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> partnering up with a sales guy just isn't a good idea for a variety of reasons. Can you elaborate please?
by 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.