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Is gust.com a difficult platform to replicate?

Gust

When people would ask a similar question back then about the difficulty of software development, my usual response was “anyone can write a TAP program over a weekend that will work with 80% of the paging systems in the world…but getting it to work on the other 20% will take you a year.”

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Should You Co-Found Your Company With a Software Development Shop (2 of 2)?

David Teten

Should you co-found your company with a software development shop? I’ve talked with a number of software development shops who are eager to get into the business of cofounding companies, i.e., getting product revenue and equity instead of just consulting revenue. mentor VCs, e.g., most VCs.

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Pick Your Investor With Care - Startups and angels: Along the way to.

Tim Keane

   He's also requiring that you source your software development through his consulting company at a price "to be negotiated."  "  Finally, if you fail to agree on a price for the development within 6 months, he gets his money back with 18% interest.    Do the same.