Selling softwareAfter finishing university, I spent a few months writing a fairly polished piece of software to allow moving companies to create professional looking PDF quotations. I had a real sense of accomplishment when I was finished... the program was very efficient to use, had a simple UI, and the end product PDF looked great. There was a one month window between finishing the product and starting my real job search, and during that time I made a modest effort to sell the program to a few moving companies. The first agent I showed it to liked it and bought a one year subscription, but the next two seemed pretty unenthusiastic. I also learned that just because a Windows program loads up ok on a few PCs, doesn't mean it will open for the customer. Talk about frustrating! Anyway, from time to time I've thought back on my experience, and I wonder whether I could take a second stab at and marketing the program. It just doesn't seem right to have a great product that only a couple of people are using! |