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New Way to Build Software Sharing Teams

by Tim Berry on September 12, 2008

The simple pitch at fairsoftware.net is very attractive: Team up (find people you can trust), sell, share (reward your team).

Our unique system is powered by a legally sound contract, the “Software Bill Of Rights,” in which virtual “shares” represent decision-making and revenue-sharing rights.

It’s easy to give shares to anyone who helps out in some way, large or small. You hire people with shares instead of cash, growing a team that is committed to the project’s success.

I haven’t used this new product/site offering, but I have been involved in the past with software development paid in part by revenue sharing. That worked for me. It took a fair amount of negotiation and legal work, which this new site seems to suggest it can help solve.

I heard about this site from a post titled Innovator to Watch on the Demo.com site, just two days after the fall Demo conference.

About the author: Tim Berry is founder of Palo Alto Software and Bplans.com. Follow him on twitter @timberry. More »

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  • http://www.fairsoftware.net Alain Raynaud

    Thanks for your feedback. The original idea came from the combination of our experiences: starting a small software business and following the Silicon Valley model of VC-backed startups.

    Alain Raynaud, CEO, FairSoftware

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