nick_bristol

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   by nick_bristol 12y ago

   Thanks mate, I need to work with someone face to face on this one. Canada is a little cold for me!
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   by nick_bristol 12y ago

   My intention when I posted was to leave my existing business to run itself and to apply to YC W15 to found a new business. Having reflected on the advice and the fact I don't have a technical co-founder I know and trust implicitly I am
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   by nick_bristol 12y ago

   You are right - I founded my current business with two friends and now only one of them is left! So I know about the grind and the importance of strong relationships. My instinct is that if I don't have that relationship with a techni
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   by nick_bristol 12y ago

   Thanks! - I will check out engine shed. I plan to sit down and write out a spec sometime this week
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   by nick_bristol 12y ago

   I agree - finding the right people is one of the hardest parts of running a team.
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   by nick_bristol 12y ago

   I am all over that - I have not seen it because I have been working the past week but now I have got a day off I am going to smash through all of the lectures: expecting great things!
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   by nick_bristol 12y ago

   Thanks Robin, I'll sign up and pop in.
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   by nick_bristol 12y ago

   Sam Altmans is right - but if all technical people could found a start up they wouldn't need YC. Some Technical guys don't have the Sales skills and some Sales guys (like me) don't have the technical skills. Hourly fee is gr
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   by nick_bristol 12y ago

   Excellent advice - thank you. This has changed my approach from zero-sum technical co-founder/no technical co-founder! My brother in law has successfully exited a small UK based tech start-up but I hadn't wanted to involve him i
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    by nick_bristol 12y ago

    Thanks for your advice. I can see the rub for a technical person being asked for the moon and then left to deliver it whilst non-tech waits around for something to happen. I am trending towards employing a technical advisor to structure w
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    Ask HN: Where can I find technical co-founders?

    32 points by nick_bristol 12y ago|48 comments