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Learn to hack? At least a bit. That'll give you a bit of street cred. In the early stages you need to be able to quickly 'muck in'. Learn some linux sysadmin, apache setup, email setup, html/php/mysql etc It'll certainly come in useful.
Yeah, I was thinking about doing this. Starting off with a community college class or two this summer.
Learn to hack? At least a bit. That'll give you a bit of street cred. In the early stages you need to be able to quickly 'muck in'. Learn some linux sysadmin, apache setup, email setup, html/php/mysql etc It'll certainly come in useful.
Ain't. Gonna. Happen. Sad thing is, if he could help even on an apprentice level, maybe people would collaborate with him.
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Yeah, I was thinking about doing this. Starting off with a community college class or two this summer.
If you want a DIY taste, try this: http://appjet.com/learn-to-program/lessons/intro
Using his process, the technical team will have their hands full and will need someone out on the field talking to people right in the beginning. It clarifies the role of early stage marketing/sales/etc. in relation to early stage product development.
My partner and I have been working on both product and customer development using Blank's process, and I can tell you it takes as much brain-effort on the customer development side as it is on the technical side. Someone skilled with customer development process will be as highly valued as the crack founding technical team.
At the very least, you would be able to find out how to sell yourself better for startups.
If you want to find out more, check out the blog posts here: http://steveblank.com/category/supermac/ ... and definitely get his book.
I think you should look for companies that are doing something you really "get" and help them evangelize whatever it is they do.