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> ability to execute How do we define what execution looks like? As a general rule we must be wary of “business cofounders” who sell pontification as executio

• mlinhares 1y ago
  If your "business cofounders" aren't closing deals and landing sales they're useless. So if you're going to join a "non-technical founder" they must both have the contacts or a in in the industry you'll be trying to join and must be a great salesman. If they don't have that, walk away, this person has no value.
• dust42 1y ago
  The ability to execute means to deliver timely and on budget. I have seen people who would not be able to set up and manage a hot dog stand and yet they were trying to run a business with 50 employees. The only result was burning money like there was no tomorrow.
• neom 1y ago
  I was one of the "business guys" at DigitalOcean from very tiny to big. Execution looked like: 20% of the time in meetings discussing what the next period of time without seeing each other was going to look like and 80% of the time on flights and in hotels. My mantra was always "be directionally correct, go to market as hard as I can every single day, and fully trust the engineers building the products around me".
• TuringNYC 1y ago
  >How do we define what execution looks like? - Previous exits - Previous successful business - Bringing 1-3 potential buyers to the table who can define what is needed and what they would pay, ideally clear "if X then i pay Y"