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On Starting a Software Business

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Re: On Starting a Software Business

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I'm wondering about how they draw the line between "give first, take later" and "don't do work unless you're getting paid for it."

How I understood it:

> "give first, take later"

This was when they were looking for leads.

> "don't do work unless you're getting paid for it."

That was in the context of the product they were selling. A choice not to work on the product when there is not a customer paying you to do so. I can imagine they chose to operate like this because it is very easy to sink many hours into perfecting a product that does not have paying customers. I believe they will step away from this rule later when they have so many customers that they want to develop ahead of payments.

Re: On Starting a Software Business

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There is a bit of detail missing that I would like to understand. How to just 'talk' and give help? Do you approach people/businesses and ask if they are having any problems? Or, your aim is to just get the conversation ball rolling, hoping that it leads to the problem part without deliberation?
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