Ask HN: How does a programmer also help out with BizDev?

2 pointsby sown14 lat temu3 comments

I like programming but I have a unique perspective on business problems in general (family of business owners).

What should a programmer know about bizdev?

3 comments

jkaykin14 lat temu

You should know that you are a one man team. Go out and build products and sell the products you build. It's good to be a programmer with biz dev skills.

sown14 lat temu

what are your favorite biz dev skills?

creativeone14 lat temu

Symbiotic software partnerships. Your added value as a programmer is ever increasing with the growing importance and availability of APIs on the web.

These get you in front of customers. They add value to both softwares. I'd recommend an article like this: http://digitalcapitalism.com/2009/04/api-marketing/