From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

Adam > wrote:
> Antti Kurenniemi wrote:
>> It seems a good decision, I've already had at least two purchases that have
>> downloaded the evaluation version more than three months ago. My app seems
>> to be on the right track, I get good feedback from my customers, so all
>> that's really missing is the business end - that's new stuff to me, so I'm
>> expecting it to take a few more years. So I'm just hanging in there, giving
>> it everything I've got, and if that doesn't do it then at least I've had fun
>> trying ;-)
>>
>
> You only need 2 people to create a successful business:
>
> 1) Someone who's only interested in the money. Selling s/w or selling
> bananas, it's the profit which interests.
>
> 2) A Salesman. They are born not made. Only interested in sales.
>
> Your job (should you choose to accept) is (in concert with (B)) to make
> sure that the money person (A) releases enough money to make a saleable
> product & (in concert with (A)) to make sure the salesman (B) doesn't
> give away your product as a free/under-priced product generates most
> sales but leads to starvation & collapse.
>
> Adam

Oh &.....a subsidiary job is to make sure A & B don't gang up on
you & try & off the founder....

Adam

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