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Reverse YC funding program. PG, what's your thought?

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Re: Reverse YC funding program. PG, what's your thought?

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Post by rokhayakebe »

menloparkbum wrote: post #9
rokhayakebe wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Correct me if I am wrong. But I believe in those situations they would fund your idea and let you hire techies. Now how can you hire a dev when you do not know what ajax is? So the program would will provide the best teams and ideas with technical support. People who know the differnce between php and ruby and scaling and browser based etc....

Typically people with a software idea aren't completely ignorant of technology and they usually know at least one person who knows the difference between php and ruby. Are you proposing that you will create programming teams for completely clueless "business people?" Hasn't the continent of India already positioned itself pretty well in that space?

Dude have you ever try hiring a developer? It can be really hard for someone who has never done it. 40 percent of the time they get played and let with half a website. I work for an Indian firm and everyday we get people who complain about how some other dev messed up their project and they must launch soon.

Re: Reverse YC funding program. PG, what's your thought?

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Post by menloparkbum »

rokhayakebe wrote: post #11
menloparkbum wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Typically people with a software idea aren't completely ignorant of technology and they usually know at least one person who knows the difference between php and ruby. Are you proposing that you will create programming teams for completely clueless "business people?" Hasn't the continent of India already positioned itself pretty well in that space?

Dude have you ever try hiring a developer? It can be really hard for someone who has never done it. 40 percent of the time they get played and let with half a website. I work for an Indian firm and everyday we get people who complain about how some other dev messed up their project and they must launch soon.

Yes, I am responsible for hiring people at my startup. It is really hard for me to hire people, and I know what I'm doing. With that in mind, what you are suggesting is impossible.

Re: Reverse YC funding program. PG, what's your thought?

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Post by bz »

If you think engineers can get carried away on tangents, I don't think you will find much better out of marketing and sales geniuses (whatever this means). Maybe it's better to save your money and invest in people that are more grounded instead of those who sling the most buzzwords around.

It's hard to build a nanotechnology social networking viral space play without engineers.

Re: Reverse YC funding program. PG, what's your thought?

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Post by menloparkbum »

rokhayakebe wrote: post #8
Goladus wrote: post #7

How would you provide the technical help?

Hire developers for 2 months and work on the apps. Invest 15,000 for development like PG maybe. I mean guy launched truemors for 12K

Every 3rd rate guy who accidentally made a couple million dollars in Silicon Valley is considering doing some variant of this right now, so you'll have a bunch of competition.

Maybe you could name it "Incubatr 2.0" and have the tag line "this time around, we don't even provide office space!"

Re: Reverse YC funding program. PG, what's your thought?

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Post by Caligula »

Fallacy: If they are sales geniuses/marketing geniuses, they won't need you to get the 15k. They don't need a YC. They have the loot and the connections already.

The good thing about technical entrepreneurs is that they know if their projects in mind are realistic. They can also actually go out and build it exactly how they envision it rather than relying on someone who works according to their own schedule with their vision on how it should be. This basically leads to things being developed slower where speed is the #1 thing a startup has going for it.

p.s: what exactly is a sales/marketing genius?

Re: Reverse YC funding program. PG, what's your thought?

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Post by rokhayakebe »

menloparkbum wrote: post #13
rokhayakebe wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Dude have you ever try hiring a developer? It can be really hard for someone who has never done it. 40 percent of the time they get played and let with half a website. I work for an Indian firm and everyday we get people who complain about how some other dev messed up their project and they must launch soon.

Yes, I am responsible for hiring people at my startup. It is really hard for me to hire people, and I know what I'm doing. With that in mind, what you are suggesting is impossible.

Partner. "Difficult takes a day, Impossible takes a week." This is how revolutions are started

Re: Reverse YC funding program. PG, what's your thought?

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Post by rokhayakebe »

blader wrote: post #17

This is a great idea, because sales and marketing geniuses are really really useful when you have don't have a product and don't know how to build one.

Yep and to those who dont believe than you must believe the following "Build it and they will come". I dont.

Re: Reverse YC funding program. PG, what's your thought?

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Post by rokhayakebe »

Caligula wrote: post #16

Fallacy: If they are sales geniuses/marketing geniuses, they won't need you to get the 15k. They don't need a YC. They have the loot and the connections already. The good thing about technical entrepreneurs is that they know if their projects in mind are realistic. They can also actually go out and build it exactly how they envision it rather than relying on someone who works according to their own schedule with thei…

i ll answer that when you answer what exactly is "talented developer/programmer". We can both write books on the subject.
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