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by evac 16y ago
For your first question, as a non-tech person myself, I personally thought this place was a pretty good overview of all the options available for eventually attracting a tech cofounder: http://viniciusvacanti.com/becoming-your-own-technica
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by evac 16y ago
I agree that it would be easier to just hire someone since my idea isn't tech intensive, but for a college student like me, I don't have $10k at my leisure for hiring someone, must less $30k to get to product/market fit. Which was why I dec
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by evac 16y ago
I agree it'll largely depend on the product I want to build. Fortunately for me, what I want to build is relatively simple technology compared to what I see a lot of programmers capable of making, and the most complex part is probably the p
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by evac 16y ago
Sure, it's a consumer app intended to help people with productivity and goal-achieving by directly influencing their behaviors through a psychological/behavior economical approach. Too many apps focused on technological efficiency (ie. a be
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by evac 16y ago
Thanks, your story is definitely encouraging!
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by evac 16y ago
Thanks, it's definitely helpful as a comparison to my own activities the past month. Though in my case, I talked to an acquaintance about what I wanted to do and got his advices on what would be needed to build my idea, such as the language
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by evac 16y ago
Thanks for sharing, how did it turn out for you afterward? And even if it doesn't work out for the first idea, did you find your skills useful for later prospective ideas and partnerships?
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Non-programmer founders: learn code first, find tech co-founder(s) after?
9 points by evac 16y ago|16 comments