Hi everyone!
For the past 6 years I've been a software development consultant. Lots of politics and being on the bottom of the corporate food chain but, earning good money. I've had this feeling that it's not for me for quite some time now. Also, exchanging time for money is not really how I see myself spending my days until I'm 67.
I figured, maybe I can use these software development skills for something of my own. I've actually had a lot of projects I tried for myself, but none of them made it into production. Most of the time it was just my own feedback loop from hell that kept me from pushing through.
Now, I'm a bit older and a bit wiser (I think) and have learned that, there is only one good idea and that's the one you actually execute. So, I'm executing.
The app I'm building is a SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) app, that I eventually want to turn into a platform. I heard it is not easy to grow both sides of a platform at the same time, the sides being, people who put their stuff on there and people who are looking for the other side's stuff. So, I thought let's concentrate on one side first, and that is the "providers" side. In my story this means people who rent out real-estate. I think this side is the first side where the cash flow can come from. I want to provide value by giving people insights into their property investment and a central place to manage the ins and outs of that.
If this side is up and running and giving some income, we can see if it's interesting to add the other side to the platform, being, the people who rent. In this way I hope to bridge the gap between landlord and occupant.
This idea came from renting out an apartment myself and not finding the tool that suits my needs out there.
So, at this moment I'm building the app and I think it goes "according to plan", if I had one. I will update this thread, hopefully pretty soon, with a go-live announcement!
Love to hear from you any questions/ideas.
Worst case I'll always have one user! ME!
For the past 6 years I've been a software development consultant. Lots of politics and being on the bottom of the corporate food chain but, earning good money. I've had this feeling that it's not for me for quite some time now. Also, exchanging time for money is not really how I see myself spending my days until I'm 67.
I figured, maybe I can use these software development skills for something of my own. I've actually had a lot of projects I tried for myself, but none of them made it into production. Most of the time it was just my own feedback loop from hell that kept me from pushing through.
Now, I'm a bit older and a bit wiser (I think) and have learned that, there is only one good idea and that's the one you actually execute. So, I'm executing.
The app I'm building is a SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) app, that I eventually want to turn into a platform. I heard it is not easy to grow both sides of a platform at the same time, the sides being, people who put their stuff on there and people who are looking for the other side's stuff. So, I thought let's concentrate on one side first, and that is the "providers" side. In my story this means people who rent out real-estate. I think this side is the first side where the cash flow can come from. I want to provide value by giving people insights into their property investment and a central place to manage the ins and outs of that.
If this side is up and running and giving some income, we can see if it's interesting to add the other side to the platform, being, the people who rent. In this way I hope to bridge the gap between landlord and occupant.
This idea came from renting out an apartment myself and not finding the tool that suits my needs out there.
So, at this moment I'm building the app and I think it goes "according to plan", if I had one. I will update this thread, hopefully pretty soon, with a go-live announcement!
Love to hear from you any questions/ideas.
Worst case I'll always have one user! ME!
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