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Hi, I'm the co-founder of CoachOasis. This is my blog on entrepreneurship, web startups and user experience.
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The Valley Vs. The Alley: Infographic
Techni.com recently published a G+ infographic that provides an interesting look at how the NY tech community, Silicon Alley, stacks up against Silicon Valley in terms of startup culture. You can find the chart below. Techni.com
"As the consumer tech market becomes more crowded, differentiated brand & experience design is becoming critical to both short & long term success."
Design Thinking.
Founded by designers…
"The idea for Skillshare didn’t happen overnight. It took 5+ years of climbing the ladder of ideas and immersing myself in a lot of different experiences. There is no rush in understanding yourself and your passions."
Source: mikekarnj.com
The “X for Y” Analogy
“If your company is ever used as the subject of the “X for Y” analogy, that’s success. AirBnB used to be the eBay for vacation rental. Now other companies are the Airbnb of things.” – far33d, Hacker News
Finding A Technical Cofounder
Cheat Sheet
Don’t spend your time looking for a technical co-founder, it’s not an efficient use of your time. Instead, either:
1. Learn to code
- Step needing to rely on others for execution
- Meet technical people
- Managing technical people becomes way easier
2. Get an external team
- Don’t offer equity
- Weekly useful versions of the product
- Pay weekly or hourly
- A successful project doesn’t ‘end’
- Peanuts ==> Monkeys
3. Avoid a ‘tech play’
- Use white-labeled ‘off the shelf’ services where available
- Fake your back-end: launch with only a pretty design, do hard work manually
- License the tech from a company in a different vertical or geographic location
4. Other takeaways:
- No NDAs
- Get a technical advisor
- Ask for advice, not employment
- Co-founders are looking for competence and traction
"Some men see things as they are and ask why.
Others dream things that never were and ask why not."
