It seems to me that there is a STACK of talent and knowledge on this forum. Designers, SEO experts, marketeers etc etc. It also seems to me that everyone is doing 'their own thing', then coming on here for advice and help from people on: > How do I get 'my own thing' higher up google? > How do I monetise 'my own thing'? > How do I write articles for 'my own thing'? etc etc, you get the idea. What would happen if say, 20 of us got together and planned to make a site that we could sell in 6 months? > Chose a niche > Bought the right domain > Got the right content > Got the right products to resell from it / got the right readership (if it was a subscription) > Built the inbound links > Marketted it properly.. Again, you get the idea.. Am I just being crazy, or should we really utilise the community we have here. Let's face it, some people on here chat together more than the guy they sit next to at work... Looking forward to your thoughts...
Don't count me in. It's a wonderfull idea, but that's it: wonderfull. Why in the world should i give out my work and knowledge to 19 guys i don't even know? That's ludacris. Two partners have problems, imagine 20... Although it's a wonderfull idea...
That's a great point. The only time you should do this is if (SUM) the rewards of the efforts of 20 people together / 20 = An amount much greater than the rewards of the efforts of doing it yourself
How are you going to manage people who are in multiple countries/continents, with different backgrounds, expectations etc.? Don't count me in either. The best way to make money is to make it ALONE, you can bring people in, but as EMPLOYEES or CONTRACTORS...
There would always be arguments about how much work individuals were putting in, in comparison to others. The only way such a thing like this would work, was if it was for a charitable cause (then it doesn't matter if some people put less effort in - it is all going to a good cause and little effort is better than no effort) The most I could see this kind of idea working is with 3 people. A designer/programmer a marketeer and a general "doer"/ideas person. Interesting concept though.
Community sourcing... Been seeing that idea pop up a lot as of late, but that mainly has to do with the idea of pulling groups of people to build sites, etc.. ie Wikipedia, Myspace, whatever… From what I have heard the idea has evolved to what is called Open model, where future earnings will be a mutual company and the earnings will go back into the company and thus the users. IMO the entire idea of Open is crack piped as people would only get cents on the hour for their labor. Investors take risk by investing their funds into a startup, then they hire a CEO to run the company, and the CEO hires the people, etc, etc… People that want high reward put the up the most risk (Money), while people with less risk just drive to work! That all said, I would not say anyone here is short on success. While there are many people working on getting some level of success, there are many on this forum that are very good at what they do, and make most peoples yearly income in a day.
I would be interested in it, it seems like a good idea, and it is worth a shot, what did you have in mind?
I think, it won't work, because 20 persons is a big team enough. Who and how will be managing with this team
A good idea, though it might cause some difficulties I think when it comes to managment. Though I would try it out if I had a chance and be a part of it, but I unfortunetely don't have much to offer in that section.
I think it's a good idea. However If I can put up a suggestion: Going out and finding 20 people right now would be obvious overkill. Find 4-5 highly qualified, motivated, and personable people to start off. If the business expands to the point that you need more people, then you hire more. I would actually be interested in this if you plan on actually going through with this. It would definitely require some "person in charge" however, and since splitting a small sale 5 ways isn't worth it, the project would need to be constantly worked on to put it in a high revenue braket.
I think it would work only if there was a hierarchy, meaning that there has to be someone or some people in charge or else there would be chaos. I also think you should start with a smaller group of people and slowly expand.
We use a great project management software that allows our contractors located in 11 countries to manage and be managed. It is really gret software and you can find software for project and team management on your favorite search engine keywords "Project Management Software" or at least this is what we did years ago to get ours. Today we could not manage this much of a giant project base without it. Logic
If anybody is interested in a partnership i have a potential one: http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=926334 pm me about it