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You havea couple of skills that are really useful for startups: you know how to research a topic, you probably know how to schmooze with people, you know how to
by c1sc0 16y ago
You havea couple of skills that are really useful for startups: you know how to research a topic, you probably know how to schmooze with people, you know how to put together a decent presentation & you know how to write well. Those are all tasks that are terrible time-sinks for developers in a startup. My tip:
Learn how to create a distraction-free environment for developers by taking over all of these distracting tasks that nevertheless need to be done.
Hell, maybe there's even a business right there: become a VA for developers so that they can focus on code. Expect to lower your rates though ;-)
- maukdaddy 16y agoAre you hiring or know someone who is?! I appreciate your attitude, but it seems startups give us more business-focused people the cold shoulder. Or maybe I haven't found the right one ;)
- petervandijck 16y agoWriting presentations and schmoozing are not hire-able skills for a startup. However, if you can get startupX paying clients for their product, that is a hireable skill.
- c1sc0 16y agoIf said schmoozing can get you press, investment or blogging attention then I'd say that's valuable. But sure, paying customers are the best! Edited to add: a traditional powerpoint presentation may not be valuable, but if you can create a good video, slideshow or pdf and make it generate traffic to your website, that's valuable.
- c1sc0 16y agoI'll be honest and admit that a few months ago I would have given you the cold shoulder too. I just found an amazing co-founder who is the king of schmooze & I've come to appreciate the power of a good old rolodex.