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Seems like if you could automate your app a little you might have a decent app targeted for the startup crowd :)

• mindcrime 14y ago
  Funny you would mention that. This app has been so useful to me already, that I've considered making a SaaS offering out of it. If I don't do that, we might just release it as open-source. Or both. The biggest argument against making a SaaS offering out of it, is that this type of app isn't really core to what we're doing, and I'm worried that it would just turn into a distraction.
  • ckluis 14y ago
    Open sourcing it would seem like a nice way to potentially have other people help make a product better for you that isn't your core product. Or do what I think 37signals should have done with sortfolio. Start a subsidiary and put 1-2 people removed from your company in charge of it. That way you still own the IP, but you aren't required to focus on it.
    • mindcrime 14y ago
      Heh, I don't think we're big enough for a subsidiary yet. :-) But yeah, at some point I think we'll do something with it, even if it's just putting it up on Github. We're an Open Source startup anyway (as in, all of our core offerings are Open Source / AL 2.0 licensed), so doing that kind of thing is in our DNA.
  • Kaizyn 14y ago
    Set it up as an internal SaaS tool. After you and others on your team have 'eaten your own dogwood' for a while, then start selling it. Even if it is a sideline product, it's still worth pursuing.