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The first stages are just sales. You're just trying to find something people will buy and that means a lot of people time. I've found it rare that engineers wi
by willsmith72 3y ago
The first stages are just sales. You're just trying to find something people will buy and that means a lot of people time.
I've found it rare that engineers will find that natural, it takes a lot of time and discomfort to get good at
- robocat 3y ago> just sales This sounds like a typical engineer's summary. It is a dismissal - just like the video talks about tech being dismissed. Recruiting a co-founder is not "just sales". The video is taking about an archetypical salesperson who still can't buy a tech guy (maybe their sales skills are not so good).
- willsmith72 3y ago"just" as in, an emphasis on the importance of sales, not a minimisation of it. sales is everything at the start, and a huge amount of the reason why technical people usually need non-technical. (i would have second thoughts about a non-tech founder without sales skills)