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I have to say, this is one of the best "I need a tech guy" post I have seen and for two simple reason, you can see the authors passion, and he clearly explains

by kls 16y ago

I have to say, this is one of the best "I need a tech guy" post I have seen and for two simple reason, you can see the authors passion, and he clearly explains what he is going to do, how he is going to chip in to make the company succeed and what he has to offer to make a go at it. He shows his value and realizes that the tech guy is an important part of the equation not just an after thought.

cgshaw 16y ago
Thanks. I am learning and will continue to learn. I don't think you can be an effective seller without understanding how to build and vice versa, empathy matters. I've thought about the design and ui stuff for years for this product mainly because the existing options are such piles of shit. I've never formally studied programming, just picked up bits and pieces over time, but I want to jump in.
stanleydrew 16y ago
Really? You thought he clearly explained what he is going to do? I can appreciate his passion, but I wouldn't say he was particularly clear about anything.
- cgshaw 16y ago
  EDIT: Check out the response to waterside81's comment above. What would you like to know? The post is quite frankly too long already, but I figured folks would want a decent amount of information. Like I said, Ask ?'s. Thanks for your comment.
  - stanleydrew 16y ago
    I mean no offense, but this line stands out: "I’m looking for an awesome person (people) interested in social, dynamic curation, mobile, near-field communication, qr codes, augmented reality, search, rich-media, minimalist design, gaming, and world domination." That's the kind of buzzword-ridden sentence that scares me and is not clear at all. But your willingness to answer questions and start a conversation is admirable. I will start another top-level thread with some questions for you.
    - cgshaw 16y ago
      Answered similar comment from other authors above. Thanks. Check out responses to lkrubner and a_b_c_7.
    - kls 16y ago
      When I read it, I did not pay too much attention to the fact that the idea was not clear, I think people matter more and for me personally if it had peaked my interest I would still have inquired as to what his ideas where. I guess like a lot of people, I reason from my perspective and if I have an idea that I am interested in, I could write a novel on it. I would assume if people are interested that we could get into the gory details after the initial contact. And I would be afraid of information overloading my initial letter. I still think it was a great post, because I think it was one of the few that I have ever seen where the poster said here is what I am going to do and here is what I have to offer. Most as I said act as if, I have done all the hard work coming up with this idea now I just need someone to build it.
      - cgshaw 16y ago
        thanks kls. That was my exact thinking when I posted. Most of the people I interact respond to enthusiasm and bullishness. Of course that works much better in person. It's clear that in this sort of forum with really bright and capable people that reads as naivety. That's ok, learn something new every day. I'm going to try to get in front of some local engineers and see what I can do. It just takes one who's crazy enough and smart enough to get started.
        kls 16y ago
        Yeah, I have been around enterprise sales guys for too long for buzz words to bother me, I know it's the lingo of sales in the enterprise space, so I have a filter for it, where some have a radar for it. I read right past that and really liked that you said what you where going to do (as far as role). This gets omitted on a good deal of posts like this and worse yet there are a good deal that act like "hey I had the idea, what more do you want". I wish you the best and hope you do well. I part of a start-up back in 97 that tried to do an amateur sports social network / handicap matchup / scorecard site. We where in way too early and burned out in flames. The market is probably far more ready for it than it was in 97. While you idea is not the same, I do see some overlap in what we did.
- kls 16y ago
  You thought he clearly explained what he is going to do Yeah, I was not too clear on that was I. I meant the role he was going to play in the company. Not the core idea, he has.
waterside81 16y ago
My exact thoughts. While he doesn't go into too much detail about what the idea is per se, he tells you a lot about himself, which is critical, tells you about compensation, location and expectations. Plus he promises to respond to everyone, which another sign of integrity. Good stuff Chris.
- cgshaw 16y ago
  Thanks. In short the idea is to create a truly interactive sports site. It's simple and allows users to curate a link board (like Reddit), it gets more nuanced to the person as they vote and interact more. Add in comment and voting systems that look and respond like Quora. Very fast, built in editorial controls, extra stuff like formatting and bulleting. This is the minimum viable product. After you get enough users and enough content being curated, you can start scraping the information. Make a truly personalized sports application. Flipboard, but more bad ass. People use facebook and such for flipboard concentrate on their ENTIRE network. I have 500+ friends, most don't like sports, many don't like MY teams. I want the best content on my teams from all sources in one place. I also want to be able to interact and game with other sports fans from my teams. That's a more elaborate version of the idea. -Chris

by kls 16y ago

cgshaw 16y ago

Thanks. I am learning and will continue to learn. I don't think you can be an effective seller without understanding how to build and vice versa, empathy matters. I've thought about the design and ui stuff for years for this product mainly because the existing options are such piles of shit. I've never formally studied programming, just picked up bits and pieces over time, but I want to jump in.

