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Drop the harware business, and focus on getting the complete device management software solutions that companies can't live without. (from cloud backup to security enhanced android forks)
I just discovered you're also from France. Hello from Toulouse!
C++/Qt for me :) But if my app have some success, I'll write a Cocoa app for Mac.
That's quite like the idea I've been working on the last few weeks! My idea is like yours but for groups of people, more in a "newsgroup way".
Which technology did you used for the cross-platform client ?
Good luck!
Heavy regulation (due to customers protection) prevents small players to engage the market. Without few millions and an army of lawyers, you can't.
I'm in the exact same situation, it's a real problem in Europe :(
Github is up ... at least when accessed from my town (Europe)
Limited liability and credibility (people DO read legal mentions!)
Marketplaces are hard to launch.
Try to be the leader in your district (post tracts, talk to people, geotargeted ads), then be the leader in the others nearest districts, then you city, then...
For a single coder, I see no problems.
The Consumerization of IT brings many opportunities for startups that have to seduce the consumers in order to get access the businesses. It's "Saas 2.0".
I had so many problems due to bytecode enhancement throwing raging ClassCastExceptions that I'll not even try version 2.
From now, my new projects are in JEE6.
Am I wrong, or does pushing to the dropboxed git repo at the same time from two different computers will corrupt the repo ?
About 6 years ago, and I don't miss it! I still print specs because when working on a team, it's very handy.
That's hardly an issue : just use joda time.
I already looked at the possibility of incorporating in Delaware/Nevada. It's quite easy, but opening a "real" bank account and registering with Stripe will require an american SSN.
And for the co-founder, I do not search a soulless paperwork filling monkey, but a real partner to take charge of all the important non-technicals tasks, like marketing to the US, sales driving, etc etc.