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I was wondering if there were any reputable shops I could rent iOS devices from? I'm working on a small collaborative iOS app. I can't afford to buy multiple devices, but I would certainly be interested in renting them for a week or so for testing purposes.

(If one doesn't exist, then this sounds like an interesting startup idea for someone with an appetite for logistical problems.)

Any recommendations?

Background: I'm quite a starter myself; I'm extremely curious and I'm always looking for new stuff to do. I like picking hard problems to solve. Once I get half way through the solution, having 'figured out' the hard parts, I pretty much lose interest in whatever I'm doing and I look for the next wave. This has been fun so far, but its beginning to get annoying. I've been forcing myself to finish one project I've been working on, but progress has been slow (but steady).

Curious about the HN crowd: * Do you identify yourself as a starter or a finisher? * Is your co-founder the same as you, or the opposite? * Does being a starter or a finisher impede you in any way?

Background: For a long time, I've been hacking around with code and design; starting a bunch of tiny projects but never finishing them. Recently, having discovered the beauty of persistence, I've started taking one project to completion and I'm getting there slowly but surely.

From my perspective, I see two classes of problems to solve: 'technical' (know-how to write, debug, deploy and secure a webapp) and 'business' (learn how to understand customer needs, acquire them and solve their problems)

Question: Is there an established or 'well worn' path for going from a Hacker to an Entrepreneur? I have sort of assumed that its 'hack with code' -> 'finish and ship a couple of simple web apps for free' -> 'understand a market, acquire customers and then build a real product'. Would any HN'ers be willing to share their stories?