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  1. iamonlyanegg

    Best way to get legal help for a startup?

    Hey folks, I am currently working on my software startup but instead of going the VC/angel route, I decided to land clients for software development to generate cash flow, reinvest it in my startup and live off of it too. I find myself needing to produce a variety of legal documents and I'm...
  2. iamonlyanegg

    Advice on how to properly frame a finders fee?

    Hi all, I am currently working as a contractor for a company and invoicing them through my own company. The client is asking me for recommendations on someone that can consult for them on a particular project and I think I have an external group of people that can deliver the services. If I...
  3. iamonlyanegg

    Software consulting SLA recommendations

    SIDE HUSTLE 
    Thank you @Jon L this is useful. I ended up signing a Statement Of Work that's pretty lenient. I'll look into E&O/business insurance, that wasn't even on my radar so thanks for pointing that out.
  4. iamonlyanegg

    Software consulting SLA recommendations

    SIDE HUSTLE 
    Hey there folks, I just landed a new software consulting client that I plan on invoicing through my company. The service is for a remote, full-time software architect position. My goal is to use the income to cover my personal costs as well as reinvest them on my startup (which is also under my...
  5. iamonlyanegg

    [SOFTWARE DEV] Please recommend how I should manage multi-customer custom-made websites.

    SIDE HUSTLE 
    @rhyeal This is EXACTLY the kind of information I was looking for, thanks so much for this. I totally get the trade-off, it's probably not worth it unless you can justify the higher operational complexity with a larger scale (i.e. a larger customer base). I think I'll go for a simpler, ad-hoc...
  6. iamonlyanegg

    [SOFTWARE DEV] Please recommend how I should manage multi-customer custom-made websites.

    SIDE HUSTLE 
    I totally agree. Believe me, I am constantly struggling against the temptation of "overbuilding". It's just that the tech stack needs to be different (no doubt WP can do a lot; it's just not the tech I need ATM). I'll look into a similar solution to WP Engine with the tech stack I'm looking...
  7. iamonlyanegg

    [SOFTWARE DEV] Please recommend how I should manage multi-customer custom-made websites.

    SIDE HUSTLE 
    Wise advice @Jon L, thanks a lot. Your suggestion sounds ideal except for the tech stack. I plan on using the MERN stack to implement my clients' websites, instead of PHP/WP. I was considering implementing an automated cloud-based provisioning system (using Terraform/Kubernetes/Docker) to...
  8. iamonlyanegg

    [SOFTWARE DEV] Please recommend how I should manage multi-customer custom-made websites.

    SIDE HUSTLE 
    Hi all, I'm bootstrapping a software startup product idea and I'd like to set up a side business to generate revenue while my start up takes off. I'm starting to get consulting work for customers that need medium-complexity, custom-made websites. The idea would be to host a range of...
  9. iamonlyanegg

    Trademark your name NOW!

    Hey all, quick question on international trademarking for a global software startup. How would you go about trademarking your company's name & logo internationally? I see that the USPTO site mentions the Madrid system which if I'm not mistaken allows companies to register international...
  10. iamonlyanegg

    Pure online business' payment strategy

    Great, thank you all for the pointers.
  11. iamonlyanegg

    Pure online business' payment strategy

    Aloha! I am currently in the process of prototyping a technology idea with the goal of putting it out in the wild to validate product-market fit. I want to make sure it has the ability to be profitable from day one. If it goes well, my end goal would be incorporating in a tax-friendly...
  12. iamonlyanegg

    Tech entrepreneur looking into bootstrapping an online business

    INTRO 
    I just finished reading 7 Day Startup and got some useful perspective on launching fast and early. I'll circle back with updates soon. Thank you all for the feedback, much appreciated.
  13. iamonlyanegg

    I've Read The Millionaire Fastlane!

    GOLD! HOT! 
    I read both Unscripted and FLM!
  14. iamonlyanegg

    Tech entrepreneur looking into bootstrapping an online business

    INTRO 
    Great post. You made me re-think things in much more realistic terms. Great stuff @Andy Black.
  15. iamonlyanegg

    Tech entrepreneur looking into bootstrapping an online business

    INTRO 
    Makes total sense. It's really useful to hear (read?) this. It kind of makes you realize that building things "the right way" becomes a form of procrastination in itself.
  16. iamonlyanegg

    Tech entrepreneur looking into bootstrapping an online business

    INTRO 
    To answer your question, I think what's stopping me from pursuing other more immediately-monetizable ideas is that I'm choosing to work on ideas that have the potential to scale big, as opposed to ones where I could turn a profit quicker but be stuck with an unscalable business. I'm sure as my...
  17. iamonlyanegg

    Tech entrepreneur looking into bootstrapping an online business

    INTRO 
    These are all great, actionable points, I'm giving all this some serious thought. For sure it would be possible to come up with other, more immediately-monetizable value-adding services for the same demographic. Thank you
  18. iamonlyanegg

    Tech entrepreneur looking into bootstrapping an online business

    INTRO 
    Absolutely. For what it's worth, writing down the design/requirements is helping me clarify my ideas A LOT. A quote from Tim Ferris that stuck with me comes to mind: "writing is thinking on paper." And I couldn't agree more. Writing things down helps not only with defining the problem better but...
  19. iamonlyanegg

    Tech entrepreneur looking into bootstrapping an online business

    INTRO 
    All very true. In this case making a sale right away would be tough since monetizing this idea requires reaching a critical mass of active users (much like Facebook or any other service where the value of the service is derived from the traffic they generate). Very good points though, I really...
  20. iamonlyanegg

    Tech entrepreneur looking into bootstrapping an online business

    INTRO 
    Excellent advice, thanks for this. I completely agree, I guess the way I see it is that I will have to implement the backend of the service anyway, so if the auto-scaling option is only marginally more complex then I figure I can go for the better solution for almost the same amount of work...
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