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Much appreciated.

The road forward is much clearer now. Thanks.

Definitely helps, thanks. Would you advise starting by documenting processes in the entire business end-end, or would you focus on a particular segment first (e.g shipping, warehousing, order management etc), solving problems in that segment to full completion before even considering processes in other areas?

Ok, appreciate the offer. Would be nice to chat with an experienced hand but allow me a couple days to ruminate.

Yes, this would be ideal.

Some communication from said company quoted below. Not sure if I'm missing any gotchas, given my relative inexperience in this sort of stuff.

"Let's break down your deliverables.. I want us to properly define my problem, current and future needs.

Then we review what's available in the market to see if it suits our needs.. finally, if we decide to develop our own software then we do"

Thanks. I like the idea of discovery phase for sure. Will consider.

We're also considering right to IP for things we develop from scratch, for future resale. We might propose a share of future revenues e.g 25%

Yep, plan is to incorporate. There's three of us, splitting equally. We're being engaged as a company.

Happy to give you a call, but allow me couple days to ruminate. FWIW, this company is based out of the US. They do have some operations in the US but this isn't their primary region.

Yep, mechanical engineering. Though I'm less concerned about this part as it's their area of expertise.

Very helpful, much appreciated. I was worried about scope creep. Day rate sounds helpful. MVPs make total sense too.