You do need a technical co-founder [video]
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You do need a technical co-founder [video]
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Re: You do need a technical co-founder [video]
#2Can’t be bothered to watch the whole video at work so I apologize if this is in TFV.
If you can’t find one technically minded person who believes enough in your vision to drop everything and help you make it, that is not a good sign for your vision.
Re: You do need a technical co-founder [video]
#3The inverse side of this is, that depending on the business, you may need another type of co-founder as well. Two technical co-founders aren't the right fit for every business.
Re: You do need a technical co-founder [video]
#4This is what I constantly tell my students: The hard part about doing a tech product for the most part isn't the what beginners think makes tech hard — the hard part is wrangling systemic complexity in a good, sustainable and reliable way.
Many non-tech people e.g. look at programmers and think the hard part is knowing what this garble of weird text means. But this is the easy part. And if you are a person who would think it is hard, you probably don't know about all the demons out there that will come to haunt you if you don't build a foundation that helps you actively keeping them away.
Re: You do need a technical co-founder [video]
#5Can’t be bothered to watch the whole video at work so I apologize if this is in TFV. If you can’t find one technically minded person who believes enough in your vision to drop everything and help you make it, that is not a good sign for your vision.
Or a technical audience is not the market
Re: You do need a technical co-founder [video]
#6I'd take the even stronger stance that additional technical cofounders seems to deliver increasing rather than diminishing returns.
Re: You do need a technical co-founder [video]
#7I wonder what portion of Hacker News users aren't technical.
I thought this headline meant a technical founder needs a technical co-founder even.
Re: You do need a technical co-founder [video]
#8Yeah and then the non-technical co-founder treats you like you're worthless because you're "just a programmer"
Re: You do need a technical co-founder [video]
#9(Title is altered, changes meaning: explanatory "Why you need..." is more enticing than the assertion "You do need...")
Re: You do need a technical co-founder [video]
#10Can’t be bothered to watch the whole video at work so I apologize if this is in TFV. If you can’t find one technically minded person who believes enough in your vision to drop everything and help you make it, that is not a good sign for your vision.
Or a technical audience is not the market
That doesn't seem relevant. A co-founder isn't part of your market or audience.