Bankers and lawyers jump ship for tech startups

Re:Bankers and lawyers jump ship for tech startups by itg on Wednesday July 20, 2011 @09:18AM (#2785339)

"On a recent muggy evening, about 70 mostly 20-something, mostly male guests gathered in clusters on a rooftop in Chelsea for the summer’s first “Find a Cofounder” party, squinting at one another’s name tags as the sun set. Red name tags were for programmers; blue meant you were more of a business guy. The blue name tags ran out by the time Betabeat got a drink."

Sounds like a gathering of Winklevii types.

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Re:Bankers and lawyers jump ship for tech startups by Jgrubb on Wednesday July 20, 2011 @09:25AM (#2785363)

You know, I actually went to a Hackers & Founders meetup back in 2009 as a wanna-be founder just trying to meet some folks and see what the NYC scene was all about.

It was a LOT of fun talking to folks about ideas and technology and all that, but I noticed the ratio of Hackers to Founders to be about 1/10, and my market presented itself thusly.

It took a little while to become a Really Useful Programmer, but I've been busy as hell all year. Thank you YC!

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Re:Bankers and lawyers jump ship for tech startups by daveambrose on Wednesday July 20, 2011 @12:25PM (#2786284)

Thanks for coming! It's been great meeting all of you over the last two years at H&F.

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Re:Bankers and lawyers jump ship for tech startups by caseysoftware on Wednesday July 20, 2011 @11:15AM (#2785882)

I've been to a couple of those here in Austin.

As soon as I hear the phrase "I just need a developer to build X.." I discount those guys. They don't get it.

Last fall, I lost my patience with a few and finally said something like: "so you want a developer to work for your exclusively for three months in exchange for a sliver of equity? In the meantime, you keep your job. You don't risk anything. And when he's done that's when you'll start 'selling'? Seriously?"

I'll give them credit on pushing risk to others..

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Re:Bankers and lawyers jump ship for tech startups by bluekite2000 on Wednesday July 20, 2011 @10:20AM (#2785637)

I was there that nite. And yeah you are right. It is exactly like a gathering of Winklevii types. I have never been to a tech event where suits outnumbered the rest 9 to 1. Incredible to say the least!

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