I am in the foundational stages of starting my own company, and I am still having trouble finding one of the cornerstones of my foundation. I NEED a billing application, free and open-source. I have searched freshmeat, and taken a gander at several of their results. I've found a couple here and there, but there is always something wrong. Most of them are antiquated already, and very non-functional. Then you have the other end of the spectrum where the application boasts functionality, and yet i follow the installation directions and voila, it doesn't even work. All of this makes me want to write my own, but that Is something I do NOT have time for. At this point, I have a little over 3 months to create my business' foundation, test it, become fluent in the process, and be ready to roll come Jan. 1. On the bright side, I have a decent client base, and plenty of work at the moment. This translates into a solid portfolio, and some spare change to help offset some of the initial costs of starting a business.
Having said all of the former, I am still left with the desire to share this with someone. Eventually this would be a nice business to replace my day job (in case anyone at Livemercial is reading this, don't worry, that won't be ANY time soon). In order to succeed, this business would need a developer, a designer, and a sales/marketing person. There are several guys out there I know that could be a one-stop-web-shop (for instance bob), but I am not one of them, and therefore I NEED someone else. For the time being, I'll just use john...
Posted by kposey at September 17, 2003 04:36 PM | TrackBack