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Agreed. I'm really speaking to the people that I meet and the people posing the question on YC News. If your name is Om Malik, you don't need to look to far to
by mikesabat 19y ago
Agreed. I'm really speaking to the people that I meet and the people posing the question on YC News. If your name is Om Malik, you don't need to look to far to find a programmer that is willing to help.
As for learning to program - it's a great idea, but I would fully develop the business model, marketing plan, site map and probably 10 other things before I suggest someone start from scratch learning HTML.
- chaostheory 19y agoWhile it's important doing the biz model/marketing plan, the idea is going to change/evolve anyway... with two weeks of hard work that stuff will need minimal maintenance after that... Unless the idea needs a lot of business development (eg direct sales), programming is a good next step (by programming I'm also loosely including UI development)
- breck 19y agoI disagree. I think if you can't program, you shouldn't be starting a tech company. (Unless you worked for a Google, MSFT, etc in a non-tech role & have great tech contacts) Just like if you've never used a hammer, you shouldn't start a construction company.
- mikesabat 19y agoReally? I think that is rather closed minded. Obviously there are different levels of "tech" companies, but I feel the promise of open source software is to see more diverse applications of that software = more diverse business ideas. If marketing people can't build tech companies should coders be allowed to market their websites?