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> Great guy, but he had no idea about marketing, no dev/design skills, wasn’t investing any money, and was just willing to help. ... Lesson — if you are going t
by yawz 9y ago
> Great guy, but he had no idea about marketing, no dev/design skills, wasn’t investing any money, and was just willing to help.
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Lesson — if you are going to get a co-founder, actually choose one for the right reasons. Avoid friends/family if possible.
But... but... how was he even supposed to contribute and pull his weight without any crucial competency in an area that directly impacts the product's success? The issue, here, is not that he was a friend/family. He was simply not useful.
- uiri 9y agoYes, if he had to match the author of the post in terms of financial commitment (or even throw in a non-trivial-to-him sum of money), he would have taken the startup more seriously and have been less likely to just walk away. The issue wasn't that he was a friend/family
- KennyCason 9y agoRegardless of whether that was the primary issue or not, I think the trap most people fall into is to simply work with somebody only because they are comfortable with them. Or perhaps the other person even insisted on it, but the founder didn't have proper experience to realize that was a bad idea. Comfort is an easy trap to fall into.
- FussyZeus 9y agoHonestly aside from the $50k I'm having a hard time seeing what the author was contributing, let alone his tech bro. It seems like this whole operation was a ready-fire-aim situation, probably why it failed.