All, Thank you all for your thoughts and opinions. They have been very helpful in in my thoughts about moving forward. As a recap, the pointers I have learned that will help my idea to come to life, are that, an NDA may be needed to protect myself from having the idea stolen, however idea's can not be patented, and no one really wants the idea, only the outcome. I need to research the market for similar things, and find out what will make mine different. I Will need stacks of cash, and then more stacks after that. I should learn how to write formal requirement documents or hire someone to do it for me. I need to research the licenses of each piece of software, and possibly consult a lawyer. I should hire the best developer I can to build a good team of developers I can because they cost less than cheaper developers. If I can't communicate what I want, I will get a beautiful system that doesn't do what I want. And last but not least. I need stacks of money ;-) I hope I haven't missed anything. So... when trying to find a developer what should I be looking for, that will qualify them as a good one, when I'm not one? <div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 3, 2015 1:11 AM, "Thomas Hruska" <<a href="mailto:thruska@cubiclesoft.com">thruska@cubiclesoft.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On 2/2/2015 1:04 PM, Peter Christenson wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> Hi Patrick and Chick, Thanks for the fast response. </blockquote> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> however I will share that it is a meal planning and shopping list tool that would be available via browser as well as mobile app and maybe even a desktop app. with the goal of helping the end users, without adding more complexity to their lives. </blockquote> Oops. Missed this. Still pretty broad and it's the sort of thing that's been done a zillion times. You'll have a lot of competition in the space. Google Docs is probably your biggest competitor. Google is not worth taking on. -- Thomas Hruska CubicleSoft President I've got great, time saving software that you will find useful. <a href="http://cubiclesoft.com/" target="_blank">http://cubiclesoft.com/</a> </blockquote></div>