It appears not to sound that fun when you tell it like it is. I am just closing a startup, not too keen to start a new one right away.
A startup has no business sense. However, I was hoping there is a middle ground, a business sense and a certain risk. The current idea I have is to freelance until I figure this out. Perhaps mix freelancing and a making a risky business. Is there some freelance/small company names with successful models in open source in Israel? It is hard to believe there is no middle ground, either freelance, be employed or start a startup. I have no trouble with slow progress but the aim is to scale eventually... On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 4:00 PM, David Suna <da...@davidsconsultants.com> wrote: > > On 09/18/2014 02:56 PM, Jonathan Ben Avraham wrote: > >> On Thu, 18 Sep 2014, tzahi ml wrote: >> >> Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2014 14:15:40 +0300 >>> From: tzahi ml <tzahi...@gmail.com> >>> To: "linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il" <linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il> >>> Subject: Question about how to make a living from open source >>> >>> Hi All,I am in need of assistance. >>> >>> I am currently working as a freelancer coding stuff in a company. >>> However, although I am making good living, this does not scale much (and >>> promotion is out of the question :) ). >>> >>> Anyway, I am looking for ways to scale. >>> >> A different way to say the same thing: > You can choose to be an employee in which case your earning potential is > limited to what the current market value of someone with your skill set is. > Doesn't "scale" but does provide you with benefits, a "guaranteed" salary > and a corporate culture for advancement. > > Or, you can choose to work for yourself. This have several variations: > 1. Working as a contractor - Generally this allows you to charge a higher > hourly rate. The down side is you have to provide your own benefits, > accounting, etc. You also lose the stability of it being someone else's job > to generate work for you. This also does not "scale" as you are limited to > the number of hours a day you can work and the going market rate for the > skill set you have. > > 2. Produce a product - Build a better mouse trap and sell it. This is not > necessarily in line with the open source way of doing things. However, it > is a common business plan. This has the potential to "scale" as you can > develop the product once and sell it many times. You have the significant > risk of startup and development costs and whether the product will be > successful. > > 3. Provide a service - Along the lines of the idea you suggested of > hosting complex solutions. This is similar to being a contractor but the > focus is on marketing the service you provide rather you and your skill > set. This only has the potential to scale by having other people (employees > or contractors) provide the service in the name of your company. Your > profit is the cost you can charge the client minus the cost of the worker > actually doing the work. You also take on the responsibility of generating > enough work to cover the costs of the worker(s) and yourself. With all of > the joys that Yonatan described in his email. > > > -- > David Suna > da...@davidsconsultants.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-il mailing list > Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il >
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