So, these past few months I've been frantically looking/interviewing for internships for this coming summer in the CS field. I've interviewed with many companies and have a few offers on the table. (Still waiting on one company) However, over the past weekend I've decided to completely scrap the whole idea.
Here's why:
I've always been an entrepreneur of sorts and have been very dis-satisfied with working most of my jobs. I put my all into them and get very little reward. ( a raise here and there, but very little satisfaction) I honestly cannot see myself working for any moderately sized corporation, and that has been reinforced with every interview I have had. I've made quite a bit of money in my entrepreneurial ideas, however it's been fairly inconsistent mainly because school and work occupy most of my time during the school year.
So, that being said, I've finally come up with an idea for a business (Web 2.0ish, although it will have desktop applications working with it) that won't be solely sustained by advertising (like most of the web 2.0 sites) and assuming it proves to be both useful and successful, it should provide a decent revenue stream. The idea addresses and industry that is large and reaches everywhere in the US (and could probably be adapted to work in other countries, assuming laws and such are taken into consideration) and it's a relatively untapped market. There is one major player in the market, however the software they provide is inadequate and is really meant for very small organizations. I've talked a lot with people in the industry (Business owners) and people familiar with software/web start ups and they all are excited about the idea. And assuming any success, there are several other facets of the product that could be added for additional revenue.
I have been told to read The art of the start by Guy Kawasaki, and so far I haven't been turned off to the idea...
I'm planning on starting at least the business plan phase in the next two weeks, with no software development starting until the summer, I think. (If any, it'll be minimal)
I know this is risky, as I'll have little to no income until a) either I get my first client or b) I get funding. But, I'm 21 and have very little to lose. Funding tends to come with the first few clients, so I'll strive for that. Thankfully I have quite a bit of brains available to me, both in software development and starting a business so I won't be going into this blindly.
I plan on starting a blog soon. I don't plan on releasing any of the ideas until there has been a decent amount of the work done. However, I do plan on documenting what's going on and what I've accomplished, right from the start. I'll update the thread when I have that up...
Here's why:
I've always been an entrepreneur of sorts and have been very dis-satisfied with working most of my jobs. I put my all into them and get very little reward. ( a raise here and there, but very little satisfaction) I honestly cannot see myself working for any moderately sized corporation, and that has been reinforced with every interview I have had. I've made quite a bit of money in my entrepreneurial ideas, however it's been fairly inconsistent mainly because school and work occupy most of my time during the school year.
So, that being said, I've finally come up with an idea for a business (Web 2.0ish, although it will have desktop applications working with it) that won't be solely sustained by advertising (like most of the web 2.0 sites) and assuming it proves to be both useful and successful, it should provide a decent revenue stream. The idea addresses and industry that is large and reaches everywhere in the US (and could probably be adapted to work in other countries, assuming laws and such are taken into consideration) and it's a relatively untapped market. There is one major player in the market, however the software they provide is inadequate and is really meant for very small organizations. I've talked a lot with people in the industry (Business owners) and people familiar with software/web start ups and they all are excited about the idea. And assuming any success, there are several other facets of the product that could be added for additional revenue.
I have been told to read The art of the start by Guy Kawasaki, and so far I haven't been turned off to the idea...
I'm planning on starting at least the business plan phase in the next two weeks, with no software development starting until the summer, I think. (If any, it'll be minimal)
I know this is risky, as I'll have little to no income until a) either I get my first client or b) I get funding. But, I'm 21 and have very little to lose. Funding tends to come with the first few clients, so I'll strive for that. Thankfully I have quite a bit of brains available to me, both in software development and starting a business so I won't be going into this blindly.
I plan on starting a blog soon. I don't plan on releasing any of the ideas until there has been a decent amount of the work done. However, I do plan on documenting what's going on and what I've accomplished, right from the start. I'll update the thread when I have that up...
... and use all the negative energy from people around here as fuel for your fire ...
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