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Having started businesses with the explicit lack of biz-co-founders I beck to differ. That is of course unless your da Vinci-like super modal capabilities allow
by dingdingdang 1y ago
Having started businesses with the explicit lack of biz-co-founders I beck to differ. That is of course unless your da Vinci-like super modal capabilities allows you to feel unlimited joy when doing business plans, taxes & marketing alongside your (hopefully) core competency of product development.
- CharlieDigital 1y agoI also agree based on several failed startups I've been a part of and a few successful startups. The business side is the difference between side project and successful venture.
- _bin_ 1y agoI do actually know a few people who are like me and really enjoy both doing the biz plan/strategy half, and the marketing work, and product/tech. It's not as common but I enjoy working with them a whole lot more. We almost always create better results when the tech people are also biz people who understand how what we build needs to fit into the market. It's also super helpful to have some personnel fungibility when you have a small team where you're shelling out 5-20% equity for new members. In my ideal world basically everyone is like this and the walls between "idea guy" and "tech guy" are knocked down. I've heard a lot of folks get cynical about sharp technical types who get hired by big 3 mgmt consultancies, but ime they're often great places to find those who are both technically sharp and can make a killer deck.
- rchowe 1y agoI discovered I liked business planning, strategy, and marketing pretty early in my technical career. I also discovered that one of the thing business people bring to a company are connections, especially if they have already worked in a vertical, and few people want to talk to a bright kid about their problems.