I'm doing two right now. It's not as exciting as it seems.
The first I worked on for a year straight starting fall 2012, it launched, we got our first customer which exceeded our year-one goal in revenue by 2-3x, and was too big for us to handle anyone else without raising funds. We're replacing a Lotus Notes system for a $100 million/year company with 800+ employees.
My dev partner in Australia has been handling that account ever since (it's an Australian company, and I'm in the US), and as we've been working together for almost 8 years, there's not a lot of back and forth needed at this point. Mostly just weekly meetings and the occasional Skype call. My plan is to pick development back up again on that startup mid-Summer in preparation for expanding beyond that first company.
The other startup I began immediately after the first launched, and I've been designing and coding basically non-stop for 4 months. So there's hasn't been much overlap for me, and so far, it's worked out okay.
In my experience, I'm most useful launching projects. I can do the architecture, code up the initial design, and then at that point, other (better) programmers can see what it is I'm trying to do, and buckle in for the long haul.
(BTW I'm contemplating CTOing a third company, if anyone has one they'd like to pitch me (erich.ocean@me.com). I've got 3-4 months of time available to work on something new. If you project can be launched in that amount of time, I might be able to help.)
The first I worked on for a year straight starting fall 2012, it launched, we got our first customer which exceeded our year-one goal in revenue by 2-3x, and was too big for us to handle anyone else without raising funds. We're replacing a Lotus Notes system for a $100 million/year company with 800+ employees.
My dev partner in Australia has been handling that account ever since (it's an Australian company, and I'm in the US), and as we've been working together for almost 8 years, there's not a lot of back and forth needed at this point. Mostly just weekly meetings and the occasional Skype call. My plan is to pick development back up again on that startup mid-Summer in preparation for expanding beyond that first company.
The other startup I began immediately after the first launched, and I've been designing and coding basically non-stop for 4 months. So there's hasn't been much overlap for me, and so far, it's worked out okay.
In my experience, I'm most useful launching projects. I can do the architecture, code up the initial design, and then at that point, other (better) programmers can see what it is I'm trying to do, and buckle in for the long haul.
(BTW I'm contemplating CTOing a third company, if anyone has one they'd like to pitch me (erich.ocean@me.com). I've got 3-4 months of time available to work on something new. If you project can be launched in that amount of time, I might be able to help.)