Ask HN: Tips and suggestions for starting a software development firm?

8 pointskashnikov22 comments

I’m in the preliminary planning stages of starting a new software development company and wanted to see if any of you nice folks had suggestions or tips for doing so?

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Stay away from consulting/building custom software - you might have to do it in the beginning to get funds, but aim to be a product company as soon as possible (saying so because you said software development company vs. software company.)

If you’re focused on being a development shop then your concern is how to get clients - nothing else matters more.

Read The E-Myth Revisited to really understand the difference between working on the business and working in the business.

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