Ask HN: I have an idea,an implementation, users and want to invest.What is next?
I have been developing a side project for a couple of years and I mostly started it for fun, as a learning practice and to enlarge my developments portfolio. Of course I thought on monetize it if possible and dreamed on being my main income source but that was not the driver at all.
Now I have few users and some people approached me asking questions and I truly think the project could work. Also every now and then someone close to me says I should do something with this saying they could help in some way or another but I never get specific answers on how to make this work.
I know the project needs a complete reengineering to become commercial and although I can invest a good amount of time in it it will never be enough to make it start but I trust enough in the idea to be willing to put some money on it.
My problem is that I am a full time employee and I have always been, so I don't even know where to start. I guess my question is, what are possible ways to keep going with it?
Now I have few users and some people approached me asking questions and I truly think the project could work. Also every now and then someone close to me says I should do something with this saying they could help in some way or another but I never get specific answers on how to make this work.
I know the project needs a complete reengineering to become commercial and although I can invest a good amount of time in it it will never be enough to make it start but I trust enough in the idea to be willing to put some money on it.
My problem is that I am a full time employee and I have always been, so I don't even know where to start. I guess my question is, what are possible ways to keep going with it?