Be your own technical co-founder. It's the advice I give more than any other when talking to young entrepreneurs.
I read this advice a long time ago. Didn't take it seriously enough for far too long, relying on others to do my coding and seeing back-to-back startups run into problems as a result. Yet where did it go wrong? I was relatively technically focused once. Why did I let myself get shuffled to such a degree I was now the 'biz guy'?
I was never much of a coder - last programming I had done was in the 90s at college - but in outdated languages. However, I recognized that it was time to get back up to speed. It's so easy nowadays to learn something like Ruby On Rails, such great resources for learning. The community of hackers out there will respond well if you treat them with the respect they deserve, and put the effort. Really doesn't take long.
If I can do it, anyone can do it. If you've got yourself into the 'biz guy' zone, at least get good enough to make an MVP - heck just get good enough you can work with a more technical person and know what's going on. There's just no excuse to not do this nowadays.
I read this advice a long time ago. Didn't take it seriously enough for far too long, relying on others to do my coding and seeing back-to-back startups run into problems as a result. Yet where did it go wrong? I was relatively technically focused once. Why did I let myself get shuffled to such a degree I was now the 'biz guy'?
I was never much of a coder - last programming I had done was in the 90s at college - but in outdated languages. However, I recognized that it was time to get back up to speed. It's so easy nowadays to learn something like Ruby On Rails, such great resources for learning. The community of hackers out there will respond well if you treat them with the respect they deserve, and put the effort. Really doesn't take long.
If I can do it, anyone can do it. If you've got yourself into the 'biz guy' zone, at least get good enough to make an MVP - heck just get good enough you can work with a more technical person and know what's going on. There's just no excuse to not do this nowadays.