After I recovered from the shock of the company's collapse, I looked for jobs that I'm qualified for. Unfortunately, my main focus for the last 11.5 yrs is not much in demand at the moment... At least as far as development goes - there are a fair number of administration positions available and I could always do Help Desk - but it seems a waste of my abilities and experience, so I started thinking about other possibilities.
At first, the thought of our own company didn't happen - I mean, I've been a contractor before and my previous partner ran his own business, so I understand how difficult it can be - and besides, I didn't think that I really had anything to offer.
I was spending time emailing and talking to existing customers of the software who were in limbo and needed an option for support - to try and get some work and also because I knew that I truly could offer them the most cost-effective support for their existing installations. This was a very frustrating process, as many of the big corporates simply never returned my emails or calls, which is disheartening. A number of those who did talk to me were either 'considering whether they were continuing to use the software' or outright were going to stop using it. But one of the people I was talking to actually needed some work done, so I went out for a site visit and to fix his issues. As part of that conversation, a suggestion was made - and a business idea was conceived!
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