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I have a great idea for a webapp, but hardly any programming knowledge. What should i do?

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Re: I have a great idea for a webapp, but hardly any programming knowledge. What should i do?

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Post by sbraford »

rickcecil wrote: post #17

Being in the same boat as you, I found the following to be worthwhile 1) Evaluate yourself and the skills you bring to the table. It's all in how you sell yourself. Even though I can't program, I understand experience design, business, visual design, and can get my hands dirty with some HTML and CSS. 2) Network locally. You're probably not going to find anyone worth working with online. Especially if you start out: "…

Excellent points. Especially on #3 -- so few people I've talked to are open to working on ideas other than their own flushed out ones.

"Co-founding" is more than just splitting the stock pie. It's about coming up with the vision & direction for the company, which can't be done if one person has already done that for himself.

Re: I have a great idea for a webapp, but hardly any programming knowledge. What should i do?

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Post by michaelneale »

sbraford wrote: post #99
michaelneale wrote: post #96

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sorry, I was just experimenting with my remote jedi mind trick on you.

PG should skip the co-founder requirement on you if you can pull off the DEMO on that one.

NO need for startup when I can use my powers for greater evil ;)

Re: I have a great idea for a webapp, but hardly any programming knowledge. What should i do?

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Post by Shorel »

kyro wrote: post #46
webwright wrote: post #44

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This is potentially terrible advice. Temperamentally, many people are poorly suited for programming. The OP might be a great designer, writer and bootstrap marketeer who could benefit from a partnership. I'd advocate for assessing your skills and honestly figuring out if you have anything to offer to a founding team (a lot of skills really don't matter until you've actually built something of value). If not, sure-- l…

Well, not too long ago I posted my dilemma about me being very business oriented and having design skill, and still not being able to find programmers as they were turned off. And the majority of the replies I received were ones telling me to learn how to program. Just because I'm learning to code doesn't mean, however, that I am tossing my other skills away. I find that I have a much much much better understanding o…

I think that you have to learn how to program because if you don't need the skills in your day to day work, at least you need the skills to judge correctly how much work a given task takes, and to understand the possible complications of the process.

Re: I have a great idea for a webapp, but hardly any programming knowledge. What should i do?

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Post by pius »

Shooter wrote: post #49
imsteve wrote: post #14

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for sufficiently vague definitions of "idea".

[for sufficiently vague definitions of "idea"] Upmodded. That is brilliant. As an entrepreneur, I have very specific thoughts on what constitutes a "good idea for a business." To me, it suggests that you have four things: 1. a keen insight into what a group of people (with money) want 2. you have a means of delivering a solution to those needy people 3. you have a way of targeting those needy people to let them know…

Upmodded for gratuitous, yet relevant reference to The Graduate.
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