Yeah I was totally wrong about that. But, they are NATO and part of a whole range of economic partnerships. My main point is that lots of Turks are trying to move to Berlin and work in tech. OP will have a lot of competition.
That is one of the options. We already run a software studio with some of my software engineer friends but we need more clients. Thanks for the advice.
I see that I combined part time and fintech inappropriately, thanks for clarifying.
“ I have two paths in front of me: get a new job and continue being a part-time entrepreneur (I know the shortcomings of part-time entrepreneurship all too well) or I can go full-time and bet on one horse and hold on as long as I can and hope that my startup will succeed in the meantime.”
if you’re committed to entrepreneurship, there are not two options. Only 1. Go for it
Bootstrapping a business starts small though, as others have mentioned.
There is no part time, or half in. You’re in if you want it and you pound the pavement every single day.
I live in Turkey and the company which went bankrupt was in Turkey. The financial regulations and national economy management (especially the last 3 years) are too strict here. So, there was nothing much to do.
You might need to reframe things a bit. Marketing isn't just sales and making the world feel like a Ryanair checkout experience. A lot of it is just about bringing up something people want at the time when they need it.
In many cases, you find your target market, find someone with that market as their audience, and partner up with them.
A few examples: a web dev partnering up with a designer whose clients always need websites and apps, a travel insurance company partnering with travel blogs, a health insurance company partnering up with relocation consultants.
We needed about 1 year to rebuild the tech and find the right spot in sales. It was a process we both went through. The year after it was a stable growth. This year its a rocket. We are now considering to take a step back and integrate another management layer.
I think it is sustainable. It probably sounds kinda weird, but we both did a personality test. We are total different persons. He has qualities I do not have and vice versa. That's our superpower now. I trust him 100% and looking back on all our mistakes, I regret nothing.
This 10k that he paid me; People told me it was too less, it did not value the product good enough. They were right, but I was not looking for the jackpot. I was looking for a sustainable income. Mission accomplished.
Perfect. I think I have things to learn from you guys. Can we stay in touch? You can see my email in my bio. I would love to hear about this story in detail.
Sure. I asked the question based on my past experiences, I don't have a project that I am actively working on at the moment, but I have a few ideas that I am in the planning stage and waiting for the right moment.
At this point I organize my ideas according to my own skills and technical development load. I have pure R&D projects that require technically intensive development. I have a few other ideas in the field of financial technologies (the company I currently work for also works in this field, so I have experience and ideas in fintech) that I am still in the planning stage.
In addition to these, I have a software studio in 50/50 partnership with a close software developer friend of mine, where we develop in-house mobile apps. Occasionally we take outsourced work from different companies. We don't have an established strategy here for now, but this is something to think about.
By the way, you can find my e-mail address in my profile. Can you send me an email to stay in touch? I would love to exchange ideas
