Re:Ask HN: What does a non-programmer bring to a 2-3 person ...
by laujen on Sunday April 17, 2011 @05:00PM
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Excellent answer. Companies need capital and product and customers. Figure out which ones the rest of your team aren't bringing and bring it.
Re:Ask HN: What does a non-programmer bring to a 2-3 person ...
by mariusz10jonski on Monday April 18, 2011 @12:37PM
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I'm not a programer. But I write business plan in xmind tool. I do Branding - meaning I rewrite business idea for the market and implement strategy as a manager. I can be a co-founder with reasonable spendings plan. I have 2 projets that are commodities as well as digital products. And have few good domains for all sorts of business. So considering your startup idea is of a business kind, would you like to attend a meeting with me? All best, m
Things I brought to our startup:
- convertible note on great terms
- crappy-but-functioning prototype
- fully-designed HTML wireframes for prototype v2
- meaty customer pipeline including 2 customers pre-sold
- extensive network of sales contacts in our space
- extensive network of press contacts in our space
- 2 years experience running a site where I used and helped sell the early version of our product
I feel I bring a lot of value to our company. And I am very intent on proving that I will continue to do so. I try to justify my involvement every day. So when I talk to technical friends of mine thinking about working with someone non-technical, I tell them about the stuff I do and that they need to ask these "biz-dev" guys if they can bring stuff like that to the table.
When someone's awesome, their value-add should be clear and obvious. If you find yourself talking yourself into someone, that's a bad sign.