by Matt_L
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Okay, I know there's a dedicated spot on this forum for people looking for partners. But, I never go there. I spend almost all my time on the Warrior Forum here -- in the copywriter's space.

I'm comfortable here.

Many of you are very intelligent.

And I consider most of you honest and upstanding.

Which is why I'm (probably) breaking the rules and posting this note here.

Have you ever had a good idea? If so then read on.

Is your idea dependent on web technology? Yes? Then keep reading.

Are you willing to share your idea with a technology professional? Will you split everything fifty-fifty? (Including responsibilities and profit?)

Here's what I'm thinking ...

You bring your idea to the table.
We brainstorm it.
Mind map it.
Develop a business plan for it.
Develop a product roadmap for it.
Develop a marketing plan for it.
Then bootstrap it.

I'm looking for a software as a service (SaaS) product idea. (Think Constant Contact or Salesforce.com)

I have a lot of experience with SaaS products and cloud infrastructure. I have access to a cloud environment and all of the infrastructure we'd need to get started. Other than your time and possibly a domain name purchase there'd be nothing to shell out up front.

I also have a lot of experience with venture capital, due diligence and that whole bit. Like I said though, I'd prefer to bootstrap it.

One of the only requirements I have is that you and I sign an NDA and that before we launch a product we form an LLC together and make everything tight and legal.

If this sounds like something you're interested in -- you handle the marketing and advertising pieces and I build an enterprise level line of business system -- send me an e-mail. My web site is in my tag line and you can find my e-mail address there. I can't really do much with PMs here yet.

- Matt

P.S. Moderator, if I've broken the rules please feel free to move my post to the right spot. But, I believe this really is the best place to get in contact with the type of person I'm looking for.
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  • Profile picture of the author John_S
    I've had experience with 1) The inventor mindset. 2) The programmer mindset.

    For this kind of partnership to work, you'll need more than copywriting. I suggest any copywriter read Alan Cooper's The Inmates Are Running the Asylum on human factors and the programming mindset. (Homo Logicus). Cooper was an optimist.

    Also Crossing the Chasm. And Tog on Interface. (If you can find it).

    It explains why Apple can stroll into one crowded marketplace after another and eat everyone's lunch. And no programmer can figure out that it's not all marketing and pretty.

    Having known the technologist mindset, I can whole heartedly recommend beating your head against the wall as the more productive endeavor.

    Read A gifted product is mightier than a gifted pen. It's not about the idea -- it's about the implementation and the programmer mindset.


    I've seen some of the apps on the blog. You need an interaction designer who writes copy, and a marketer. ...And lots of user testing. ...And a whole lot more than a snappy headline.
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    • Profile picture of the author CDarklock
      Originally Posted by John_S View Post

      I suggest any copywriter read Alan Cooper's The Inmates Are Running the Asylum on human factors and the programming mindset. (Homo Logicus). Cooper was an optimist.
      If you're interested in the solution rather than the problem, read About Face instead. Cooper is a brilliant man... I had the great pleasure of working with him a couple times.
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      "The Golden Town is the Golden Town no longer. They have sold their pillars for brass and their temples for money, they have made coins out of their golden doors. It is become a dark town full of trouble, there is no ease in its streets, beauty has left it and the old songs are gone." - Lord Dunsany, The Messengers
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  • Profile picture of the author John_S
    The programmer should read About Face, and Tog. And a whole lot of others.

    And maybe design software as recommended by the books, too. A whole lot think Cooper is off his nut, or at least develop their software as if they do.

    That they haven't already is the reason the Copywriter had better read Inmates. Both can read "The Art of 'Ware."
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