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I think on a whole you need balance. Because you're a coder you may not fully appreciate the salability of what your building, either devaluing the work your do

by swiil 15y ago

I think on a whole you need balance. Because you're a coder you may not fully appreciate the salability of what your building, either devaluing the work your doing or over valuing things which may be less important. I think a business minded cofounder or at least conspirer is important to the process of actually building something which can be sold.

bennytjia 15y ago
I totally agree with that. But my point is that there really isn't much for them to do when you're still ramping up your product or still in stealth mode. Well they can do what they are good at which is marketing or sales, but since the product is not sufficiently done, what are they gonna market? in addition to that the whole company is in stealth mode anyway. We want to get as many users as possible so we can get content (if the application really depends on userbase) or be profitable as soon as possible (in the case where we're building a business-oriented product that aims straight for revenue with solid business model). But in both cases, I still don't see how they are going to be useful at very early stage.
- aorshan 15y ago
  There is plenty a business minded person can do even at this stage. Even if you are in stealth mode, he/she could start and maintain a blog that talks about issues relating to the space your future product was in. You can use this blog to gain an audience with people who can become your future customers. This person could also work on developing relationships with people who could become your future evangelists. Who do you have lined up to talk about how your product is the greatest thing since sliced bread?
  - leslyn 15y ago
    I really have to agree! I am the non-tech partner (although the original idea was mine). In any case, I have definitely worked as many hours and as hard as my tech co-founder in very different areas - and realizing that more of my time (if that is even possible) could have been spent developing relationships in the beginning. I can't imagine how a single individual can even get a startup off the ground from tech to town - so to speak.

by swiil 15y ago

bennytjia 15y ago

I totally agree with that. But my point is that there really isn't much for them to do when you're still ramping up your product or still in stealth mode. Well they can do what they are good at which is marketing or sales, but since the product is not sufficiently done, what are they gonna market? in addition to that the whole company is in stealth mode anyway. We want to get as many users as possible so we can get content (if the application really depends on userbase) or be profitable as soon as possible (in the case where we're building a business-oriented product that aims straight for revenue with solid business model). But in both cases, I still don't see how they are going to be useful at very early stage.

aorshan 15y ago
There is plenty a business minded person can do even at this stage. Even if you are in stealth mode, he/she could start and maintain a blog that talks about issues relating to the space your future product was in. You can use this blog to gain an audience with people who can become your future customers. This person could also work on developing relationships with people who could become your future evangelists. Who do you have lined up to talk about how your product is the greatest thing since sliced bread?
- leslyn 15y ago
  I really have to agree! I am the non-tech partner (although the original idea was mine). In any case, I have definitely worked as many hours and as hard as my tech co-founder in very different areas - and realizing that more of my time (if that is even possible) could have been spent developing relationships in the beginning. I can't imagine how a single individual can even get a startup off the ground from tech to town - so to speak.