Ask HN: How can I give my idea for free and sell myself as its developer?

7 pointsby pawnhearts11 anni fa4 comments

I had an idea for a tool but I'm not interested in investing money on it, not because I think it's not worth it, but because I have no knowledge about how I would run my own business, find investors, advertise the product, sell the product to customers and so on.

Do you think is it worth yielding an idea to someone who can succeed in making money out of it, provided that you will be working on the code and to be sure to have 6-8 months of guaranteed work?

Thanks

Edit: poor grammar

4 comments

arisAlexis11 anni fa

You have two options. Find someone to hire you as a programmer and pay you. Second is to find a partner that will do all of these things called non-technical co-founder and share potential profits. That means that you will need to work in parallel with some kind of other job that gives you money to survive and build this as a side project. If you think it is a good idea and can work and generate money I would go for the second option.

JSeymourATL11 anni fa

You might find the James Dyson story instructive. Beyond simply inventing and building his products, he also had to teach himself the vital business functions (sales, marketing, business development, legal, raising capital, etc...) necessary to grow his company.

Before you 'give away' your idea, it may be worth reading> http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/955045.Against_the_Odds

blaurenceclark11 anni fa

I'd be happy to talk [email protected] I'm a developer who likes the business side of things haha

kiraken11 anni fa

I'm a developer, leave an email and we'll talk [email protected]