I'm a marketing guy not a dev guy. I went back to college at 38 to study Internet Marketing and get a degree to verify much of what I've learned on my own the last 5 years(Hurricane Katrina changed my life direction radically, in a good way). I want to partner with a dev guy and create a great startup but there just aren't that many here in my hometown, New Orleans.
I've seen so many good ideas languish because no one knew how to market them. Its a shame too because it is incredibly cheap today(in money, not time) to mount a great campaign to get your product seen. I hope that I can go to Boulder Startup Week, network with bright developers, and find someone to partner and build a company with.
This would also be the best way for me to convince my wife to consider moving to Boulder.
Working for a company is bad for you. Some people need the safety and security of a job. They need someone to tell them when to be at work and what to do when they get there. They may be dedicated employees, they may even be great managers, but they have no desire to take the risk involved in starting something from scratch. They crave the comfort and security that comes from an established company and can't handle the very real possibility that if that start a company it might fail.
I've seen so many good ideas languish because no one knew how to market them. Its a shame too because it is incredibly cheap today(in money, not time) to mount a great campaign to get your product seen. I hope that I can go to Boulder Startup Week, network with bright developers, and find someone to partner and build a company with.
This would also be the best way for me to convince my wife to consider moving to Boulder.