Some people believe that if they can catch a leprechaun and make him implement their idea, they will become rich. (In California, leprechauns are also known as "technical cofounders.") #FolkloreThursday
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To a somewhat basic level. Can’t imagine it’s enough to build a successful tech company unless you have some more experienced founders
A basic level is sufficient. You don't have to be the last programmer the startup will ever hire. Just good enough to build a prototype and/or recognize a good cofounder when you see one.
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In practice have you seen many such companies become highly successful?
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Apple has done fairly well. Facebook too is arguably an example.
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These words have great value to me:) Thank you
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I see your point, but incorrect to generalize as a rule. Brian Chesky after all did need a technical cofounder to implement his vision. (He built his bare bones MVP on wordpress, I know but that would hardly qualify as coding).
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Huge fan of your essays btw, and what you have done for the startup ecosystem around the world!
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I recently spoke to such a "founder" who wanted to offer a data-centric service w assumption that the data is freely available. She was also so naive about her idea that she made the 50/50 offer to a developer who already pays for the data that she can't obtain. Oops.
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I felt so bad for her that I offered to meet w the developer of a second app on which she spent her life's saving and which she has no critical data to make it work. It's heartbreaking to see people make such mistakes. It's incredibly difficult even if you know what your doing.
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