Scalable Startup
AUGUST 9, 2018
High growth startup companies need seed money to get things going. They need the money to rent offices, hire staff, and establish their initial presence (website, incorporation, marketing). At this stage you’re essentially selling yourself and your cofounders. Without funding most tech startups will die.
techcrunch.com
OCTOBER 23, 2010
Post launch, if you gain traction, is where the business person will help take the load off of the technical folks. The business person can take all the meetings while the technical folks work on making the product better. Ron Oh and another factor to bring reality to the table - Sometimes you find out your cofounders suck.
www.paulgraham.com
AUGUST 1, 2008
And in particular, younger and more technical founders will be able to start startups than could before. It would be better if both were combined in one group, headed by someone with a technical background and some vision of what they wanted to accomplish. And that required very different skills from actually doing the startup.
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