stanleydrew 16y ago

Really? You thought he clearly explained what he is going to do? I can appreciate his passion, but I wouldn't say he was particularly clear about anything.

cgshaw 16y ago
EDIT: Check out the response to waterside81's comment above. What would you like to know? The post is quite frankly too long already, but I figured folks would want a decent amount of information. Like I said, Ask ?'s. Thanks for your comment.
- stanleydrew 16y ago
  I mean no offense, but this line stands out: "I’m looking for an awesome person (people) interested in social, dynamic curation, mobile, near-field communication, qr codes, augmented reality, search, rich-media, minimalist design, gaming, and world domination." That's the kind of buzzword-ridden sentence that scares me and is not clear at all. But your willingness to answer questions and start a conversation is admirable. I will start another top-level thread with some questions for you.
  - cgshaw 16y ago
    Answered similar comment from other authors above. Thanks. Check out responses to lkrubner and a_b_c_7.
  - kls 16y ago
    When I read it, I did not pay too much attention to the fact that the idea was not clear, I think people matter more and for me personally if it had peaked my interest I would still have inquired as to what his ideas where. I guess like a lot of people, I reason from my perspective and if I have an idea that I am interested in, I could write a novel on it. I would assume if people are interested that we could get into the gory details after the initial contact. And I would be afraid of information overloading my initial letter. I still think it was a great post, because I think it was one of the few that I have ever seen where the poster said here is what I am going to do and here is what I have to offer. Most as I said act as if, I have done all the hard work coming up with this idea now I just need someone to build it.
    - cgshaw 16y ago
      thanks kls. That was my exact thinking when I posted. Most of the people I interact respond to enthusiasm and bullishness. Of course that works much better in person. It's clear that in this sort of forum with really bright and capable people that reads as naivety. That's ok, learn something new every day. I'm going to try to get in front of some local engineers and see what I can do. It just takes one who's crazy enough and smart enough to get started.
      - kls 16y ago
        Yeah, I have been around enterprise sales guys for too long for buzz words to bother me, I know it's the lingo of sales in the enterprise space, so I have a filter for it, where some have a radar for it. I read right past that and really liked that you said what you where going to do (as far as role). This gets omitted on a good deal of posts like this and worse yet there are a good deal that act like "hey I had the idea, what more do you want". I wish you the best and hope you do well. I part of a start-up back in 97 that tried to do an amateur sports social network / handicap matchup / scorecard site. We where in way too early and burned out in flames. The market is probably far more ready for it than it was in 97. While you idea is not the same, I do see some overlap in what we did.
kls 16y ago
You thought he clearly explained what he is going to do Yeah, I was not too clear on that was I. I meant the role he was going to play in the company. Not the core idea, he has.

waterside81 16y ago

My exact thoughts. While he doesn't go into too much detail about what the idea is per se, he tells you a lot about himself, which is critical, tells you about compensation, location and expectations. Plus he promises to respond to everyone, which another sign of integrity. Good stuff Chris.

cgshaw 16y ago
Thanks. In short the idea is to create a truly interactive sports site. It's simple and allows users to curate a link board (like Reddit), it gets more nuanced to the person as they vote and interact more. Add in comment and voting systems that look and respond like Quora. Very fast, built in editorial controls, extra stuff like formatting and bulleting. This is the minimum viable product. After you get enough users and enough content being curated, you can start scraping the information. Make a truly personalized sports application. Flipboard, but more bad ass. People use facebook and such for flipboard concentrate on their ENTIRE network. I have 500+ friends, most don't like sports, many don't like MY teams. I want the best content on my teams from all sources in one place. I also want to be able to interact and game with other sports fans from my teams. That's a more elaborate version of the idea. -Chris