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To all the “idea guys” looking for a technical guy

So I’ve been contacted by many people over the last few years asking me to develop/code their startup ideas. Almost everyone of them have the same pitch - “I have this great idea, most of the work is done, I just need a someone to finish up the coding part, sign the NDA, and we can make some money”. I’ve been seeing a lot of blogposts and questions on Quora regarding similar topics recently. I just found this awesome post by Tristan Kromer on Hacker News. This is the perfect answer to all the “Idea guys”. Here is the Blog Post, some quotes I liked:



“I don’t really care if you’re an idea guy. Ideas are a dime a dozen. Why should I work on your idea instead of my idea?”


“Don’t Even Ask for an NDA, This just makes me laugh. If I can steal your idea by just hearing it, there is no defensible business model there.”


“If you can’t describe how we’d work together, maybe you should join my startup and I’ll be the CEO.”


“you’re essentially asking me to invest in your company with my time. As an investor, I will expect the same metrics an investor would get”


(via GrassHopperHerder.com)



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