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I think you'll need to be a bit more specific with regards to what you're looking for in a biz co-founder. You've already got an MBA (pretty much) so what d'yo

by amirmc 16y ago

I think you'll need to be a bit more specific with regards to what you're looking for in a biz co-founder. You've already got an MBA (pretty much) so what d'you expect the biz guy to bring to the table that you won't already know something about? The only thing I can think of would be market experience i.e they've worked somewhere in the industry you're targeting.

isalmon 16y ago
Thanks for the comment, good point actually. Market experience is exactly what I'm looking for. Plus some sales skills I guess. I cannot call potential customers and ask to try my product - it's not my best suit. Also I think that no one should start a business alone (especially his/her first business). MBA itself does not give you the skills and most importantly experience.
- amirmc 16y ago
  I think you're selling yourself short if you believe you "can't sell it neither to customers nor to VC's". I expect selling to VCs requires a certain amount of posturing and hubris but doing some Customer Development should be possible for anyone. Customer Development is not sales. You might find it difficult at first but when you realise you're offering something of value to someone it feels a lot better. Unless you can reveal what market you're in, the advice you get here is going to be pretty generic. If we knew that you were interested in $FOO then a few folks might know about $FOO meetups or conferences that you could attend. Also, bear in mind that you will still need some sales skills to convince a someone to join you.
  - isalmon 16y ago
    The market I'm going to is e-commerce. The application would create some certain benefits for e-commerce owners. So it's B2B. I guess I could try doing everything on my own, but due to some circumstances I really need a partner. I'd rather not convince anybody to join me. Maybe it's naive, but I think if a person believes in the idea and the skills I have - he/she will want to join me without any persuasion. I'm also OK to join somebody if he/she has an idea I would be interested to work on. I realize that my idea could be just a piece of crap and I did not realize it yet.
    - cme 16y ago
      Isalmon..shoot me an email. I have some experience with B2B businesses and am located in New England. (cpj1357@gmail.com) I've been looking for a technical person to work on ideas with.

by amirmc 16y ago

isalmon 16y ago

Thanks for the comment, good point actually. Market experience is exactly what I'm looking for. Plus some sales skills I guess. I cannot call potential customers and ask to try my product - it's not my best suit. Also I think that no one should start a business alone (especially his/her first business). MBA itself does not give you the skills and most importantly experience.

amirmc 16y ago
I think you're selling yourself short if you believe you "can't sell it neither to customers nor to VC's". I expect selling to VCs requires a certain amount of posturing and hubris but doing some Customer Development should be possible for anyone. Customer Development is not sales. You might find it difficult at first but when you realise you're offering something of value to someone it feels a lot better. Unless you can reveal what market you're in, the advice you get here is going to be pretty generic. If we knew that you were interested in $FOO then a few folks might know about $FOO meetups or conferences that you could attend. Also, bear in mind that you will still need some sales skills to convince a someone to join you.
- isalmon 16y ago
  The market I'm going to is e-commerce. The application would create some certain benefits for e-commerce owners. So it's B2B. I guess I could try doing everything on my own, but due to some circumstances I really need a partner. I'd rather not convince anybody to join me. Maybe it's naive, but I think if a person believes in the idea and the skills I have - he/she will want to join me without any persuasion. I'm also OK to join somebody if he/she has an idea I would be interested to work on. I realize that my idea could be just a piece of crap and I did not realize it yet.
  - cme 16y ago
    Isalmon..shoot me an email. I have some experience with B2B businesses and am located in New England. (cpj1357@gmail.com) I've been looking for a technical person to work on ideas with.