've become increasingly disenchanted with hourly and per-project
> >> consulting as the economic pressures increase (and increased economic
> >> pressures are another reason why I think CRM/marketing is the area to go
> >> with).  But, I'm not sure exactly how to go about making my dream come
> >> true and look forward to any input.
> >>
> >> On a side note, if anyone has any overflow work, please contact me off
> >> list.  No reasonable offer refused. :)
> >>
> >> Thanks guys.
> >>
> >> Kristina
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Kristina Anderson
> >> PHP / MySQL / AJAX / etc / Systems Analyst / Programmer / Consultant
> >> Skype:  kristina.anderson835
> >>
> >>
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