Acorn of an AIS
This morning I was going back through some emails and one in particular stood out. It was from a client who gave the basis of an idea and business…
At the time I received the email, I was too busy with other ideas to take it forwards, but I have some spare time now…so I decided to see what can be done to make the business into reality.
So I did!
Most of the work is PHP coding, which I am OK at. I do also need the help of a programmer for a "subsidiary" bonus product, so I have emailed my programmer buddie and asked him to get on board for a direct 50% split of income and expenses. Hopefully, he'll see some value in the offer! If not, the of course I can pay for the tool I need to be created.
I started coding my bits and pieces and have come up with a workable solution after just a few hours. Of course, I now need to spend more hours refining my code to a point where it can be sold as a product.
Domain Name & Hosting
I have also thought of a great domain name, and registered it. I managed to pick up quite a nice 7 letter .com for this new business. Website Hosting for the new business is easy as I have abundance of hosting, and a download script ready to plug in (thanks to JC at Portal Labs).
All in all, a productive morning - hopefully my buddy will get on board and within a week or two we can have a workable product ready to release to the masses.
More details on this new business as and when!
Personally, there is nothing I enjoy more than taking an idea and turning it into reality - it energises me. Of course, if there is a potential for profit, so much the better!
Comment by gary — May 10, 2007 @ 7:34 pm
OK, I've spent all of today coding up the PHP I need. What a fscking nightmare that was. At least now I have all the nuts and bolts of the idea in place, so I can now refine the code as much as possible and move on from there.
More news to follow!
Comment by Chance — May 11, 2007 @ 7:27 pm
Keep us posted Gary- this is why most of us read your blog
Comment by gary — May 16, 2007 @ 10:10 am
This projecty has taken up 80% of my time over the past 10 days or so. At first, I thought it was going to be really rather simple, but the further I get into it the more complicated it becomes!
1 piece of good news; the person I emailed about coming on board for a 50/50 split has agreed! Cool. More details on that when the new site is actually launched (which will hopefully be sooner rather than later).
Comment by gary — May 17, 2007 @ 3:52 pm
OK, I've basically completed my end of the deal. My partner has also completed his end. Just needs final testing and then we are good to go, after which I will divulge more details.