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Why Founders Should Be The Developers
All too often I have seen great developers fall into the investment trap. They build a cool product, they receive investment and it is now their duty to manage a company. Their main intention was to spend time building products people like, but now they are told to raise more money, to grow faster, to generate more money, to build a bigger team, to make more profit and to sell their company for more than it is worth. And then go back to being a programmer.
It reminds me of the "The American Tourist and Mexican Fisherman"
http://www.noogenesis.com/pineapple/fisherman.html
- padseeker 14y agoHell yeah On a related note I like founder over entrepreneur. I think of myself as a craftsman, not a business person. I love building cool stuff.
- gawker 14y agoEssentially, that's what happens when you take in outside investment. If you can build a cool product and bootstrap it, it need not be that way. Once you're taking in external shareholders, you're semi-bounded by their wishes.
- vemuruadi 14y agoYes its easy to build what you are thinking if you are a developer. Founders should also be able to sell.