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Morning Kristina!

I'm not sure if I understand your prime motivation as I see more than
one. To go from hourly consulting to a longer term gig then I'd
recommend finding a code house that supports products you are
interested in. Or that use technologies you want to integrate into
your future solution. For example, look to 10Gen for MongoDB, etc.

If your driver is income stability then there are lots of recruiters
who will happily make $$ off your desire for resource levelling. There
were some recent posts on the Jobs list, I believe.

If your desire is to raise your income then perhaps you need to look
at marketing and selling yourself better. I highly recommend Josh
Kaufmann's "The Personal MBA" as a way to get better in business
without the overly expensive and often pointless sheepskin.

If your desire is to build a better mousetrap then perhaps getting
work with a current CRM shop to see what goes on behind the scenes
owuld help. It doesn't have to be a PHP based product but you'll
probably be able to transfer your knowledge fairly easily.

Hope that helps! Many of us are in the throes of career growth or
transition and there seems to be a lot of good out there.

Leam

On 5/19/12, Matthew Kaufman <mkfmncom at gmail.com> wrote:
> This doesn't answer your question, but check out http://apps.gotonames.com
>
> On Saturday, May 19, 2012, Kristina Anderson wrote:
>
>> Greetings, all!
>>
>> For a while now I've been tossing an idea around in my head -- building
>> and maintaining a saleable open source product rather than doing hourly
>> consulting.  Specifically, a product in the CRM / marketing software
>> space, which I feel is under-served.
>>
>> Does anyone have any experience with hooking up with business side people
>> to refine ideas, get their input, and obtain funding/business partners?
>>
>> I've become increasingly disenchanted with hourly and per-project
>> consulting as the economic pressures increase (and increased economic
>> pressures are another reason why I think CRM/marketing is the area to go
>> with).  But, I'm not sure exactly how to go about making my dream come
>> true and look forward to any input.
>>
>> On a side note, if anyone has any overflow work, please contact me off
>> list.  No reasonable offer refused. :)
>>
>> Thanks guys.
>>
>> Kristina
>>
>>
>> --
>> Kristina Anderson
>> PHP / MySQL / AJAX / etc / Systems Analyst / Programmer / Consultant
>> Skype:  kristina.anderson835
>>
>>
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