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Hey Joe, what is the best resource to learning coding and web development?
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Im looking for the best technical guidelines to start an online store for high tech physical goods that can scale-up quickly: payement options, shoping carts to be used, hosting solution, design tool..etc
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I was told by a serial entrepreneur that startups dont need product organization that the founders are who drive the vision of the product. Hearing this as a product manager trying to get into the startup scene, I was crushed. Do you agree?
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It’s a good sign that a startup is failing, or will fail, when the founder of the company hands product vision over to someone else. Can someone else run the day-to-day of gathering requirements, talking to customers, etc.? Sure, but nobody else should be driving vision.
Personally, I wouldn’t hire a product manager until the product suite had grown to a point where I couldn’t handle most of those duties myself. Usually after a Series A and usually 2-3 years into a company’s lifespan.
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Hi Joe, they say every successful app/site is built on failures. In your history as an entrepreneur how many of your websites/apps that you launched (with the idea of being monetize) didn't work out?...A simple % will do... thanks
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In a start-up do you have to work every day? no vacation.
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What the biggest challenge you have faced when creating your virtual work environment? Ours has been to keep the communications lines open and current.
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Importance of branding to startups?
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Should I financially compensate my mentor/advisor? How (equity/cash/etc)?
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So is Matt a tech guy too? So the key to focusing on what you really want to do in the company, is to get enough funding to hire people. How hard would it be for a non-tech co-founder?
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Matt is technical, but not a coder. He’s an expert at CSS, HTML, design, Photoshop, etc. His skills perfectly compliment mine on that side of things.
I think it’s always harder for completely non-technical founders. Matt had valid, tangible skills, that we leveraged early on. Sometimes it takes a while for non-technical peoples' skills to become relevant to startups.
This doesn’t mean non-technical founders should be discouraged. It just means you’ll likely have to bring on a technical founder (either designer or coder) and/or outsource the production of your product. Taking a different path isn’t always wrong.
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I have heard that startups can take away from family. Should I really avoid creating a startup if I have a family of four?
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I think a family of four is hard work, no matter what your day job is. Startups require a lot of time and effort, which will naturally conflict with your familial duties. Startups are hugely risky, usually lack serious healthcare, no vacations, etc. These are all rather antithesis to family dynamics.
Does this mean you shouldn’t? Of course not, but you should be realistic and ensure your partner and family are on board with such an endeavor.
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