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how were you going to give your pitch & demo?
by pclark 18y ago
how were you going to give your pitch & demo?
- cperciva 18y agoMy code speaks for itself.
- andreyf 18y agoOf course YC won't be basing their decision solely on the video, it's just a very valuable piece of input. If your best voice is your written voice, you might want to partner up with a guy that has technical depth, but can also give a wicked in-person presentation.
- cperciva 18y agoI think picking a co-founder based on what they'll bring to a YC application might be the best example I've ever heard of "the tail wagging the dog".
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- andreyf 18y agoIt's not just the YC application... it's every part of the business that has to do with effectively explaining things to people - be they investors, board members, employees, reporters, or customers.
- pxlpshr 18y agoI think that's a little arrogant of a stance but that's not to say I don't agree with some of your points in you first post. In my experience, I think you should consider working on your verbal communication skills. Nothing turns me (more importantly, team members and investors) off more than an ego-centric engineer who thinks their code is god. This can have a lot of implications in your product's quality and success on many levels. It's like the leader singer of a band thinking he knows best, most of the time the band ends up dissolving.
- webwright 18y agoYour code speaks for itself only to people who care about code. Which, as it happens, doesn't include a lot of investors, co-founders, customers, employees, and all of the other people you're going to have to persuade if your startup is going to be successful. Heck, even if you have a "smarmy sales-dude" as a co-founder, you'll still eventually be in a role where persuasion/leadership is more valuable than coding chops. What percentage of successful startup CTOs do you think code on a day-to-day basis?
- steveplace 18y agoOn a related note, if anyone needs a smarmy sales dude, hit me up.