-- Possibly Looking for a Technical Partner
Kevin Ko
Hello -
I have recently joined the Silicon Beach list and thought I send a quick intro.
I am looking for a committed technical partner, with the possibilities of running and growing a small profitable online business, selling an online subscription service (Software as a Service) , addressing the SEO market (Search Engine Optimisation) .
For the past year, I have been running this small business on the side, by myself ; at its peak, the annual sales was USD $145,730 (with only two people running the business part-time). The average sales subscription is $120 per month and the majority of customers is coming from US, UK, Canada, and China. I think it is a nice niche that can generate more income, as we commit to to the possibilities of growing the product / market fit.
This online business has generated a decent side income for the two of us. It happened that my original technical partner who was the original coder for the site got a great software engineering job at Google, and he no longer has the bandwidth for this project. I have tried hiring someone in India using Odesk.com and spent over $5,200 and thought it was not productive.
The current overhead for the business is relatively low ( $150/month in dedicated server hosting, $60 in Verisign payment gateway fees, plus $80 in Amazon S3 storage ). I am open to brainstorming and also have other niche-related ideas that I think we can expand on - so I can safely say that I am not "emotionally stuck” to this idea or product.
Ideally, you have
- Enjoyed programming / writing code and creating software
- Experience developing scalable full-stack web applications
- Desire to have your own income-producing business
- Free time to commit 20-40 hours per week
- Optional: are familiar with DHH’s book “Getting Real”, “ReWork”, or DHH talk at Startup School ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CDXJ6bMkMY )
You don’t have to be located in Sydney, and am open to chatting where ever you are.
A little about me : mainly a "product person", professionally I have worked as Product Manager at several companies including PayPal and Yahoo, and before that, I have experience working as Software Design Engineer at Microsoft. I also have Masters degree in Management from Stanford University.
I am also open to chat about other possibilities or opportunities. Shoot me an email.
Thanks in advance !
Cheers,
Kevin Ko
Sydney
Email: kev...@alumni.stanford.edu