Is it too much to ask interested job seekers to use our product first?

Post by bsoares » Wed, Oct 22, 2014, 10:14 PM UTC

buyfromfarm wrote: post #9

bsoares wrote: post #2

Yes, I think that's asking too much in this case. How many farmers do you know that are actively pursuing a programming job?

I don't quite get it. The Co-founder role is for marketing and sales.

I overlooked this detail and assumed based on your pot title that you were looking for potential programmer hires to use your product. My opinion still stands; farming is a relatively rare occupation in the software industry, marketing or otherwise.

It's one thing to make sure a potential cofound understands your pain point and market, it's another thing to ask the candidate to be part of the market.

Post by drivingmenuts » Thu, Oct 23, 2014, 3:20 PM UTC

buyfromfarm wrote: post #8

drivingmenuts wrote: post #5

No and yes. It's not asking too much that someone familiarize themself with your app. It is asking a bit much that they care about it in the same way you do, though. As a dev, their job is to ensure it functions the way you want it to. As sales and marketing, their job is to create and sell the idea that your app will have value. Anything beyond that is optional and goes beyond what you can reasonably expect to hire…

what if you have been invited to be a co-founder role? I guess I shouldn't expect developers to have the same passion as I do. I hope the interested co-founder candidate should have some passion about the domain. I feel that it is very difficult for a co-founder to stick with the project if he/she don't agree this project is solving some problem he/she cares about.

Depends on the type of co-founder, I suppose.

Having been more-or-less a technical co-founder (or maybe a co-co-founder) I found the technical issues fascinating, but ultimately, I wasn't sure if the business model was a good idea or not. So, I stuck to technical issues and kept my mouth shut (or tried to) about anything outside my area.

The one time I had to say something was when the Social Media person suggested what sounded like astroturfing. I was against it then and I will always be against it.

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