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Thanks for reading! >You seem to be far enough ahead of other commercial offerings to slow down the new feature pace. I'd consider going from 3 contract develo
by mtlynch 5y ago
Thanks for reading!
>You seem to be far enough ahead of other commercial offerings to slow down the new feature pace. I'd consider going from 3 contract developers down to one so that the project can have better margins. Then, when growth allows, ramp it back up.
Yeah, the focus now is for features that attract enterprise clients or building a SaaS complement. Also, to clarify, it's three part-time developers, so it's about 30-50 hours per week of total dev work across the three of them.
>The 3d printed case also seems like an opportunity. I imagine that's costly both from a materials and labor perspective. There would be a large one time cost to convert that to a molded case, but the per-unit cost would drop a lot. If the design is stable now, I'd consider that.
I looked into that a few months ago[0], and the up-front cost would be $20-40k, and it wouldn't drop the unit price by much. I have an unfair advantage by living in MA, where the state subsidizes 75% of 3D printing costs for businesses registered in the state.[1] I'm sticking with 3D printing for now because the design has changed slightly every few months, and I like the flexibility it offers.
[0] https://mtlynch.io/retrospectives/2021/02/#scaling-manufacturing https://mtlynch.io/retrospectives/2021/02/#scaling-manufactu...
[1] https://www.mass.gov/doc/946-cmr-800-innovation-voucher-program-fund/download https://www.mass.gov/doc/946-cmr-800-innovation-voucher-prog...
- tyingq 5y ago"I have an unfair advantage by living in MA, where the state subsidizes 75% of 3D printing costs for businesses registered in the state" Ah, wow, yeah, that would be hard to beat.