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Learning to do it yourself, or even code pays dividends beyond the ability to go solo. You can now communicate more effectively with a technical cofounder, get
by dkokelley 16y ago
Learning to do it yourself, or even code pays dividends beyond the ability to go solo. You can now communicate more effectively with a technical cofounder, get a deeper understanding of the problem space and competitors products, and finally, earn a bit of respect from the technical people who will be on your team.
- te_chris 16y agoabsolutely agree with this. in a small organisation the ability to communicate efficiently is paramount and that includes the founder having an understanding of technical constraints. not to mention that, if development works with their mindset and they can't get funding (like most people outside of the valley/US where the angel and VC sectors are a lot less developed) contracting is pretty good money.
- roel_v 16y agoTrue, but there's 'learning fundamentals to know what the tech guys are talking about' and there's 'learning all the details and fundamentals and tools and techniques to be able to actually build a real-world live version'; and about 10 years between them (maybe 5 years if it's full time deliberate study and practice).