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Re: Need UI developer for creating next amazing thing based on Web 2.0

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Need UI hacker for creating next amazing thing based on Web 2.0 technologies. We are currently team of two people moonlighting for last few months. The product is currently in advanced prototype stage and in need of UI guru for taking the user experience to next level.

You should be able to work for equity in the company.

We are looking for an expert in Adobe Air, Flex, Ajax, HTML, XUL and other web technologies.

Please contact us at: info at starbucksproject dot com.

Re: Need UI developer for creating next amazing thing based on Web 2.0

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If your project really is the next big thing, if you really are in the advanced prototype stage, then you can share more information than nothing at all.

As is said everywhere within the entrepreneur world - ideas are easy, ideas are worthless, your's isn't unique, you are not the first to think of it and there is someone right now working on the exact same thing. It's all about execution - the execution of the idea, that everyone in the world has, is the key to success.

So, all of that just to say - you'll get more offers if you actually tell us what it's about.

Re: Need UI developer for creating next amazing thing based on Web 2.0

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Need UI hacker for creating next amazing thing based on Web 2.0 technologies. We are currently team of two people moonlighting for last few months. The product is currently in advanced prototype stage and in need of UI guru for taking the user experience to next level. You should be able to work for equity in the company. We are looking for an expert in Adobe Air, Flex, Ajax, HTML, XUL and other web technologies. Ple…

"Please contact us at: info at starbucksproject dot com"

are you making a social network for people who love starbucks coffee? can i tag by my favorite coffee?

Re: Need UI developer for creating next amazing thing based on Web 2.0

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Need UI hacker for creating next amazing thing based on Web 2.0 technologies. We are currently team of two people moonlighting for last few months. The product is currently in advanced prototype stage and in need of UI guru for taking the user experience to next level. You should be able to work for equity in the company. We are looking for an expert in Adobe Air, Flex, Ajax, HTML, XUL and other web technologies. Ple…

"Please contact us at: info at starbucksproject dot com" are you making a social network for people who love starbucks coffee? can i tag by my favorite coffee?

Haha. Watch out for those trademarks...

Re: Need UI developer for creating next amazing thing based on Web 2.0

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If your project really is the next big thing, if you really are in the advanced prototype stage, then you can share more information than nothing at all. As is said everywhere within the entrepreneur world - ideas are easy, ideas are worthless, your's isn't unique, you are not the first to think of it and there is someone right now working on the exact same thing. It's all about execution - the execution of the idea,…

Sure, but there are also areas where the first mover advantage counts, and where a lot of people are capable of executing the idea - some perhaps better than the guy who thought of it.

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If your project really is the next big thing, if you really are in the advanced prototype stage, then you can share more information than nothing at all. As is said everywhere within the entrepreneur world - ideas are easy, ideas are worthless, your's isn't unique, you are not the first to think of it and there is someone right now working on the exact same thing. It's all about execution - the execution of the idea,…

Sure, but there are also areas where the first mover advantage counts, and where a lot of people are capable of executing the idea - some perhaps better than the guy who thought of it.

If the team has no defensible advantage, then maybe it's not such a great idea after all.

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Sure, but there are also areas where the first mover advantage counts, and where a lot of people are capable of executing the idea - some perhaps better than the guy who thought of it.

If the team has no defensible advantage, then maybe it's not such a great idea after all.

Defensibility is created by means of demand-side economies of scale: having lots of users, in other words. Think reddit, and digg, for instance. Easily cloned, but reasonably defensible due to the large numbers of users.

Re: Need UI developer for creating next amazing thing based on Web 2.0

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

If the team has no defensible advantage, then maybe it's not such a great idea after all.

Defensibility is created by means of demand-side economies of scale: having lots of users, in other words. Think reddit, and digg, for instance. Easily cloned, but reasonably defensible due to the large numbers of users.

All of this still doesn't change the facts. I don't one reputable designer (and I know a lot of them) that will volunteer without knowing what they are working on.

To be honest, most reputable designers follow the no-spec rules (http://www.no-spec.com/) and wouldn't work on a project without some form of payment.

Your only offered form of payment is equity in the company - which right now is valued at $0 because no one knows what the company is about.

Re: Need UI developer for creating next amazing thing based on Web 2.0

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Need UI hacker for creating next amazing thing based on Web 2.0 technologies. We are currently team of two people moonlighting for last few months. The product is currently in advanced prototype stage and in need of UI guru for taking the user experience to next level. You should be able to work for equity in the company. We are looking for an expert in Adobe Air, Flex, Ajax, HTML, XUL and other web technologies. Ple…

"Please contact us at: info at starbucksproject dot com" are you making a social network for people who love starbucks coffee? can i tag by my favorite coffee?

Nope. Just named it very vague. We first met in Starbucks before started working together.

Its just a code name.

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