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#2A much better, more useful article than I guessed from the title.
The author signposts fast / cheap ways of getting (the things that take ages/money) done. Mostly this consists of paying someone to do it. I hadn't come across (or though of) a lot of the services he links. Very useful.
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#3I'm a single founder. Even though I know I must delegate, I still have difficulty putting it in practice.
I'm told that I must focus on the business side of things, and outsource (some parts of) development. Being a programmer myself, I always think that "good programmers are expensive, and cheap programmers are not good", so it hinders me from hiring my peers.
How do you guys handle this situation? Esp. if you're perfectionist (I believe many programmers are).
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#4I guess the thing to take from this is dont waste energy on shit thay doesbt really matter
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#5I'm a single founder. Even though I know I must delegate, I still have difficulty putting it in practice. I'm told that I must focus on the business side of things, and outsource (some parts of) development. Being a programmer myself, I always think that "good programmers are expensive, and cheap programmers are not good", so it hinders me from hiring my peers. How do you guys handle this situation? Esp. if you're pe…
if you are aiming for perfection you are moving to slow. there is no time for perfection in a startup
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#6That's a solid advice. It's all about MVP + fast release cycle these days.
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#7Fucking hell that's an awful post.
Lean Startup is great but you should realise the value of investing in good design. Don't go down a rabbit hole of 'big vision' design perfection straight away, sure (a $50k set of Photoshop comps before you've got product-market fit isn't a great idea) but you're not going to get very far with a fucking Unbounce template.
Hire a good designer—one who knows how to do 'early stage startup'—and flourish.
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#9Fucking hell that's an awful post. Lean Startup is great but you should realise the value of investing in good design. Don't go down a rabbit hole of 'big vision' design perfection straight away, sure (a $50k set of Photoshop comps before you've got product-market fit isn't a great idea) but you're not going to get very far with a fucking Unbounce template. Hire a good designer—one who knows how to do 'early stage st…
I tend to agree. The "start-up"-term has become so bloated that it hardly make any sense any more. To churn out hundreds of generic landing-pages based on templates, built with "start-up generators" wont create anything of value.
"Don't have a product - no problem!" Get your idea out there and get that seed-round running - then you can surely hire some eager developer-monkeys to do the implementation.. wrong. IMHO a start-up is a game-changing idea; unique and ahead of it's time. Developing it should take time, and it should be risky - if not it will already have been done.
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#10I'm a single founder. Even though I know I must delegate, I still have difficulty putting it in practice. I'm told that I must focus on the business side of things, and outsource (some parts of) development. Being a programmer myself, I always think that "good programmers are expensive, and cheap programmers are not good", so it hinders me from hiring my peers. How do you guys handle this situation? Esp. if you're pe…
Hey Thomas, apa kabar? :-)
I delegated several things already, but never the development. I like to keep my coding skills sharp so that I keep value as a developer, you might need the skills to pay the bills when your business doesn't go too well.
If you want a contrary viewpoint, Aymeric fellow HNer wrote that some time ago, you might find it interesting:
http://aymeric.gaurat.net/2011/i-am-a-developer-yet-i-outsou...