Looking back on this year's entrepreneurial process

2013 from Huawei left to start a business, so far 1.5. Still is a product does not come out, but I still think should summarize review.

Why do you want to leave your business? I have been in the electronics industry for ten years, and has been the hardware design, from the industry, after more than 30 years of age almost no development, unless the transfer to do management. Money is an important issue, if I am 40 years old or the same as now, then I feel that this life is too failure. Dream, yes, dream! Early in the morning, I want to do is to open a repair shop, repair the household electrical appliances, such as all electronic products. Later, in 11, when I was in the former company, I thought of designing some wearable equipment for pets. have been thinking and not dare to put into action. Until after Huawei's resignation, it is determined to achieve.

At first my idea is the entire product structure by my one person design, embedded software part has colleague can help to do, moreover each independent function basically has the realization source code, therefore I thought that should still be relatively fast. Mobile phone part of the app to find outsourcing. ID structure This person is relatively simple to find. I don't think much about sales because the industry doesn't have similar products. Then forget the total amount of money needed, feel able to leave the job. It's really easy to think about.

After I applied for a few patents, the Development Board to make out, before talking about how to help colleagues have to work overtime, the time available every week is limited, so the time spent will be very long. This time also found a lot of acquaintances, but finally the former colleagues to join the resignation. Then reevaluate the software, he may be difficult to finish in a few months, but also need to test, need the app. While there is a risk of leaks, we choose to outsource, embed and app to do it together, which is more efficient. It takes about 4 months to make an assessment, even if there are 5 months of accidents. Sign the contract.

Although the outsourcing company seems to have hundreds of people, in fact, only two people have been assigned to me for this project. From the development of the problem to see, both the technology is very general, especially to do the app, the feeling is just getting started, a lot of things do not know, some also need me to search the answer sent to him to see. And understanding ability is also poor, a function repeat two or three times still can't understand.

To the first version of the time, see the function or we start to give a few features of the demo, need an algorithm is not implemented, app is a bunch of bugs, a screen of the function point down only 32 can be used. Put pressure on their boss to increase his hands, but not. In this way, we urge, there developers overtime, but every two weeks version of the change is not very small. I still hold a certain hope, because the boss said to find two people come to specialize in the algorithm. The result is disappointment again and again. By the time the contract was three months, and actually to 6 months, I finally decided to terminate the project. If this is a developer, it may take another 6 months. The boss agreed to refund the development fee, but refused to pay the contract. Although we say that we can go to arbitration, we still feel that we have to ask a lawyer, the arbitration has no enforcement power, and you have no way to go to court? We can't afford to spend so much time.

Now look at this project, we waste more than half a year, waste the ID structure design costs. Their problem is that the scheduling of technical staff is poor, the developer working overtime is not effective, time dragged on until I have no patience. Our problem is that there is no good pressure on their bosses to change or increase their staff. And my product designer, if you can discard one or two complex features, it may be better to put it on the back of the upgrade implementation. But I think that has spent so much money, if reduced the difficulty is not a white money? And actually in the structural design is this, because the beginning of our discussion of the program is more complex, so the other side of the higher price, to the end I have to make a very simple structure, and in fact such a structure I can design.

During this period we registered the company, but also made some small things to sell, but also engaged in other assorted things, barely survive.

Since the start of my experience is that people are the most important, whether it is a start-up partner or recruit employees, or outsourcing, part-time. It's not easy to find the right person. And the circle, you need to understand the industry chain of some companies, factories. Money is not very important. Sales？ Although we sell some things but we are not experienced, we don't know how difficult it is.

After 11 last year, we decided to start another wear project, this time we completed ourselves.