makthrow | 14 years ago | on: Steve Jobs's Real Genius
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makthrow | 14 years ago | on: Hopelessly perfect: Why it’s smart to work at a no-shot startup
I'm not the technical guy because it's simply not my strength. I could probably code the thing in a year but someone else could do it in a few months with much better code. IN any case I'm building the prototype as solo founder right now.
makthrow | 14 years ago | on: Hopelessly perfect: Why it’s smart to work at a no-shot startup
makthrow | 14 years ago | on: Please stop asking how to find a technical co-founder.
makthrow | 14 years ago | on: Please stop asking how to find a technical co-founder.
You want to succeed? Do whatever it takes. Learn how to code even if you won't be the one coding the program. Learn to speak the language, whether it's VC/investing, tech, or business. Sell your idea to a tech cofounder.
I agree idea guys who can't do sh are pretty much worthless. But I worry that there's been an overemphasis on the technical side. Sorry hackers, you aren't as special as you think you are. You have some personal projects you want to work on? Most personal hacking projects are worthless and even worse ideas than the ones business guys come up with.
Also worrisome is the attitude hackers have of only working with people with successful track records. I think that's the exact opposite of what you should do. People with successful track records have more to lose, and may have just gotten lucky the first time around. We should pay attention to the idea, not necessarily past success. You don't see business guys recruiting hackers based on whether they founded twitter/facebook/google do you?
A great hacker needs to be paired with a great vision guy. If hackers were as important as they thought they were then all hackers would have made it big already, and that is very far from the truth.
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That's what I thought I saw as your name upon first glance. My brain unconsciously filled in the details: "Oh, feeding people at a house, 'housefeed.com', makes sense".
Also, you get the benefit of the "feed" connotation: a feed of pictures of people's meals at their houses.