monkeymeister

Neat idea! It's simple but very effective - and I really enjoy the detail of the benches and the tree. Very nice.

I wouldn't add it to any of my sites due to the unmoderated nature of it - seeing some fairly unsavory things in your demo - but that's just a little tweak, I'm sure!

This is both engineering and art. Magnificent.

The answer to this question is important to understand, otherwise this marketplace may seem attractive to lesser-scrupulous companies and scoundrels, and keep the legitimate players away.

You, Sir, are very wrong [1][2]

[1] https://www.tesla.com/findus/list/stores/United+States

[2] https://www.tesla.com/findus/list/stores/United+Kingdom

At this point, I'm wondering what hasn't been gutted from the office. It must be looking pretty stark in there.

Excellent. I am now addicted to kerning. Many thanks.

Likely to avoid defeat attempts. The corporate email requirement acts as a first-line defense to at least try to stave-off would be skimmers / scammers grabbing the CAD file and working out the measurements needed to defeat it.

Just got a bill for $1100! Thank god it's a mistake.

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Hey Patrick. We've just finished building a Shopify to Stripe integrator - it's in beta, but we're happy with how it's performing. Check it out: https://www.shoptorelay.com

We're in here too - listening to feedback.

Agreed - this is also another option. Perhaps I've placed a little too much emphasis on the equity stake side. This would also be a great way to proceed, with a straight royalty or revenue share option for the like of a partnership agreement.

Understandably so.

For example, a founder asks for help building an iphone app MVP (it's a very simple app, gives you recipies for great coffees for example) - I would probably be looking for 8-12%. This would be on the basis that he has put the legwork in to approach outside investors, has put together a reasonable pitch with backing, etc and may be expecting to sell the app 30,000 times for $0.99 within the first 18 months from launch.

Maybe for a more complex, time consuming and bigger project, I would ask for perhaps 15-18%.

As I say, all depends on the project and it's individual complexities.

Making you sweat yet? :)

Yes, this is a valid point. It will require management and careful planning on my side. By many pies, this will initially probably be around 1-2 maybe 3 projects, and I do have a lot of time / flexitime from work. If this begins to get traction, I would consider making this more of a full time thing.

That would be incredibly difficult to put a figure to without a product to work with. For example, I would want less equity for a web application because they are generally less taxing and can be done in shorter time and therefore the contracted hours would be less. An iphone app would probably come in slightly more due to the complexities of development, testing and launch, but it really would depend on how much involvement the founder needed, the requirements of the individual project and the complexities involved. By a small percentage, I mean a small percentage :)

I think there's some valid points in there, though I think that the cost of hiring a full time employee is often beyond the budget of an early phase startup, especially when founders and initial owners have covered most of the early work and only require an on-demand ad-hoc technical assistance or advice to deliver and support the product in the end.

I think what I'm looking for is something fundamentally different to what that would offer. I'm looking for ownership, to be a part of the startup and assist from a technical point of view from MVP through to ongoing development of a polished product, and that justifies ongoing equity based commitment.

Of course there's risk - very large risk. The fact I'm willing to subscribe contractually to a minimum number of hours in return for a small percentage of what could potentially turn out to be nothing should the startup go belly up. That's the fun of it - I'm along for the ride - not looking to make a quick buck.

That's why deferred compensation isn't of interest.

Three words my friend. British. Mortgage. Rates.

:)

Hah, cheers, edited :/

Ooops, I do apologise : ) Would the 3 hour extra timeframe work in our favour or against?

ryan at 40degreesnorth dot co dot uk would be fine

Ah dammit. You crazy Americans! I will have to repost, but at the moment it's actually getting loads of interest, so maybe it's helped!

Annnnd... that's what you get for writing late at night. Thanks.

Yup, I'd be interested in hearing about MVPs too.

I'm right here if anyone's got any ideas.

Yeah, sorry guys, that was a little rushed. Yes, the idea is to give a really simple, great looking interface to manage your projects at a single glance.

The basis of this is that it's broken down into 3 functions: tasks, real time messaging and file management.

The sign-up button in the header actually works so you can see for yourself, and any / all feedback is much appreciated.

Cheers!

I use Productiv.io - though it's in development so a little buggy.

We're just getting set up - let us know you're in there so that we know we're not broadcasting to thin air!