On 7/4/2015 12:36 PM, Kate Alhola wrote: > >> On 04 Jul 2015, at 20:14, Bob Hood <bho...@comcast.net> wrote: >> >>> On 7/4/2015 10:53 AM, Thiago Macieira wrote: >>>> On Saturday 04 July 2015 18:33:50 Harri Pasanen wrote: >>>>> On 04/07/2015 14:51, Kate Alhola wrote: >>>>> allow sales in appstore for this 10000€/month with OSS version before >>>>> professional licence is needed. >>>> I think this would be a good strategy. >>> Provided it doesn't cost more to run the programme (including cost of >>> opportunity) than it brings in revenue. >> IMO, that seems like a sure formula for failure to me. If you want success, >> you have to look beyond today. It may cost you initially, as long as you can >> forecast an ROI that exceeds today's investment. It's true that some >> start-up >> businesses can function with no capital investment, but they are fairly rare. >> Most successful businesses have to have that injection of funds (a.k.a., >> resources) to get going, with the calculated risk that it will be returned >> manyfold as time passes. > Be realistic. It is true that having resources improves your possibility to > success but in reality, there is about nill possibility to get investment > money if only thing you have is idea and pitch speak...
I was merely using capital investment of an example of investing resources to achieve success later. I wasn't suggesting that the Qt Company seek investment funds to make the Indie program operational. Sorry if it sounded like that. _______________________________________________ Interest mailing list Interest@qt-project.org http://lists.qt-project.org/mailman/listinfo/interest