3 ms·

You spent 6 years on this idea with nothing to show for it[red flag]. You say your bottlenecks are programmers, and that you couldn't convince anyone to join y

by jyu 19y ago

You spent 6 years on this idea with nothing to show for it[red flag]. You say your bottlenecks are programmers, and that you couldn't convince anyone to join you [red flag]. Why did they not buy into it? Instead of having you convince people, why not have some evidence to do the talking for you? Learn to put ideas into UI flow charts, functional specs. Show a paper prototype to customers and see if it is something they would pay for. Do whatever you can so that other programmers won't look at you like a "dreaded idea guy that wants 99% equity." As for call IBM or try the start-up route, I would at least call them to see where they are with their research.

NSX2 19y ago
> You spent 6 years on this idea with nothing to show for it[red flag] I wouldn't say that. For example I have some practical insights into how to apply it that is apparently worth millions/time for a major company to just explore it. and that in turn is based on the belief that there will be a huge market for it in the near future. So I'd that's not quite "nothing" ... although it's hard to put a figure on it. As for the "couldn't convince anyone to join you" ... well, in NYC people either: 1) work on their own dream startup projects, so I never even get to discuss my thing becasue they're too busy sharing theirs ... 2) go to work for i-banks, Google, or now, Facebook. Bit hard to find programmers who ask you to compete with the terms a well-funded company like that puts on the table. > "dreaded idea guy that wants 99% equity Funny thing - I never approached anybody with anything near thos terms. I always said I just wanted what everyone else in the primary group got. So if it's me an 1 other guy necessary, 50-50. If it's me, 3 programmers, 2 other guys doing who knows what, and 4 whatevers, 10% each. I'm not the one with the reluctance to share. > I would at least call them to see where they are with their research. Do you imagine they'd share that with me though? Like, "Oh, hey, I just found out about something I wasn't supposed to find out about. BTW, what exactly are you guys up to and how far did you get? I won't tell a soul, I promise!"

by jyu 19y ago

NSX2 19y ago

> You spent 6 years on this idea with nothing to show for it[red flag] I wouldn't say that. For example I have some practical insights into how to apply it that is apparently worth millions/time for a major company to just explore it. and that in turn is based on the belief that there will be a huge market for it in the near future. So I'd that's not quite "nothing" ... although it's hard to put a figure on it. As for the "couldn't convince anyone to join you" ... well, in NYC people either: 1) work on their own dream startup projects, so I never even get to discuss my thing becasue they're too busy sharing theirs ... 2) go to work for i-banks, Google, or now, Facebook. Bit hard to find programmers who ask you to compete with the terms a well-funded company like that puts on the table. > "dreaded idea guy that wants 99% equity Funny thing - I never approached anybody with anything near thos terms. I always said I just wanted what everyone else in the primary group got. So if it's me an 1 other guy necessary, 50-50. If it's me, 3 programmers, 2 other guys doing who knows what, and 4 whatevers, 10% each. I'm not the one with the reluctance to share. > I would at least call them to see where they are with their research. Do you imagine they'd share that with me though? Like, "Oh, hey, I just found out about something I wasn't supposed to find out about. BTW, what exactly are you guys up to and how far did you get? I won't tell a soul, I promise!"