Software House?
Discussion
I hope that no-one will be offended by the use of a new PH identity to isolate this from my more usual postings, but I can assure you that I’ve been a member of Pistonheads for over a decade.
(The user name came from the first thing I spotted when I looked around my desk for inspiration: a bottle of T Cut)
Whilst developing some consultancy software tools for our own niche market sector, at the request of one of my colleagues I
produced a piece of software which we now think probably has wider utility in professional and educational circles.
I don’t claim for one minute that it’s radical; it’s simply an innovative integration of a number of other IT capabilities. Given the relative ease with which it could be replicated it’s more likely to be a £2 app than a £200 license…
… and I’m not sufficiently deluded to think that it’s the software equivalent of the answer to life, the universe, and everything, all jammed into a Tupperware box.
It’s simply an application written using Visual Studio, and intended specifically for Windows desktop, and has no relevance to mobile or tablet devices.
Quite honestly although we have designed and written the software ourselves, and tested and are using it on Windows 7 and 8 devices, we don’t have the necessary knowledge and experience to bring the application to an external market, sort out licensing etc by ourselves.
We’re registered for BizSpark, but the Microsoft Windows Store seems only to cater for Windows 8 users, and we feel it likely that the majority of our target market will still be using 7.
We’re therefore wondering “where next?”
Is there by chance a PHer who runs a small software house that might be interested in either being paid to help us develop a route to market, or in some form of collaborative venture?
Alternatively, has anyone else been in a similar position, and could recommend a software house with which they have successfully dealt?
Many thanks for any replies – PMs are welcome.
(The user name came from the first thing I spotted when I looked around my desk for inspiration: a bottle of T Cut)
Whilst developing some consultancy software tools for our own niche market sector, at the request of one of my colleagues I
produced a piece of software which we now think probably has wider utility in professional and educational circles.
I don’t claim for one minute that it’s radical; it’s simply an innovative integration of a number of other IT capabilities. Given the relative ease with which it could be replicated it’s more likely to be a £2 app than a £200 license…
… and I’m not sufficiently deluded to think that it’s the software equivalent of the answer to life, the universe, and everything, all jammed into a Tupperware box.
It’s simply an application written using Visual Studio, and intended specifically for Windows desktop, and has no relevance to mobile or tablet devices.
Quite honestly although we have designed and written the software ourselves, and tested and are using it on Windows 7 and 8 devices, we don’t have the necessary knowledge and experience to bring the application to an external market, sort out licensing etc by ourselves.
We’re registered for BizSpark, but the Microsoft Windows Store seems only to cater for Windows 8 users, and we feel it likely that the majority of our target market will still be using 7.
We’re therefore wondering “where next?”
Is there by chance a PHer who runs a small software house that might be interested in either being paid to help us develop a route to market, or in some form of collaborative venture?
Alternatively, has anyone else been in a similar position, and could recommend a software house with which they have successfully dealt?
Many thanks for any replies – PMs are welcome.
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