Companies will definitely pay for a 3 month MVP type contract to try out an idea. The problem, I think, is how to pitch that without a plan to go to a full pro

Companies will definitely pay for a 3 month MVP type contract to try out an idea. The problem, I think, is how to pitch that without a plan to go to a full product. Hard to say I'll build this and leave: Good luck turning it into a full scale solution! The other problem is going to be the sales cycle. You sit in the unhappy middle of manager/director level discretionary budget and long term planned/vetted expense. You're going to have to spend a lot of time on the sales cycle for not enough long term money. It's a possible niche but I think one that would be a hard scraggle/hand to mouth kind of existence.