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Dear engineers, you are doing a great job but there is more to do.
by Piotr Wilam @piotrwilam
Technical Co-founder
Dave McClure says to start a startup you need:
HIPSTER HUSTLER & HACKERproduct guy
sales guy
software guy
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Dave McClure says to start a startup you need:
HIPSTER HUSTLER & HACKERproduct guy
sales guy
software guyWhat is this guy role?
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• to make the product work as specified by the product guy
• to help define the best product
ˈsɒf(t)wɛː gʌɪThe software guy has two goals:
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The first point is a must. If the software guy cannot deliver the product, there is something wrong.
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How the software guy helps to define the best product:
optimisation of production costs
The insights of software guy may help with
design
functionalityproduct
architecture
alternative way to build the product
…to a different product
long-term vision of the product
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The technical co-founder
A technical co-founder is a software guy in a startup team who makes the product work and helps the product guy to make the specification
Roles: Delivery and help
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Spectrum of business participation for the technical co-founder
product UX and functionality
product architecture
an alternative way to build the product and eventually a different
product due to the technology used
long-term vision of the product
production costs
all team issues
all business issues
understanding: the customer and their problems
product design and product management
the business model of the company
financing and business assumptions
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If the software guy helps in all of them, there is full participation of the technical co-founder in the business.
In such a case, there is full partnership.
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1. Participate in startups.
2. Become technical co-founders.
3. Become technical co-founders who not only deliver products, but also embrace the whole spectrum of duties in the above list.
A threefold appeal to software engineers in Central and Eastern Europe.
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In my opinion, the future of the region depends on software engineers. Let’s have hundreds of first-class technical co-founders over here.
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