My team and I are meeting tonight to come up with a business plan and some community input would be amazing.
I've been mulling over this issue for the past few months and bouncing ideas off of others, and now I'd finally like some input from the community.
I have come up with a fair selection of ideas, but most of those amount to either fun projects which could potentially be profitable, or otherwise solid business models that have one or two major hurdles (usually related to resources or legality).
For our team meeting tonight, my idea is to take inventory of our available skills, resources, and compelling problems which interest us. The last is where I would greatly appreciate some community input. Hell, even entire business ideas/plans would be appreciated.
No matter how big or small your thoughts, any input would be appreciated. We're a team of computer scientists, so our business will be primarily based around software/technology/Web solutions.
Among my relevant available resources (entire Internet aside), I have the following:
A pretty reliable connection to an SEO company a large production company.
A stash of fairly powerful server hardware.
A fast network with static IPs.
The backend for Hackswipe, which includes credit card payment processing and a Google Voice-based SMS gateway.
This work in progress design for something completely unrelated but which is backed by some fairly decent infrastructure.
Direct access to the experts in just about any relevant field (on-campus Carnegie Mellon professors).
A sexual relationship with the baron of a small nation.
For further down the line, some investor relationships.
Not likely to be so relevant, but a decent social media presence (Stack Overflow reputation, modship in some major reddits, various tech forums).
The source code for Eugene fucking McCabe.
Pooled with the other team members, the list of projects we can build off of would be longer (including an Android app).
So, what are your thoughts?
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