As some here know, I've had a project in the works for several weeks.
It could have been done by now I suppose, but my budget is small. Nonetheless, my developer is doing a good job, bid lower than everyone else, and is US based to boot. At any rate, the data entry phase is about to begin ( this is a function I hope users will handle for me after launch-i may try mechanical turk for this but I haven't decided yet).
My target users? Anyone in any English-speaking country(world domination must start small-jk kind of).
My service? Long overdue, and useful (all my friends have said they wish it existed) I'll reveal it on July 1st. I've been adding people to my personal facebook account (my target is 1000 friends) so, they should all see when I like it on facebook. I still need to create the facebook page and twitter account.
History:
I've had an idea in my head for a couple years now. And I sat back and waited and watched. No one did it. I bounced it off friends and relatives and ALL of them in their 20s, 30s, and 40s liked it. Some even said they thought it would be awesome. Why wasn't I acting? I had no idea how to code and thought it was going to cost thousands of $ to get built. After reading The 4 Hour Workweek and THE Millionaire Fastlane , I realized it may not cost as much as I thought. My suspicions were confirmed when I talked to Bateati (thanks man, I can never give you or MJ enough speed) on this forum. I started looking for contractors in mid April through Odesk. One programmer claimed he'd worked on a site that he actually hadn't, but I found the guy that did and he undercut all the other contractors and was US based to boot. He hasn't been the fastest, and there have been a couple communication issues, but its gone pretty well. This will be the beta of the site. Its sort of rough, and once I have a good base of users, I intend to add additional functionality to the site with a target date of December.
Intended marketing strategy:
I intend for this site to go viral. It will be a combo attack using Facebook, Twitter, and perhaps PRWeb. If anyone has any ideas for making this get big fast, I'd love to hear them. My #1 goal is for this site to be useful to a large audience, because nothing like it exists. A couple sites are similar but kind of lame and one of them has done $100 MILLION/yr with a model like I'm intending to add to the site once I have a tremendous base of users.
My edge over the other site I'm intending to compete with?
I intend to have more mainstream material than they have, but with similar functionality.
Total Costs incurred so far?
$760 including the domain hosting.
My background?
Hvac fabricator, traffic flagger, underage club bouncer, sheet metal forming machine programmer and operator, weldor, laser cutting system operator, car salesman(blame kiyosaki), crew leader for a small contracting company, firearms sale, some college towards mechanical engineering (before deciding it was the most boring thing I could do one classmate ended up interning at Porsche I think), marine engine parts and electrical sales at a large family owned supply in Seattle, indoor firing range manager, bartender, bartending instructor, and finally, entrepreneur. Its been a long road, but back when I was 21 yrs old working the graveyard shift, I remember telling myself that there had to be a better way than 40 hours/week for 40 years. I think I'm on that path now. I want to thank everyone here who I've learned from. MJ, bflBob, Jackedwards, BioPhase, Inphinity, bateati, the fenda guy (hey, I can't remember every sn on here), runum, Sparlin, RussH, and anyone I forgot. You have all said or done something that has gotten me to this point. I don't have any idea if this will work or not, but my sense is it will.
I will update as necessary.
MJ, when you read this, I'd really like to talk to you, preferrably by phone, if you can find it in your schedule. It would sure be appreciated.
Hopefully by b&P 2012, I'll be able to afford a round.
And for anyone who isn't sure where to start, think basic functionality and worry about pretty later.
-Cameron
It could have been done by now I suppose, but my budget is small. Nonetheless, my developer is doing a good job, bid lower than everyone else, and is US based to boot. At any rate, the data entry phase is about to begin ( this is a function I hope users will handle for me after launch-i may try mechanical turk for this but I haven't decided yet).
My target users? Anyone in any English-speaking country(world domination must start small-jk kind of).
My service? Long overdue, and useful (all my friends have said they wish it existed) I'll reveal it on July 1st. I've been adding people to my personal facebook account (my target is 1000 friends) so, they should all see when I like it on facebook. I still need to create the facebook page and twitter account.
History:
I've had an idea in my head for a couple years now. And I sat back and waited and watched. No one did it. I bounced it off friends and relatives and ALL of them in their 20s, 30s, and 40s liked it. Some even said they thought it would be awesome. Why wasn't I acting? I had no idea how to code and thought it was going to cost thousands of $ to get built. After reading The 4 Hour Workweek and THE Millionaire Fastlane , I realized it may not cost as much as I thought. My suspicions were confirmed when I talked to Bateati (thanks man, I can never give you or MJ enough speed) on this forum. I started looking for contractors in mid April through Odesk. One programmer claimed he'd worked on a site that he actually hadn't, but I found the guy that did and he undercut all the other contractors and was US based to boot. He hasn't been the fastest, and there have been a couple communication issues, but its gone pretty well. This will be the beta of the site. Its sort of rough, and once I have a good base of users, I intend to add additional functionality to the site with a target date of December.
Intended marketing strategy:
I intend for this site to go viral. It will be a combo attack using Facebook, Twitter, and perhaps PRWeb. If anyone has any ideas for making this get big fast, I'd love to hear them. My #1 goal is for this site to be useful to a large audience, because nothing like it exists. A couple sites are similar but kind of lame and one of them has done $100 MILLION/yr with a model like I'm intending to add to the site once I have a tremendous base of users.
My edge over the other site I'm intending to compete with?
I intend to have more mainstream material than they have, but with similar functionality.
Total Costs incurred so far?
$760 including the domain hosting.
My background?
Hvac fabricator, traffic flagger, underage club bouncer, sheet metal forming machine programmer and operator, weldor, laser cutting system operator, car salesman(blame kiyosaki), crew leader for a small contracting company, firearms sale, some college towards mechanical engineering (before deciding it was the most boring thing I could do one classmate ended up interning at Porsche I think), marine engine parts and electrical sales at a large family owned supply in Seattle, indoor firing range manager, bartender, bartending instructor, and finally, entrepreneur. Its been a long road, but back when I was 21 yrs old working the graveyard shift, I remember telling myself that there had to be a better way than 40 hours/week for 40 years. I think I'm on that path now. I want to thank everyone here who I've learned from. MJ, bflBob, Jackedwards, BioPhase, Inphinity, bateati, the fenda guy (hey, I can't remember every sn on here), runum, Sparlin, RussH, and anyone I forgot. You have all said or done something that has gotten me to this point. I don't have any idea if this will work or not, but my sense is it will.
I will update as necessary.
MJ, when you read this, I'd really like to talk to you, preferrably by phone, if you can find it in your schedule. It would sure be appreciated.
Hopefully by b&P 2012, I'll be able to afford a round.
And for anyone who isn't sure where to start, think basic functionality and worry about pretty later.
-Cameron
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