Hi RoR developers I am interested in hearing your thoughts on this. I will very shortly develop a web application for the eLearning industry in a SaaS model. I have a good idea and some very good contacts in the industry. I am more of a .NET person but decided to make it in Ruby in order to have the capability to adapt the product more rapidly and let’s face it, the starting cost with the technology are much more attractive.
Now, I could do it on my own over time but I would like to have 2 or 3 experienced RoR devs with me in this endeavor. Their expertise would speed up the development, complement my own skills in product and software development and make it much more fun and interesting. The issue I am facing right now is that at this point, I don’t want to give away any equity in the project and I am not a startup with a cashflow where I can pay developers an hourly rate. What I am, is a father of two with a day job and an entrepreneurial spirit whose take on software development and life is very similar to the folks at 37Signals (now Basecamp). What I want is to have an amazing life-work balance and work on something I love. I am committed to build a great team of dedicated individuals who will also have an amazing life-work balance, where every member will have a say in the direction of the product and where money will not be a preoccupation (meaning that they will earn much more than any other place for the same type of job). I will always remain private and never seek public or VC funds so don’t expect a Cinderella story. I have been exposed too much to a public company modus operandi to know that I don’t want this model. Now, my question to you is what business model would make it interesting for experienced devs to share the risks? Beside eventually be part of a company with the aforementioned description, what would you consider an interesting proposition to develop the product on your spare time (a few hours per week) until it takes off? Although I am not opened to give away equity (for the moment at least), I am more than willing to share the profits for a certain amount of time or up to a specific amount. What would make it interesting to take on the risks? What would you consider a win-win business model? Looking forward to hearing your thoughts on this Yves -- Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rubyonrails-talk/8c29b048e6c96949f1e88f208eb9a7c4%40ruby-forum.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
