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by areya2005
5503 days ago
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I'm interested to see what you think about coming on board as a co-founder if you believe in the idea. I believe I'm an "idea" guy, but definitely don't undervalue a developer's skills or time, hence why I'm beginning to learn as well. From reading the article, it seems that you think that developers don't get compensated accordingly, and that's your main concern. If co-founders, for the most part, no one gets paid unless everyone works their role, plus more, which includes a lot of non-technical things that the "idea" guy would need to take responsibility for. |
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1) The guy had an idea 2) He wants me to do all the work implementing it 3) He will begrudgingly share half the profits with me.
I've started filing people away quickly into two categories. "Idea Guys" think they've done half the work coming up with an idea. I ignore these people. They don't have answers to any questions I ask because they haven't thought their idea farther than "The next Facebook!"
"Business Guys", I suppose I will call them, are much rarer. They want to create a business and happen to have an idea to start with. They've already done research into the market, they know who the competitors are, why this idea would succeed, what they need out of me, what other positions they need filled and already talked to others who have started businesses to get some guidance.
I am happily working with a business guy right now. It was his idea, and he's done plenty of work before we even got together.
I recommend attending Startup Weekend if you want to meet some business people and see the difference between my two categories. Great experience for about $100.
http://startupweekend.org/