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Post by wmandrell »

dlf wrote: post #9
dlf wrote: post #8

I know you say you're not the idea guy, but that's basically how this comes off. Kudos for putting yourself out there to get advice and feedback though. Not knowing much about your background, here's everything I would tell a non-technical person who wants to do a startup (as a non-technical person doing a startup myself): Ideas are worthless until they're validated. Get out, talk to customers in a market that you th…

Also, do one thing really well, but be serviceable in a lot of other things.

Wow! Thanks for the insurmountable advice lol and links. Much appreciated! Seriously. I have not stopped reading/researching since!

Re: Looking for CoFounder / 2cents?

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Post by dlf »

wmandrell wrote: post #11
dlf wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Also, do one thing really well, but be serviceable in a lot of other things.

Wow! Thanks for the insurmountable advice lol and links. Much appreciated! Seriously. I have not stopped reading/researching since!

Happy to help.

Re: Looking for CoFounder / 2cents?

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Post by codenesium »

wmandrell wrote: post #3
codenesium wrote: post #2

Why do you need a co-founder? I'm assuming you're looking for a technical person based on your summary. You should learn to code. It's not nearly as hard as people think and it gives you one of the two skills a technical person is looking for in a partner. The other skill is the ability to raise money. Just my 2 cents.

Im thinking about taking this class, thoughts? http://generalassemb.ly/education/85/front-end-web-developme...

The overview is what you should be learning but 3k is way way too much. Every topic they are covering can be found on google or a decent book from Amazon. I suggest buying a cheap hostmonster account and learning some PHP. This tutorial is pretty good http://devzone.zend.com/6/php-101-php-for-the-absolute-begin...

Don't just focus on front end skills and think you don't have to learn how it works on the backend because a frontend is just something to look at it if doesn't have the server side component.

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