new Perl project / startup - Need advice

[Avishalom Shalit]

neal stephenson's Cryptonomicon, starts with a story about a tech guy who
implemented some other guy's idea for a part in the company and ends up
(not spoiling) getting screwed .

it is a very enjoyable book .

i found it also very entertaining because it rang so true, i personally
know 2 people , and second hand know another who were the tech brains and
programming skills in a project who ended up getting screwed or grossly
underpaid (and not getting even equity for what they did). though nowhere
as bad as the book .

oh, actually 3 people personally if i include myself. :-)

my only advice, if you are promised anything, be promised it in writing.
(I do know quite a few people from whom i would not require  a promise in
writing, but they are very much the ones who will insist on it themselves
(so if they get investors later, they will be bound by the same promise.
etc.) )


-- vish



On 22 July 2013 15:34, Bob MacCallum <uncoolbob at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm doing a kind of moonlighty startup thingy - my collaborators are not
> Perl people and I decided to make a (Dancer/DBIx::Class:Schema powered) web
> API to do all the heavy lifting - they will do all the user interface and
> production scalability stuff.  Fingers crossed it works - has to be done by
> September!!
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 7:22 PM, Pierre M <piemas25 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Oh, it's nice to feel supported. Individual answers follow.
> >
> > @Dave: Great, thank you! I'm sending you a personal email.
> >
> > @Ash: i'll keep your contact if i have further questions or doubts. It's
> > nice to have several possible persons to speak with.
> >
> > @Mark: thanks for the links.
> >
> > @Dinis: i've read one of Ovid's articles, will read the other one
> tomorrow,
> > cheers.
> >
> > @Dirk: Thank you for the precious advice. I've got no experience at
> number
> > 1 (writing an agreement). It's one of these uncomfortable tasks that
> we'll
> > have to do soon-ish. At the moment Leo pays me as a consultant, but we've
> > spoken about being partners. I'm not sure where that will lead us. It
> will
> > have to become clear soon.
> > Starting to write some code soon (after my holidays in August), that's
> the
> > plan. One of my questions is: do i want to start alone, or find someone
> to
> > work with? Not an easy question at all.
> > I'll send another email to all, to ask more about "lowest impact perl
> from
> > the beginning"
> >
> >
> > On 22 July 2013 16:40, Dave Hodgkinson <davehodg at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > More than happy to talk IRL. I'm in Hoxditch or Camden.
> > >
> > >
> > > On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 3:09 PM, Dinis Rebolo <dinisrebolo at gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi Peirre, have you read the blogs Ovid has about startups?
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> http://blogs.perl.org/users/ovid/2013/07/perl-startups-lacuna-expanse.html
> > > >
> > >
> >
> http://blogs.perl.org/users/ovid/2013/07/perl-startups-lokkunestoria.html
> > > >
> > > > Good luck with your new project.
> > > >
> > > > drebolo
> > > >
> > > > On 22 July 2013 15:39, Pierre M <piemas25 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi Mongers,
> > > > > we're starting a project in autumn with a non-programmer friend.
> He's
> > > got
> > > > > the ideas, the clients-base and the money. I have the time, a
> pretty
> > > > clear
> > > > > idea of what he wants, and the mathematical + programming skills.
> I'm
> > > > > thinking of using Dancer2.
> > > > >
> > > > > I'd like to speak with someone who has some experience with setting
> > up
> > > > > startups. I've got very varied questions to ask, and it would be
> much
> > > > > easier for me to speak about it rather than write.
> > > > >
> > > > > Any volunteer for a chat?
> > > > > Before or after the technical meeting on Thursday would be perfect,
> > > but i
> > > > > could do another day too.
> > > > >
> > > > > Cheers :-)
> > > > > Pierre, aka mascip
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Dinis Rebolo
> > > > dinisrebolo at gmail.com
> > > >
> > >
> >
>