I've tried the partnering-with-someone-in-an-industry many times. The problem is either that they don't have the ability to sell the software, or they're wanting to give me like 15% for something I'd charge $150/hour to the tune of $100k+ and they're really not bringing anything to the table. And I'm not working for free for half a year for 15% of nothing.
Another common issue is the scope is way too massive. They're wanting to compete with software that has dozens of full time developers and ten years of work on it. Yeah it sucks that it's expensive or could maybe be prettier, but it's just impossible to deliver value close to what the competition can in that situation.
I've tried the partnering-with-someone-in-an-industry many times. The problem is either that they don't have the ability to sell the software, or they're wanting to give me like 15% for something I'd charge $150/hour to the tune of $100k+ and they're really not bringing anything to the table. And I'm not working for free for half a year for 15% of nothing.
Another common issue is the scope is way too massive. They're wanting to compete with software that has dozens of full time developers and ten years of work on it. Yeah it sucks that it's expensive or could maybe be prettier, but it's just impossible to deliver value close to what the competition can in that situation.