<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Being serious isn't nearly enough. Someone asking for a product also needs to be prepared. There was nothing in the example even implying a likelihood of a feasible product, even a basic set of requirements for what that product needs to do, a business plan for how it's going to be successful, etc. Even if I'm just asking for a relatively simple addition to an existing application, I make an offer on what i can bring to the table (in my most recent request, that's a specific $1.3k piece of hardware, beta testing support, remote access for testing, and a financial payout on delivery). The original request that started this thread was really borderline even for a single feature addition like that, let alone a new, undefined application.<br><br>Any such requestor needs to go back, develop the idea (or pay someone else to), prepare a plan of approach (again, or pay someone else), then come back with a question that looks was something like this:<br></div><br>I have THIS product I want built in M market space, that does A-B-C-D in this way, interfaces with E and F, plus implements a process similar in scope to B that I have mapped out (but unfortunately cannot disclose due to trade secret) to make money in this market space. What sets this apart is the innovative way I do the secret process above to produce W result combined with input A. My budget is approximately X, but I don't know how to approach finding a developer that can design aspects Y and Z of this system within this budget and deliver within X months. How do I locate and identify an appropriate developer?<br><br></div>That type of a question is productive, and something we can answer.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 4, 2015 at 6:21 PM, Dave Crampton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dave.crampton@gmail.com" target="_blank">dave.crampton@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>What would you expect to see in that round of planning? What should be included and what is critical to show developers that you're serious?<span class=""><br><br>--<div>Sent from my mobile device, please excuse typos and brevity.</div></span></div><span class=""><div><br>On Feb 4, 2015, at 4:33 PM, Clay Dowling <<a href="mailto:clay@lazarusid.com" target="_blank">clay@lazarusid.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><p dir="ltr">By coming to us with an additional round of planning. That's the giant red flag that the idea isn't ready to find a developer.</p>
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