Re:Ask HN: We have a great team and capital but can't find a...
by samstave on Monday October 30, 2017 @07:56PM
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I think that what this team lacks is a comfortable domain expertise in anything other than " making a fortune on wall street" -- which illustrates how little value "money" guys provide...
There is not an SME on their team in any area where they see a problem to fix - they 'only' have money.
they need to augment their team with an SME in an area they are willing to fund
Then here is their next problem:
Who is willing to get behind this team given the statements - There is only one reality - a confident founder who can provide them the vision to build something - and they provide the funding and maybe the CFO... but they may overly think of themselves as "technical" and meddle in the running of such an enterprise - which means doom.
These guys should simply take their funds and invest - not found shit. they will fail and bring down too many people (their employees) if they try...
There is not an SME on their team in any area where they see a problem to fix - they 'only' have money.
they need to augment their team with an SME in an area they are willing to fund
Then here is their next problem:
Who is willing to get behind this team given the statements - There is only one reality - a confident founder who can provide them the vision to build something - and they provide the funding and maybe the CFO... but they may overly think of themselves as "technical" and meddle in the running of such an enterprise - which means doom.
These guys should simply take their funds and invest - not found shit. they will fail and bring down too many people (their employees) if they try...