>> "Meanwhile, I learned more about other, similar projects. And they seemed to have more people working on them. And they had sales people."
This is exactly my situation right now with my open source project http://socketcluster.io/ - We actually already have a clear monetization plan (see http://baasil.io/) but we have no funding, few industry connections (aside from companies which are using SocketCluster in production), and our competitors are spawning up like mushrooms.
The one positive thing about being in such a position is that it forces you to be resourceful with how you spend your time.
This is exactly my situation right now with my open source project http://socketcluster.io/ - We actually already have a clear monetization plan (see http://baasil.io/) but we have no funding, few industry connections (aside from companies which are using SocketCluster in production), and our competitors are spawning up like mushrooms.
The one positive thing about being in such a position is that it forces you to be resourceful with how you spend your time.