Development

as a


Service

Wouldn't it be nice?

Problem For Startups


“I want low risk and high return”

  1. Building teams takes time
  2. Hiring employees is a long term liability
  3. Working with service companies is expensive
    (and solves none of the other problems)

Problem for Developers


“I want steady income and cool work”


  1. Acquisition is distracting
  2. Finding a place and trust in a team is hard
  3. Negotiation and competition get in the way

Solution


Stable teams that work for multiple projects

But …
HOW do we manage the community?
HOW do we manage the cashflow?

Well...

We have a tool for that

CLIENTS

  • define projects
  • buy capacity
  • plan capacity
  • review results

Teams

  • convert clients
  • plan availability
  • deliver capacity
  • rate clients

Members

  • join teams
  • share and earn 
  • review each other

Business model

Taking a cut

A unit of capacity can be bought for 1500, sold for 1250.

Developers earn capacity, which they can sell or reinvest.

Product Owners spend capacity that they have bought up-front.

Developers can be Product Owners.

Reinvesting our Profits


We're in it for the long run.

We have ideas of our own.

We earn our money on this model already.

Well groomed angel investments return 60% per annum on average.

This will allow us to Scale

Can't scale without this

Rules are enforced manually
Iwein is policing with lieutenants
Many rules can be automated
Payments can be automated
Capacity buffers need to be accounted
Money is being lost now on planning problems

Can Scale With it

Clients see a more consistent and reliable version of what they already like now.

Even with high touch sales this scales way better on the (most problematic) delivery side.

We can support multiple brands with this.

Competition

Classic software service companies
Outsourcing companies
Elance/Odesk
People per hour
Freelancers
In-house teams
Modern small software shops

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