How to start a software company with (almost) no money, or the Software Junkyard Wars

Filed under: Business admin — over 3 years ago
A friend of mine asked me to write about how I am starting my new software company with (almost) no money. The answer is very carefully, remotely and with some open source. Here are some resources I am using on almost a daily basis: craigslist, rentacoder, and elance. I am not saying these sites are full of great programmers. In fact, I have had plenty of horror stories in the past with off shore resources I found on those places. But when you have little money, you don't have much choice but to try. And I have a few friends who claim to have had success finding resources on these sites. I would love to hear any success stories people have had and best practices on these sites. This process reminds me of the show "Junkyard Wars." I did manage to connect with one really good logo designer recently on eLance, so if you need a good logo I have just the place for you.
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Posted over 3 years ago
[...] How to start a software company with (almost) no money, or the Software Junkyard Wars [...]

Posted over 3 years ago
Excuse the typo above :-( its www.paystage.net

Posted over 3 years ago
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