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DH got laid off in July. The jobs that have been offered have been.... not a good fit.
He started writing a software program the day after his lay off. It is just about done and ready to sell. This particular thing, we are going to list for free to get the company name out there and then offer a different one with lots more features for sale. The plan is to post on the different stores (Google, Android, Microsoft -- adding Apple later) and go from there.
Our tax advisor (20+ years with IRS) is doing all of the corporation paperwork for us. He is very experienced in this sort of thing and also shares his building with an attorney friend who specializes in tax law & small business stuff. Our attorney is also aware of what we're doing and is making sure we don't do anything that could be a problem with his previous employer.
I have already purchased the domain and am in the process of getting the website ready & company e-mail set up. DH is finishing up on the first products and being very active in forums that use this sort of thing.
We don't want to do anything huge. Just the two of us and strictly software (no hardware).
We do have a business name (hence the corporation paperwork), file cabinets, redundant storage for computer information, multiple devices to test the programs on, and the ability to fax/scan/print mass scale if we have to.
I know there are people in the group who have done this sort of thing. Any advice? What did you do wrong? What did you do right? What worked out okay but you wish you'd done differently?
What am I missing? Anything else I should be doing?
Oh --
DH has 40+ years in software development. He has worked on pretty much every operating system out there from the kernel level on up, can comfortably write in almost any language you care to name (C, C++, Java, C#, Lisp, Ruby, Python, Fortran, etc, etc).
He did run his own business (rather successfully) for nearly 10 years but that was awhile ago. Rules & regulations have changed as have the way things are done. (he had his company before any sort of online stores). He asked if I could ask all of you for advice as you've all been so helpful in other areas.
ETA:
Also need:
Corporate bank account.
Business cards.
He started writing a software program the day after his lay off. It is just about done and ready to sell. This particular thing, we are going to list for free to get the company name out there and then offer a different one with lots more features for sale. The plan is to post on the different stores (Google, Android, Microsoft -- adding Apple later) and go from there.
Our tax advisor (20+ years with IRS) is doing all of the corporation paperwork for us. He is very experienced in this sort of thing and also shares his building with an attorney friend who specializes in tax law & small business stuff. Our attorney is also aware of what we're doing and is making sure we don't do anything that could be a problem with his previous employer.
I have already purchased the domain and am in the process of getting the website ready & company e-mail set up. DH is finishing up on the first products and being very active in forums that use this sort of thing.
We don't want to do anything huge. Just the two of us and strictly software (no hardware).
We do have a business name (hence the corporation paperwork), file cabinets, redundant storage for computer information, multiple devices to test the programs on, and the ability to fax/scan/print mass scale if we have to.
I know there are people in the group who have done this sort of thing. Any advice? What did you do wrong? What did you do right? What worked out okay but you wish you'd done differently?
What am I missing? Anything else I should be doing?
Oh --
DH has 40+ years in software development. He has worked on pretty much every operating system out there from the kernel level on up, can comfortably write in almost any language you care to name (C, C++, Java, C#, Lisp, Ruby, Python, Fortran, etc, etc).
He did run his own business (rather successfully) for nearly 10 years but that was awhile ago. Rules & regulations have changed as have the way things are done. (he had his company before any sort of online stores). He asked if I could ask all of you for advice as you've all been so helpful in other areas.
ETA:
Also need:
Corporate bank account.
Business cards.