NYCPHP Meetup

[leam hall]

Kristina,

The resources I have found most useful, in addition to Kaufmann's
"Personal MBA", are:

  SCORE.org
  biznik.com
  LinkedIn.com
  gm4jh.com
  elance.com
  guru.com

If I were in your position, and I have been, I would build my
reputation on what I can do personally by showing the same or similar
experience. You are, in fact, trying to get a VC or marketing guru to
"hire" you. The more you can show a good chance for success the more
likely you are to get funds or sweat equity from team members.

Leam



On 5/19/12, Kristina Anderson <ka at kacomputerconsulting.com> wrote:
> I definitely think that marketing oneself is important and time consuming,
> which is just one more reason that I do NOT want to do consulting any
> more, but want to team up with marketing genuis and let the code do most
> of the work so I don't have to!!!  :)
>
>
> On Sat, May 19, 2012 7:21 am, leam hall wrote:
>> Morning Kristina!
>>
>>
>> I'm not sure if I understand your prime motivation as I see more than
>> one. To go from hourly consulting to a longer term gig then I'd recommend
>> finding a code house that supports products you are interested in. Or
>> that
>> use technologies you want to integrate into your future solution. For
>> example, look to 10Gen for MongoDB, etc.
>>
>> If your driver is income stability then there are lots of recruiters
>> who will happily make $$ off your desire for resource levelling. There
>> were
>> some recent posts on the Jobs list, I believe.
>>
>> If your desire is to raise your income then perhaps you need to look
>> at marketing and selling yourself better. I highly recommend Josh
>> Kaufmann's "The Personal MBA" as a way to get better in business
>> without the overly expensive and often pointless sheepskin.
>>
>> If your desire is to build a better mousetrap then perhaps getting
>> work with a current CRM shop to see what goes on behind the scenes owuld
>> help. It doesn't have to be a PHP based product but you'll probably be
>> able to transfer your knowledge fairly easily.
>>
>> Hope that helps! Many of us are in the throes of career growth or
>> transition and there seems to be a lot of good out there.
>>
>> Leam
>>
>>
>> On 5/19/12, Matthew Kaufman <mkfmncom at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> This doesn't answer your question, but check out
>>> http://apps.gotonames.com
>>>
>>>
>>> On Saturday, May 19, 2012, Kristina Anderson wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Greetings, all!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> For a while now I've been tossing an idea around in my head --
>>>> building and maintaining a saleable open source product rather than
>>>> doing hourly consulting.  Specifically, a product in the CRM /
>>>> marketing software space, which I feel is under-served.
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone have any experience with hooking up with business side
>>>> people to refine ideas, get their input, and obtain funding/business
>>>> partners?
>>>>
>>>> I've become increasingly disenchanted with hourly and per-project
>>>> consulting as the economic pressures increase (and increased economic
>>>> pressures are another reason why I think CRM/marketing is the area to
>>>> go with).  But, I'm not sure exactly how to go about making my dream
>>>> come true and look forward to any input.
>>>>
>>>> On a side note, if anyone has any overflow work, please contact me
>>>> off list.  No reasonable offer refused. :)
>>>>
>>>> Thanks guys.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Kristina
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Kristina Anderson
>>>> PHP / MySQL / AJAX / etc / Systems Analyst / Programmer / Consultant
>>>> Skype:  kristina.anderson835
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> New York PHP User Group Community Talk Mailing List
>>>> http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://www.nyphp.org/show-participation
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Mind on a Mission <http://leamhall.blogspot.com/>
>> _______________________________________________
>> New York PHP User Group Community Talk Mailing List
>> http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
>>
>>
>> http://www.nyphp.org/show-participation
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Kristina Anderson
> PHP / MySQL / AJAX / etc / Systems Analyst / Programmer / Consultant
> 646 247 4987
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> New York PHP User Group Community Talk Mailing List
> http://lists.nyphp.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
>
> http://www.nyphp.org/show-participation
>


-- 
Mind on a Mission <http://leamhall.blogspot.com/>