1. Is there a time to market issue with either project?
In other words can your project be put on hold and still be viable if you come back to it in 6 months or a year? What about their project?
2. There is the question of control?
Do you want to control your own destiny or not? If you do you stick to your own project if you are okay with seeding control of some of your future directly to others you have to consider what they are selling
Once you answer those two questions the choice should be self evident.
for 1, on my product i feel that there is a certain window of opportunity with it. it is a simple product that scratches a nice itch, somebody else is bound to have the same itch.
on their products(they have more than 1) their is also a bit of a time issue. they are basically short on people, the market is demanding more from their product and sooner so they need to bring in more people.
i guess it really comes down to your number 2. i am leaning towards focus on my product since i don't think i can reasonably do both at the level of quality i expect from myself.
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It comes down to two questions in my mind.
1. Is there a time to market issue with either project? In other words can your project be put on hold and still be viable if you come back to it in 6 months or a year? What about their project?
2. There is the question of control? Do you want to control your own destiny or not? If you do you stick to your own project if you are okay with seeding control of some of your future directly to others you have to consider what they are selling
Once you answer those two questions the choice should be self evident.
for 1, on my product i feel that there is a certain window of opportunity with it. it is a simple product that scratches a nice itch, somebody else is bound to have the same itch.
on their products(they have more than 1) their is also a bit of a time issue. they are basically short on people, the market is demanding more from their product and sooner so they need to bring in more people.
i guess it really comes down to your number 2. i am leaning towards focus on my product since i don't think i can reasonably do both at the level of quality i expect from myself.