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Start thinking, "What can I bring to the party?" In entrepreneurship, people won't partner/hire for long term development potential, because there isn't the tim

Start thinking, "What can I bring to the party?" In entrepreneurship, people won't partner/hire for long term development potential, because there isn't the time. That means a lot of the value of a business degree is gone if you can't show that you can deliver some value upfront. Ideally some proven track record of doing that that you can show people helps. Organize an event, work the phones, meet more people, do some marketing, do some media purchasing, learn finance, learn how to write contracts, learn how to interview/hire/manage... things like that. The more you can prove you've got something valuable to bring to the party, the easier it'll be. Deck is already stacked against you - there's more people with business credentials that want a technical partner than vice-versa, but if you've got legit proven skills it shouldn't be too hard. Build/prove those skills out.

tyng 16y ago
"In entrepreneurship, people won't partner/hire for long term development potential" Agreed, a while ago I interviewed for a startup and got rejected even though I knew the stuff like book keeping were pretty easy to learn, but I haven't done before. With the list of biz skills you mentioned, I've done more than half of them (I was a very active student). But you are right about "there's more people with business credentials that want a technical partner than vice-versa". The advantage I have I guess, is that not many people have as much passion to start a business as I do.
- coryl 16y ago
  Hi friend, having more "passion" is unfortunately not a real advantage. Pretty much everyone will say they're harder working and more passionate when trying to hustle for a job, vc money, a partner, whatever. What's more important is tangible evidence of that passion, something that can be measured; what you have started, how many users, how much revenue, etc. While it may be true you that you have a ton of passion, at the end of the day its just fluff. Its much easier to persuade people with statistics than with ideals.
  - tyng 16y ago
    "Tangible evidence of passion" - points taken! :)

tyng 16y ago

"In entrepreneurship, people won't partner/hire for long term development potential" Agreed, a while ago I interviewed for a startup and got rejected even though I knew the stuff like book keeping were pretty easy to learn, but I haven't done before. With the list of biz skills you mentioned, I've done more than half of them (I was a very active student). But you are right about "there's more people with business credentials that want a technical partner than vice-versa". The advantage I have I guess, is that not many people have as much passion to start a business as I do.

coryl 16y ago
Hi friend, having more "passion" is unfortunately not a real advantage. Pretty much everyone will say they're harder working and more passionate when trying to hustle for a job, vc money, a partner, whatever. What's more important is tangible evidence of that passion, something that can be measured; what you have started, how many users, how much revenue, etc. While it may be true you that you have a ton of passion, at the end of the day its just fluff. Its much easier to persuade people with statistics than with ideals.
- tyng 16y ago
  "Tangible evidence of passion" - points taken! :)