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He's right, you know. I was talking to a technical founder the other day, and we were laughing about how the best thing right now would be to have a boss that

• avk 16y ago
  "the best thing right now would be to have a boss that is not yourself" I love this but.. "..then get out of the way so that you could just focus on the code" ...completely hate this. At first read, the idea of a boss that is not yourself struck me as great because it helps give you a very different perspective on things. But having that boss simply "make all the decisions about what you should do" takes away all the duties of a founder. Figuring out what to do is the real hard work of a startup. Unless your technology is curing cancer, then you still need to understand everything you can about the problem you're solving and who you're solving it for. You can't just focus on the solution.
  • aditya 16y ago
    Oh yeah, absolutely agree but perhaps that's why having a biz cofounder helps, someone that can step back and make macro decisions