My developer friend has been helping me, nights and weekends, to build the first version of my software. He has his own start-up but was intrigued by the challenge of my project and took it on as a side project. It’s been a great experience; we’ve both learned a ton. He’s deep into artificial intelligence (AI) and building systems to manage large data sets, so he was a terrific fit. It was great to have someone with the right technical experience who could complement what I envisioned. We should have a hosted version of that first product version done this week.

My friend’s start-up is hitting a critical point, and he has less free time, so he won’t be able to devote programming time to my project going forward. I’m appreciative of what he’s contributed thus far. His expertise led to some valuable insights. In the beginning, we had a candid conversation and set clear expectations; we agreed this day would come eventually, and here it is.

He’ll still help with my project, but it will be more high-level as time permits. That being the case, I need to find a developer who can help us knock out the last few features I envision for this project so others can play with it. If you know a talented, full-stack developer interested in building the Bloomberg Terminal for entrepreneurs, let me know. A love of reading books is a strong plus.