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Sounds like he owes a lot to his brother.

• AndrewWarner 18y ago
  I owe him more than I can say. It's not just that he's an incredible developer. In the early days, I had to deal with a lot of rejection when I pitched our company. Michael helped me stay optimistic.
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  • simplegeek 18y ago
    Just curious was he a co-founder? EDITED TO ADD: Just noticed, I guess his brother replied in one of threads below.
• brk 18y ago
  And equally, his brother owes a fair bit to him. There is a lesson here...
  • MichaelApproved 18y ago
    We were partners and complemented each others skills well. It was exactly how a partnership should be. We shared in the business development but then went off to handle our respective tasks. And when we talked with outsiders we were able to speak with one voice.
• TJensen 18y ago
  There is no doubt a combination of solid sales guy and solid technical guy is important in a start-up. The last start-up I worked at was missing the sales guy. I'm now thinking of starting something up, and that is weighing heavily on my mind.
  • AndrewWarner 18y ago
    re: "weighing heavily on my mind." Let me know if you want to talk. mail at awarner dot com
• webwright 18y ago
  What percentage of his success was do to technical innovation/invention vs. business/product innovation? I'd agree that his brother is critical, but I'm not sure that's the secret sauce here. http://venturehacks.com/articles/vertical-markets http://venturehacks.com/articles/vertical-markets Read that (especially the technical risk versus market risk section). I think these guys beat market risks and had relatively few technical risks.
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