Via Siliconbeach mailing list. On Quora — What is the perfect startup team?:
The perfect startup has all three founders:
- someone who understands how to build technologies and systems to solve problems;
- someone who understands the human factors behind those problems, why they exist, what it takes to fix them and how to shape the experience;
- someone who understands how to reach, talk to and sell to the people who’s problems are being sold – and keep finding more of them
The ideal startup has two of the three founders, but all three skills are present between them.
I have been looking at “starting something” but realised it is just impossible to have all 3 attributes. I am a proficient developer, struggling designer and hopeless distributor.
Sometimes you don’t even need the designer. You can hire some pretty good talent from 99designs, freelancer or deviantart. As for the distributor, maybe you could find affiliates who are willing to sell it for you.
I found that uni helped me find the type of people you need to build a startup.
A “designer” is not really just a graphics designer, but more of a UI/UX guy. Nor is “distributor” a sales guy, but also someone who is client-facing that can shape your product.
And I’m out of uni for too long :)
Hmmm good point. I have hired ui/ux guys from freelancer. Although I had to guide them :/ They had some basic skills.
Its definitely a hard place to be :(