Re:What should a striving non-programmer do?
by sbraford on Friday August 24, 2007 @07:22PM
(#46437)
As PG has stated in his essays, it's much easier for a smart hacker to learn customer support, accounting systems, marketing/blogging, than it is for a non-technical person to pick up hacking in a few days.
Non-technical founders tend to overvalue:
- their lovely snowflake of an idea
- their business plan (that it will magically cause investors to beat a path to their door)
Things imho that can be hard for a hacker:
- sales
- finding and/or dealing with investors (getting into Y Combinator definitely seems to help here, but what if you don't make the cut?)
If I could find a non-tech guy who can successfully raise angel and/or venture capital money, I would totally partner with as a co-founder in a second. (given a good fit, etc)
These people tend to be hard to find though (the Steve Jobs' of the world) -- if they can raise money, why don't they just raise a round and hire a talented hacker at 1% equity instead of 30%? =)
Non-technical founders tend to overvalue:
- their lovely snowflake of an idea
- their business plan (that it will magically cause investors to beat a path to their door)
Things imho that can be hard for a hacker:
- sales
- finding and/or dealing with investors (getting into Y Combinator definitely seems to help here, but what if you don't make the cut?)
If I could find a non-tech guy who can successfully raise angel and/or venture capital money, I would totally partner with as a co-founder in a second. (given a good fit, etc)
These people tend to be hard to find though (the Steve Jobs' of the world) -- if they can raise money, why don't they just raise a round and hire a talented hacker at 1% equity instead of 30%? =)