I never use the OAuth option personally. I wouldn't read a help page. I always offer both OAuth and email/password in implementations. I don't find managing my own logins difficult. Having said that, the percentage of users who opt for OAuth is much higher.
Thanks for the thoughts. Via another comment on here, I've made contact with a couple of developers on CoFoundersLab. Who knows, maybe one of them might be the right one. Cheers.
OK, get your point on the multiple. Sorry, commenting on my business has me in defensive mode!
I recruited and retained several top level devs in my 10 years prior to going it alone. I'm not too worried about that bit. But thanks for making me think about what worked well in the process back then.
Thanks for that. Interesting. Would I give up 50%? Yes - for the right return. I know I can do much, much better than triple customers if I can leave the technical debt to someone trustworthy. I accept that the last seven years is sunk cost. But I have seven years of amazing customer relations - a network that will flourish into $$$ when I have the opportunity to scale. I also have a product. Maybe not the perfectly polished product that developers better than me can make it, but <bias>It's Already Good</bias> and it will only get better. At this stage, giving (say) 50% to a VC and using that to buy staff (and ideally get accelerated growth via the VC's network) or giving that percentage to a partner who will concentrate to the same degree doesn't phase me. In my mind, they are each 50% of different values. The VC's investment immediately values the business greater than it currently is. The right partner does the same. I'm open to both routes. My problem is getting from here to either of those positions without killing the business whilst focussing on it.
Edit: just looked at your blog - my system mails checks and takes just a little of that back every month :-)
I looked at cofounderslab a while back. Can't remember what stopped me completing it then. It seems to have evolved a lot. Thanks for replying, much appreciated.
Edit: CoFoundersLab looks really hopeful David. It's just gone down for updates but I liked what I saw - thanks again!
It is definitely the latter. The business has next to no expenses (just me and my family!). I'll take a look at whoishiring again. Maybe I can persuade someone to work in that manner for a few months till I get the sales flowing. Thanks v. much
Edit: just went through April's whoishiring. Is it common to ask for equity in lieu of salary? Do developers really consider that?
No legal obligation. I should clarify, the industry that has been buying into it knows me very well, I've not been stealth there. I've just started focussing on another industry - they will know me well within 12 months. But whilst I can't scale quickly enough to get early mover advantage I don't want to draw to much attention to what I'm doing. Catch 22 I guess!
I've been in the industry since 95, so, yes, I see myself here for the long run. Wouldn't rule out an exit from this business if the opportunity arose though. I believe growth potential is bigger than most of the super-inflated valuations around right now. Current customers are larger end of SME but it's not limited up or down - just been easiest to sell to!
Wow, thanks. It's predominantly ERP. Customers are top 20 from 1 industry currently (the referral impact) but it's not limited to that trade. It's taken 7 years because I've had to earn a living while developing it and it's a fairly large system. Money is for developer/s so that I can do sales and marketing. What do you mean 'heavy to even evaluate'?
I know I can get lots of customers very quickly, I'm turning business away. My issue is letting them down because I don't have the resources to support them. (my previous roles were biz-dev, I do that well)
That's exactly what I find myself doing, but:
I don't like paper
As things change I find myself rewriting the same stuff over and over
It feels like it should be easier/more effective if automated