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I think the idea is great. I have seen people struggling with Basecamp for this in the past and I've been on both ends. The only downside that I see is that th

I think the idea is great. I have seen people struggling with Basecamp for this in the past and I've been on both ends. The only downside that I see is that the number of designers out there doing freelance projects is relatively small, so your eventual 'market' is kinda tiny. Anyway I wouldn't let that stop you. If you feel the pain I'm sure at least 50 others do, and that, to me, is enough to do it :) One thing I'd add though - partner with another designer. Designers care greatly about the visual aesthetic of the tools they work with. As this is mostly targetted at designers, make sure that you get one that believes in it (offer lifetime free service) to help you out :)

marcamillion 16y ago
This is an awesome suggestion. I think I will edit my post to include a reach out to designers. I meant to do so, but it slipped my mind. Also...re: the market size...that's what you think at first glance. However, if you look at the number of interactive agencies around the world, I would say there are at least a few tens of thousands - if not hundreds of thousands or a million. Remember this is not just for web designers. Anyone that does any graphics work, that needs to collect revision notes from their customers. Illustrators, animators, sketchboard artists, print designers, web designers, marketers that do print design, etc. I am fairly confident that the market is big enough for me to make enough to work on this full-time, and have enough to support at least one or two others doing the same. As for bigger than that, we will just have to see.
- bdickason 16y ago
  Perhaps you could build something that plugged into Scribd then? They are gearing up to be the defacto HTML5 'embed anything' vendor for the web. Building a comment and revision tracking system on top of it that is very easy to use could be a great way to 'start' your startup before moving to a standalone system? :)
  - marcamillion 16y ago
    Interesting. Never thought about that. Not sure if that will be a good place to start, but I will definitely look into it. My main issue now though is to get some sort of cash flow going as soon as I can. So we will see. Thnx though.

marcamillion 16y ago

This is an awesome suggestion. I think I will edit my post to include a reach out to designers. I meant to do so, but it slipped my mind. Also...re: the market size...that's what you think at first glance. However, if you look at the number of interactive agencies around the world, I would say there are at least a few tens of thousands - if not hundreds of thousands or a million. Remember this is not just for web designers. Anyone that does any graphics work, that needs to collect revision notes from their customers. Illustrators, animators, sketchboard artists, print designers, web designers, marketers that do print design, etc. I am fairly confident that the market is big enough for me to make enough to work on this full-time, and have enough to support at least one or two others doing the same. As for bigger than that, we will just have to see.

bdickason 16y ago
Perhaps you could build something that plugged into Scribd then? They are gearing up to be the defacto HTML5 'embed anything' vendor for the web. Building a comment and revision tracking system on top of it that is very easy to use could be a great way to 'start' your startup before moving to a standalone system? :)
- marcamillion 16y ago
  Interesting. Never thought about that. Not sure if that will be a good place to start, but I will definitely look into it. My main issue now though is to get some sort of cash flow going as soon as I can. So we will see. Thnx though.