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Peter — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 08:35:59 +0000

Another time, the solution was to kill the imagent process.

Comment on Idea Guy Looking for Developer by Idea Guy Looking for Developer by Bubble Foundry

Idea Guy Looking for Developer by Bubble Foundry — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 07:14:33 +0000

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Comment on Heroku and Naked Domains by Alper

Alper — Sun, 03 Feb 2013 22:13:29 +0000

Ok. We just went for a DNSimple account to be rid of these annoyances.

Comment on Idea Guy Looking for Developer by Steve Sammartino

Steve Sammartino — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 03:48:44 +0000

This is very very good advice.

here’s another option ‘Idea people’ ought consider, and I am one myself, and that is to brief the project and pay someone to do it…. A simple way to develop relationships of trust and respect… and if it is as good and as world changing as they believe, well then they get to keep 100%.

Paying for work to be done has the added benefit of keeping up startup discipline once money has been laid down.

Steve.

Comment on Idea Guy Looking for Developer by Peter

Peter — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 15:22:43 +0000

Donald, I don’t think it’s about avoiding all risk, but rather about avoiding chases where the risk-to-reward ration seems totally out of balance.

Comment on Idea Guy Looking for Developer by Tech News Weekend Reading 1/26/13 « Tech News Condensed

Tech News Weekend Reading 1/26/13 « Tech News Condensed — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 14:39:56 +0000

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Comment on Idea Guy Looking for Developer by Donald Miller

Donald Miller — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 04:54:58 +0000

This is definitely the perspective of most technical people I have met. And yet when they take no risks, they don’t understand the lack of reward. Weird. Of course there is a lot of logic, you are in relatively high demand and you can’t, and shouldn’t, chase most opportunities. But if you don’t want to give up any opportunity cost, enjoy the white picket fence and 2.2 kids. I also agree with John that ultimately, this comes down to most people wanting to work on their idea, and everyone else’s is inferior.

Comment on Idea Guy Looking for Developer by Finding a Technologist for Your Great Idea: 5 Traps To Avoid |

Finding a Technologist for Your Great Idea: 5 Traps To Avoid | — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 21:38:04 +0000

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Comment on Idea Guy Looking for Developer by Peter

Peter — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 21:24:43 +0000

Michael, you make a very good point that I’ve been guilty of myself: when you’re working for deferred compensation, you can very easily get distracted by other, more immediately lucrative projects.

Comment on Idea Guy Looking for Developer by Tim

Tim — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 19:10:35 +0000

The idea alone is worth about 5%.

Unless the idea person is also bringing proven startup experience or a deep industry background and connections, there’s nothing to get excited about. You can’t just pitch your idea; you have to sell yourself.

I interviewed over 50 idea people before choosing my current cofounder. He’s had two successful exits out of two attempts, and our first meeting was in a VC’s conference room they loaned to us. Now THAT gets attention. The idea is a great one, but I joined because the CEO clearly has the ability and connections to make the business fly.