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Justin Kan Launches Exec (YC W12) For Real-Time Mobile Jobs

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Re: Justin Kan Launches Exec (YC W12) For Real-Time Mobile Jobs

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Post by bradya »

freshfey wrote: post #58
staunch wrote: post #40

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It's probably an anti-pattern. The only great example, Steve Jobs, took the CEO title at Pixar but my sense is that he played more of a Chairman's role there, he only really did the full CEO thing at Apple. Even Jobs had to neglect huge portions of Apple itself to focus on developing new products like the iPhone. One reason it probably can't really work very well: http://www.paulgraham.com/top.html

I think Jack Dorsey (and now Justin Kan) are pretty good examples, too. Why are you excluding those two?

Elon Musk of SpaceX and Tesla Motors is also a good example of a successful multitasking founder.

Re: Justin Kan Launches Exec (YC W12) For Real-Time Mobile Jobs

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Post by justin »

staunch wrote: post #60
freshfey wrote: post #58

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I think Jack Dorsey (and now Justin Kan) are pretty good examples, too. Why are you excluding those two?

Because neither has proven that it can work yet. I can think of multiple counter-examples as well. People who are trying to run multiple organizations and doing rather poorly (as judged by results). I wouldn't want to single them out publicly though. Besides, it's rather difficult to judge the cause and effect for things like this.

I agree that it is hard to focus on multiple things. Certainly I am not "running" Justin.tv/TwitchTV by any means: my cofounder Emmett Shear is in every sense of it. I don't think I could have a day to day operational role at two companies. At JTV/TTV I focus on providing value by advising those people who are in operational roles.

Re: Justin Kan Launches Exec (YC W12) For Real-Time Mobile Jobs

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Post by justin »

dwynings wrote: post #56

Having found Exec in the AppStore, I noticed that they have 11 other apps for specific restaurants ... is Exec a pivot from another idea?

Daniel and Amir had a company that focused on restaurant apps that turned into the company that is Exec.

Re: Justin Kan Launches Exec (YC W12) For Real-Time Mobile Jobs

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Post by ephermata »

I'd love to see livestreaming from Exec workers. That would help "human telepresence" tasks like these:

http://www.taskrabbit.com/tasks/attend-a-talk-at-uw-and-writ...

http://www.taskrabbit.com/tasks/please-help-me-shop-for-furn...

http://www.taskrabbit.com/tasks/help-me-attend-a-conference-...

Re: Justin Kan Launches Exec (YC W12) For Real-Time Mobile Jobs

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Post by statictype »

revorad wrote: post #48
AznHisoka wrote: post #46

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rent-a-coder, elance, a ton...

I'm talking about quick jobs. Can you hire someone to help you with some Clojure or Ruby code just for an hour? It looks like it takes an hour just to post a job on elance.

I'm curious about what kind of programming gigs you could confidently have completed in an hour?

Re: Justin Kan Launches Exec (YC W12) For Real-Time Mobile Jobs

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Post by scooter53080 »

revorad wrote: post #21

Is there a marketplace like this for quick programming tasks?

I've often wished for a similar marketplace, but more for consulting, than actual programming. When starting out with a new language or new technology (particularly unpopular ones, that don't have good online resources) it would be worth paying an "expert" for an hour or two of their time to ask questions.
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