I plan on building a brand / culture that appeals to my user base allowing them to "connect" with the website. I believe that I understand how the user base thinks, their likes and wants. Also, there are basically five large "pay for listings" type websites on the market now. They will switch to my site because all listings will be free and focused wholly on their market.
The user base (market)that I will be catering to uses websites like Google and Craiglist and other pay for ads type classified websites (even though Craiglist is free). Just because we do not use the websites I mentioned does not mean we do not use the internet. This market has 1000 times more buying power then the teenagers using Facebook and the like. I think that a lot of businesses think like sheep and just do what ever everybody else is doing and forget to think outside the box.
Thank you for your reply!!!
Thank you for your reply.
Option 1. I have a full time job, I am limited in time to learn how to code.
Option 2. I looked into websites like Elance and Odesk and not really sure who to trust based on some bad reviews.
Option 3. I believe can build the website with funds I have. I prefer not to have a partner at this time. Been there before and I usually run circles around them.
You did not mention hiring a web developer / company?
Option 2 is hard. It means you're in the role of engineering manager. Most people on oDesk/elance are individual engineers and the consulting shops on there are generally just loose associations of friends or crappy outsourcing firms.
I'd suggest finding a small, local consulting shop and asking them to build it for you as a work-for-hire giving you full copyright ownership. Full-time consulting orgs will have no interest in stealing your idea as it's their lifeblood to build out other people's ideas. Meet with the owners, see their offices, evaluate their past work, get a free consultation, and only pay what you can afford.
Finding a co-founder is also hard. I think it's the same success rate of starting a rock band. And I think it's more likely to have a bitter end where you're trying to divide a baby.
I was consolidating the idea of hiring either a full-fledged company/agency or a freelancer/freelancers, as option (2). The ELance /oDesk route is somewhat risky if you don't have prior connections with one or more people you know you can trust.
If you're really interested in subbing it out, ping me directly, I may be able to help you find somebody.
It's all cylical, always has been, always will be.
Where else are you going to put your cash.....the bank so you can 1.5%? Or how about some realestate?
