A couple of quick thoughts... If your a non-technical founder, it shouldn't cost you more than $10k to go out to elance, freelancer or rentacoder and get a prototype built. Or else learn enough programming to get your first iteration out, which is what I did. If you haven't got the commitment to do either of those you're probably not going to make it as a startup anyway. You should then take it out to the market, test your idea and see if you realistically get some traction. IMO, only then should you bother looking for a technical partner and I'd suggest you'll find it a lot easier with a prototype and a vision someone can see, especially if you have some initial customer feedback to go with it.
phil On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 5:22 PM, Tristan <tristanknow...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think Shane's idea is a great one. Like angel investment but time and > coding rather than money. > > Wasn't somebody in the SB group working with computer science departments > at Universities to try and establish links? So projects that programmers > work on as part of their degrees could be based on real business concepts > people have. This would be great because it would allow programmers to work > on something that was potentially more 'real' than any invented scenario > their course prescribes. They would also gain useful experience dealing > with a real client and potentially some equity. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach > Australia mailing list. > > Guidelines on discussion: > http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia/msg/351e183e1303508d?hl=en%3Fhl%3Den > > No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. > > To post to this group, send email to > silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en > -- Phil Sim Chief Executive Officer, MediaConnect Australia Pty Ltd www.mediaconnect.com.au phi...@mediaconnect.com.au Ph: +61 2 9894 6277 Fax: +61 2 8246 6383 Mobile: 0413889940 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Guidelines on discussion: http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia/msg/351e183e1303508d?hl=en%3Fhl%3Den No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. To post to this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to silicon-beach-australia+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en
