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This sounds like a great opportunity to just go build the thing they needed then offer it back to them as a service or for a licensing fee. Then you have the op
by Sileni 8y ago
This sounds like a great opportunity to just go build the thing they needed then offer it back to them as a service or for a licensing fee. Then you have the option to offer it to other companies as well.
- perlgeek 8y agoThis is usually quite risky and difficult. You might not have access to the data sources, you might not have the context to interpret them in a meaningful, and then the company you are targeting is probably your only potential customer (or you have to cold sell to every competitor, so now you have a sales job, right?)
- odonnellryan 8y agoAlso, after a project fails the business is always close to 0% likely to work with you on it, even if it isn't your fault (I was brought in as a clean-up man and my billing was insignificant).