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[Kristina Anderson]

Good tips!  Thanks.


On Sat, May 19, 2012 9:29 am, leam hall wrote:
> Kristina,
>
>
> The resources I have found most useful, in addition to Kaufmann's
> "Personal MBA", are:
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> SCORE.org
> biznik.com LinkedIn.com
> gm4jh.com elance.com guru.com
>
> If I were in your position, and I have been, I would build my
> reputation on what I can do personally by showing the same or similar
> experience. You are, in fact, trying to get a VC or marketing guru to
> "hire" you. The more you can show a good chance for success the more
> likely you are to get funds or sweat equity from team members.
>
> Leam
>
>
>
>
> On 5/19/12, Kristina Anderson <ka at kacomputerconsulting.com> wrote:
>
>> I definitely think that marketing oneself is important and time
>> consuming, which is just one more reason that I do NOT want to do
>> consulting any more, but want to team up with marketing genuis and let
>> the code do most of the work so I don't have to!!!  :)
>>
>>
>> On Sat, May 19, 2012 7:21 am, leam hall wrote:
>>
>>> Morning Kristina!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm not sure if I understand your prime motivation as I see more than
>>>  one. To go from hourly consulting to a longer term gig then I'd
>>> recommend finding a code house that supports products you are
>>> interested in. Or that use technologies you want to integrate into your
>>> future solution. For example, look to 10Gen for MongoDB, etc.
>>>
>>> If your driver is income stability then there are lots of recruiters
>>> who will happily make $$ off your desire for resource levelling. There
>>>  were some recent posts on the Jobs list, I believe.
>>>
>>> If your desire is to raise your income then perhaps you need to look
>>> at marketing and selling yourself better. I highly recommend Josh
>>> Kaufmann's "The Personal MBA" as a way to get better in business
>>> without the overly expensive and often pointless sheepskin.
>>>
>>> If your desire is to build a better mousetrap then perhaps getting
>>> work with a current CRM shop to see what goes on behind the scenes
>>> owuld help. It doesn't have to be a PHP based product but you'll
>>> probably be able to transfer your knowledge fairly easily.
>>>
>>> Hope that helps! Many of us are in the throes of career growth or
>>> transition and there seems to be a lot of good out there.
>>>
>>> Leam
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 5/19/12, Matthew Kaufman <mkfmncom at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> This doesn't answer your question, but check out
>>>> http://apps.gotonames.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Saturday, May 19, 2012, Kristina Anderson wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Greetings, all!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> For a while now I've been tossing an idea around in my head --
>>>>> building and maintaining a saleable open source product rather
>>>>> than doing hourly consulting.  Specifically, a product in the CRM
>>>>> /
>>>>> marketing software space, which I feel is under-served.
>>>>>
>>>>> Does anyone have any experience with hooking up with business
>>>>> side people to refine ideas, get their input, and obtain
>>>>> funding/business partners?
>>>>>
>>>>> I've become increasingly disenchanted with hourly and per-project
>>>>>  consulting as the economic pressures increase (and increased
>>>>> economic pressures are another reason why I think CRM/marketing is
>>>>> the area to go with).  But, I'm not sure exactly how to go about
>>>>> making my dream come true and look forward to any input.
>>>>>
>>>>> On a side note, if anyone has any overflow work, please contact
>>>>> me off list.  No reasonable offer refused. :)
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks guys.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Kristina
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Kristina Anderson
>>>>> PHP / MySQL / AJAX / etc / Systems Analyst / Programmer /
>>>>> Consultant
>>>>> Skype:  kristina.anderson835
>>>>>
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Kristina Anderson
PHP / MySQL / AJAX / etc / Systems Analyst / Programmer / Consultant
646 247 4987