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I liked the Maslow's hierarchy connection. But really I think the main bottleneck keeping most devs from starting a business is just how time consuming sales i
by vinceguidry 8y ago
I liked the Maslow's hierarchy connection.
But really I think the main bottleneck keeping most devs from starting a business is just how time consuming sales is, and partnering up with a sales guy just isn't a good idea for a variety of reasons.
I'm not entirely sure what a solution would look like. A concierge-type service that connects entrepreneurs with marketing channels?
- friendly_chap 8y ago> partnering up with a sales guy just isn't a good idea for a variety of reasons. Can you elaborate please?
- vinceguidry 8y agoI tried several times to find a business partner. In general you can find a lot of young, ambitious sales types that just don't understand the mindset behind software. Working with them is, tricky. With one guy, we moved in together, I built out a basically-functional prototype and wanted to get market feedback. But he kept wanting to add features and just wasn't helpful at all in the making of the product. And he didn't seem to want to do what I saw as his job, selling the prototype. I felt like I was doing all the work and ended the endeavor. We remain friends and chat regularly, but I'm not jumping back into bed with him unless he can bring something real to the table. If product direction issues don't sink you, personal differences don't, at the end of the day, working closely with another person with a different mindset is just really hard, and it can easily be harder than just doing it all yourself.